Granted, but night vision capability with US being on a total different level than anyone and trying to even explain to non believers, coordinating electronics, Sats, AWACS, and actual tank support, its going to yet another chapter for West points cadets next year.
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and close reconnaissance by drones operating in very close cooperation with armour and artillery units.
Terrain obstacles have become transparent, now you need to hide your presence from all directions. Hull down doesnāt matter, you are still totally visible from above.
CAS (Close Air Support) has taken on a whole different meaning.
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Looks right to me?
Going west they have railing and open sea to the left in the photo,
a railing and the eastbound roadway on the right side of the photo
followed by the elevated railroad bridge far right in the photo.
Leopold 2? Did they make new versions of the old ones???
Or did they dig up the body from the old Belgian king to be send to the battlefield?
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A decomposing corpse ? ā¦ That would be biological warfare ā¦
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Considdering the fact the he is dead for more than 110 years, I think the only thing left are the bones to throwā¦
Bacteria can survive a loooong time.
Digging through graveyards can be dangerous.
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This Danish-supplied M113G3 DK is fitted with a 300 hp Mercedes engine
H.P.
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Tactics question, asking out of curiosity, not to stir up controversy.
When firing HEAT warhead anti-tank weapons at one tank how many do you fire in one volley?
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RPGās one, two, as many as possible?
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Anti-tank missle one or two?
Asking because in one video a while back, I observed a T72 take four hits by anti-tank weapons before it finally stopped, boiled smoke and went up. Assuming the hits were RPGās since they appeared to be front & sides. The hits were all in very rapid succession.
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Easy answer, as many as you can. It really depends on weapon type, how many you have at your disposal, target, etcā¦ The more the better to garantee a kill but they may be limited by supplies.
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One at a time until you achieve your aim. I.e. a mobility kill may be sufficient.
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Providing the missile worksā¦
H.P.
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A tank may take several RPG hits to be destroyed and brew up. A TOW section sergeant will assign one target tank to each of his gunners, confident in the one shot-one kill capability and 98.5% hit probability of the TOW missile.
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I would imagine even a non-kill hit or a near-miss would degrade the crew by simply scaring the poo out of them. But Iāve never been a tanker so Iām only guessing.
There are videos on YouTube showing tanks receiving small bombs from drones which donāt seem to penetrate, some even hit on the āfendersā but the crew gets scared and abandons the tank.
They know they have been spotted and that something with more punch could follow.
Bigger warheads such as TOW or Javelin have a high probability of a kill with just one round, so usually only one is fired at one target at a time. Not to mention that they are fired from a greater distance away, often 2-3 km.
Shoulder fired weapons such as the RPG, LAW, AT-4, etc. are best fired in volley to make the kill. And those weapons are, comparatively speaking, fired up close and personal to the tanks. But like Gino said, it depends on what you have there at the time.
I served in the early 90ās with an old Army buddy who had been with 1st Ranger Battalion in Grenada and made that jump. He had a great war story of when they were counter attacked on the Pt. Salinas airfield by the BTR-60ās that it was like a range day with all the LAWs and 90mm recoilless rifle fire at the BTRs happening at once. Not tanks, but hey, itās armor advancing on you.
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Good to see that the trucks are doing their job - making the crew safe. Dont worry soviet, we have thousands more truck to send. Were not done playing yet.
That look like your right. I guess I thought it was the other way around from photos somehow back on the first explosion. I got it mixed up in my head.
Seems there might not have been an editor in chief or a proof read before article sent out. 
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When I saw the photos of the burning bridge et.c. I also got the impression that the road bridge was south of the railroad bridge.
I had to check Google maps to make sure.
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