Comments by "James Neave" (@JamesNeave1978) on "The M1 Abrams Tank Needs to Chill Out" video.

  1. I think the tank in it's current form is approaching obsolescence If the armour cannot protect you when taking a hit, something needs to change. Ever increasing armour weight is a bad choice Further killing mobility and over stressing logistics chains used to transport the tank to the front Maybe it's time to ditch passive armour in return for mobility and active defences It's purpose of direct fire support during combined arms operations gets no benefit from that armour once it doesn't stop incoming fire. That armour doesn't help in the situation of 'who shots first, wins' Maybe it puts you on the back foot because low mobility makes it harder to choose your ground when trying to get that first round in on the enemy Turn it into the direct fire equivalent of the shoot-n-scoot self propelled indirect howitzers
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  2. And no, Russia would get absolutely wrecked in a fight with NATO
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  3.  @coryhoggatt7691  exactly and have you seen the direct fire version of the German ifv? Puma is it? Fast, light, stealthy, will take any hit that isn't anti-tank and has the 120mm gun off leopard.
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  4.  @drosendahl  I don't mean no armour, just stop trying to stop AT munitions with armour because it's a losing game. I just see a small, light, fast, stealthy and battlenet integrated direct fire support unit. With built in single use surveillance drones. Like how they say F35 is the quarter back? But a land one. Give it a 120mm, maybe some VLS silos. Around that is the squads with their IFVs and they get and disseminate intelligence. The central unit is packed with computers and runs the local battlenet WiFi, collects, merges and broadcasts the intelligence to the unit(s) Maybe have separate direct and indirect versions. The indirect can have computer controlled VLS for, say, mortars, grenades, suicide drones, passive drones, data relay drones. The mortar rounds can be GPS/INS/Laser targeted, called in by a squad leader. The suicide drones can launch and loiter, AI examines the battlenet for targets, presents the unit commander with targets who gets to give the kill order. I wonder if you could have quadcopters autonomously restock your squad. "I need ammo/AT4/etc"
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