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[–] emiellr@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The tanks can be as realiable as can be, but ain't nobody can do smth about the air being full of drones...

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They suck anywhere that doesn't have infrastructure to support their 65+ ton heavy asses

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 37 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I was like, "no fucking way", so I looked it up:

it is one of the heaviest tanks in service at nearly 73.6 short tons (66.8 metric tons).

capitaldcolon This motherfucker weighs more than a Ferdinand tank destroyer......... that is one thicc main battle tank...

[–] Judge_Juche@hexbear.net 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

American weight creep. Like the newest Bradleys weight like 30 tons, slightly heavier than a WW2 medium tank and twice as heavy as a BMP (which the Bradley was suppose to be a copy of).

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just like the cars, joke country.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

Does this mean the US will actually try to create Bolo tanks due to sheer hubris?

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

now look at the weight of the NAMER IFV

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)
[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Namer is basically a main battle tank with people instead of a gun

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

Genius tactical design...

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 10 months ago

heavier than a T90 if I remember correctly

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

The American on, presumably

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago

i wonder what the carbon footprint of running one of them for a day is

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They should have sat on them all and used them in the Kursk offensive primarily on roads instead of having them sink in soft soil across Ukrainian fields where they get wrecked by artillery and drones.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 26 points 10 months ago

Honestly would've been light-years ahead of the strategy they used

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 30 points 10 months ago

"Are Abrams tanks getting long in the tooth, impractical for actual use, and approaching obsolescence? No, it is the drones that are wrong."