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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
Tanks are a primary battle weapon against poorly equipped armies and irregular insurrectionists. Tanks suck on maneuverability in urban warfare; tearing up streets and knocking the sides off buildings.
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Tell this to Israeli army which successfully uses their Merkavas in Palestine. Also tell it to Georgians that were equipped and trained by the USA and lost the land war to Russia in 5 days.
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
Saddam had lots of tanks and they got cut to shreds from the air.
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Hint: he had no modern air defense systems. This is why Israel said their air forces will be useless against Iran if Russia will sell S-300 to Hassan Rouhani. Now think about
SA-21 Growler which can intercept a flying target that moves with a speed of Mach 14 (about 17,000 km/h) and covers up to 400 km range with up to 56 km altitude. Stealth technology is not a problem for that system as well (it was initially designed to intercept aircrafts with a stealth system)
