Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "IT-1 Tank Destroyer | SOVIET ANTI-TANK MISSILE VEHICLE" video.

  1. Its less that the TD concept passed it by, but more the technology did. As mentioned ATGMs became miniaturized and ruggedized enough to be fitted to gun tanks and IFVs. But the "tank destroyer" never went away, it was just realized that MBT level armor wasn't necessary for the role, so it went to cheaper platforms like the BRDM. The IT-1 is kind of like the Soviet version of the M-60A2 or I guess the Raketenjagdpanzers. The last gasp of the old idea that a tank destroyer would have to square off against tanks in a gun fight. The TD evolved into light missile carriers and attack helicopters.
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