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22. We should probably lose our own tank forces because of that. It may be that tanks are pretty

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 07:26 AM

Feb 2022

much obsolete now. The British got rid of theirs.

You can't use tanks at all if you don't control the skies. If you control the skies, there isn't really anything for tanks to fight, since they are designed to fight other tanks. Sure, you can use them to take out bunkers and stuff, but we have other cheaper ways of doing that. Send tanks out where there are teams with those Javelin missiles, and they are toast.

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