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And there I was convinced the best anti-tank weapon was a sharp Katana... Combined arms are a thing, and tanks were never well suited for urban environments. And vulnerable is the opposite of obsolete, everything and everyone is vulnerable on a battlefield.

The race between armor and anti-armor is as old as armor, it is what gave us Javelins in the first place. I don't see any reason why that is going end, ever.




Which is why nobody is going to produce something that is shiny and impressive but offers no added strategic advantage against existing counter-measures in this old struggle.


France/Germany, the US, South Korea / Turkey are launching new MBT programs at the moment, whether or not you believe the entry into service dates of 2035 for the Franco-German or US programs or not.

Not to forget that the existing models are constantly being upgraded.

That being said, shiny and impressive is usually enough to get expensive and job creating military programs of the ground, isn't it?




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