Operation Vivaldi Sent Ukrainian Armor Deep Behind Russian Lines—Straight at Drone Operators
In one of the raids, four armored vehicles crossed the line of contact and carried infantry to positions near Russian UAV crews. The troops dismounted and continued the fight on foot.
Russian forces hit one of the four vehicles, but it remained mobile and was able to leave the battlefield under its own power.
Everyones' plan is to be the clever archer who strikes from afar wearing no armor and never training with the sword because they always exposes themselves minimally right up until they get punched in the face by someone who has crossed whatever barrier the archer relied upon with armor, speed and focus.
Anybody who tells you armored maneuver warfare is dead because of drones is going to increasingly look like a clown.
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If it were dead the UK would not be building the best tanks in the world.
I don't really get why the Challenger 2 got such a bad rap in Ukraine, it may be just because they weren't given enough of them to make another maintenance chain for a massive, pain in the ass vehicle but also the Challenger 2 is one of the best tanks ever made and its biggest flaw is that I am not sure given its rifled barrel that it can fire canister shot which is turning out to be a necessary capability of fighting in drone dominated environments (even if it is never plan A for shooting down a drone obviously).
I mean yeah, the Challenger 2 is heavy as hell, that is a definite drawback and limitation but also russia keeps proving over and over again that a 40 ton tank is not a replacement for a main battle tank no matter how hard everyone tries to make it true (looking at you M10 Booker).
It just worries me how fucked up the Ajax program is, the entire time it is running it is actively hurting the British crews inside the vehicle and yet the UK is merrily going ahead with them anyways and you have to be deeply worried about the Challenger 3 being vaporware based on that.. but indications don't seem too bad all in all.