End of the tank in the British Army?

[toxicpixie]

As others say, everyone quietly mothballed their kit in readiness.

OFC all those Soviet follow on troops might have a little difficulty in reaching Western Europe as most of NATO's warplans essentially involved glassing them and the transport links on the outbreak of war, and any that did manage to roll in would likely be facing reserve AMX-75's, Centurion/Comet, M48/46 etc from NATO's equally as large if more quietly not mentioned reserves. Assuming they were also weren't glowing gently/had more bacteria and chemicals than a late night donner kebab

That's an interesting read - poor practise doesn't help (see Turkish Leo2 losses as well as the Armenians), but it looks like "off the shelf" tech has caught up to where NATO thought it was over the Warpac in the 80's - we know what you're doing and where, we can listen to you and redirect you, you can't hide and you can't run, and 'cos you're a generation behind you can't respond...

Interesting conclusion on the future of the tank - no one at all can hide, infantry, light AFV's, helicopters or drones, so maybe stealth as well as you can and load up on the armour and defensive systems and hope enough of you are well enough dispersed and then fast enough to concentrate to take/hold the ground... which sounds like heavy mech forces in the sort of "heavy IFV" based on tank chassis and heavier tanks prioritising active & passive defences with attached and integral EWO and AAA out the wazoo...

I'm off to dust off my Space Marines and Land Raiders, got to talk to a man from the MOD

[Matt J]

Ian

Sherman's called up by Isreal because of high attrition of cents and m60s in the Sinai.
Jordan involvement barely token in '73 and there was an agreement for Jordanian Isreali forces to avoid each other.