I thought very logically about this. There can't be tanks after this. Not after this.

  • happybadger [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    I was pretty cat food drunk at the time so it's hard to remember specifics, but I watched about 500 videos of people dying. I just don't see it being a viable way to conduct war now.

    • nobodyaskshowsengels [undecided]
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      2 years ago

      Tanks have been consistently been beaten by trucks since the 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War

      A tank simply cannot match the maneuverability, cheapness, and transport capacity of a truck. Stick a big gun on the truck bed and you can take out a tank. The group that used trucks most effectively in war was probably isis. Only big militaries are even using tanks still, and the war in Ukraine proved that tanks are less cost effective than a drone. Drone warfare is where the future is. Right now we have shitty consumer drones being used for recon and the occasional explosive. I bet by the end of the war we will see actual drone swarms. Just thousands of drones flying in unison flying into entrenched positions and eventually fighting each other. Drone on drone warfare, entirely autonomous. And then the counter to that is electronic interference devices.

      • happybadger [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        I've been taking fish antibiotics all morning so I'm a bit high, but even without reading the article I could see this being the case. Technicals allow for rapid insertion and you can fit a bunch of drones on them. When we finally get land carriers it's going to be a horrific innovations.