During the recent war between Ukraine and Russia, the usefulness of tanks was questioned. According to military experts, the usefulness of tanks has decreased due to technological innovations.
Major wars and conflicts have provided crucial grounds for examining weapons, military equipment, tactics and war theories, with new strategies replacing old ones, the image of a destroyed and abandoned tank in the Ukraine conflict. Will be recorded as a permanent scene for future generations.
Military and war scholars are amazed at the devastation caused by the war, which has destroyed armored vehicles such as tanks and related platforms.
From February 24 to May 12, 2022, the total number of tanks and other armored vehicles destroyed in the conflict reached 7,106.
At present, India is using about 5,000 tanks, including Arjun, including T90 and T72 tanks of various designs.
Russia claims to have destroyed 2,998 Ukrainian tanks and other armored vehicles, while Ukraine claims to have evacuated 1,204 Russian tanks and 2,904 armored combat vehicles. Are
In today’s techno-centric warfare, slow-moving, heavy and lumbering tanks are becoming increasingly vulnerable to rocket launchers, anti-tank guided missiles and drones that support satellites and other tools that can launch tanks from afar. Detect movement.
In Ukraine, the American Julian ATGM has been the weapon of choice against Russian tanks and has also become a symbol of Ukraine’s warfare. While the operator can hide or take cover immediately after firing.
The missile can be fired either directly at the target or up to 160 meters upwards which then aims at the target at close vertical speeds.
In addition to Jنmtin, Ukraine has received Swedish, British and Spanish anti-tank weapons.
In the case of India, the tanks did not gain much advantage over the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the ongoing standoff with East Ladakh as the battle was taking place in a very mountainous and rocky area.
Indian Army tanks have benefited to some extent in relatively plains like Choshol or Damchok, the first world war to sound the death knell for the horse which is traditionally used for its rapid movement. Was done
By World War II, the cavalry had largely disappeared, while the importance of another fighting machine, the tank, had grown so great that each country began to amass tanks and augment regiments.
Tanks took the lead mainly because they could take machine gun positions and then bulldoze the enemy’s defenses, providing cover and support to the infantry at all times.
But the conflict in Ukraine seems to have seriously raised the question of the usefulness of tanks as part of a modern military arsenal, as the advancing army now gets a cover from technology rather than tanks.
It remains to be seen whether tanks will disappear from the battlefield in the future.
