![]() Tanks like the Chieftain and Leopard I are examples of this. So in order to adapt to this, tank designs from the late 1950s and onwards emphasised mobility and firepower over protection. Protection was and still is substantial, but in order to have the absurd amounts needed to reliably shrug off weapons of that time, the vehicle would barely be able to move for the weight. This was mainly due to the advancement of weapons which essentially the made large amounts of armour needed to defend against them unfeasible. Is Ridgway right? Or are tanks in the modern age on the decline? What could possibly cause such a reversal? That is what I aim to find out.įirst things first, how are modern tanks actually used? Since the cold war, the three classes of tank (light, heavy and medium) were combined into a universal one: the Main Battle Tank or MBT. And we continue to invest in the tank forces in this army, and I think they are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.” “And I think the utility of tanks and armour today has been recognised by lots of different people and armies. “The key reason for that is we continue to adapt to meet the challenges that we face.” “I think at every stage someone has suggested that something is going to come and replace the tank on the battlefield – that has proven to not necessarily be the case.” Colonel Ridgway (commander of RTR) during the Cambrai commemoration parade. ![]() The speech the article refers to is from Lt. ![]() What would make modern tanks irrelevant? How are they used on a modern battlefield? Have advances in other weapons technology nullified the effectiveness tanks once enjoyed? Granted the BBC article was designed for regular people and not tank nerds like me, so the specifics of this statement were not really gone into. I recently read an article on the BBC where the commander of the Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) said that tanks are just as relevant now as they were 100 years ago. ![]() With the recently anniversay of the Battle of Cambrai (where tanks first saw action ever), a lot of news coverage has been centered around it. 3: How MBT Effectiveness is Being Reduced ![]()
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