and employed by highly-mobile Ukrainian units to ambush Russian convoys, has dramatically challenged the tank’s decisive role, however. The ubiquity of relatively inexpensive and handy anti-tank weapons, such as the now-legendary NLAWs, provided to Ukraine by the U.K. Meanwhile, Russian forces still rely on tanks as a principal means of concentrated fire support, even during urban warfare. Due to a lack of field artillery, many Ukrainian crews practice indirect fire on targets out of the tank’s line of sight, howitzer-style.
Main battle tanks continue to serve their typical role: supporting the infantry, spearheading assaults, and exploiting breakthroughs, with mechanized infantry following them.ĭriven by necessity, Ukraine’s military has expanded the role of tanks in combat. Russia’s war against Ukraine has demonstrated that all speculations on the end of the tank era have been somewhat premature.
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