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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by stonemetal12 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:34PM (#31759748)
RPGs have existed for along time. How does using a drone to deliver the grenade instead of a rocket really change the scenario?
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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by hutzlibu on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:19PM (#31760150)
Would you rather take on a tank with an RPG in hand, or be safe in a bunker and remote control your attack?

If you made a misstake in the first scenario, there is no second try. But if you have a second drone, there is.

(ukraine has more men than drones, though)

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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by stonemetal12 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @10:27AM (#31766451)
Drones are slow and not heavily armored. It seems like a shot gun would be good enough to take them down before they got close enough to hurt your tank. While they are doing a good job now it wouldn't surprise me if anti drone counter measures are easy\quick to develop.
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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by tonyhb on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:23PM (#31760192)
The "shock" part of "shock effect" is kind of diminished if you can hide miles away from tanks, completely safe, and neuter them.
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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by dodobirdlord on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:55AM (#31774277)
A munition that doesn’t have to come back is always going to have more range and be able to carry more payload weight than one that does have to come back afterward.
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