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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
@aka123
There has not been a classic war like WW2 or for that matter a battlefield charge like in WW1 in my lifetime.
Mechanized forces are of limited effect now because of better IED technology -- 1 man with a cell phone triggered explosive device can destroy a very expensive armored vehicle.
Now get on your horse and ride into the sunset.
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So, what does it matter has there been some type of battle in your lifetime of not? There hasn't been nuke attack either and still USA seems a tad occupied to prepare for one; in either way. Tanks have been and still are major a player in the battlefield. Those role of course varies depending about the enemy. All armies including USA's still keep defence capability also for other threats than some jihadist folks. If your saying would be true, just leave the poor jihadists alone and you won't need army at all.
1 cheap land mine was capable of destroying armour already in WWII. The secret is to put another tank in the game. Though that kind of blitzkrieg than Germany enjoyed at the start of WWII, won't probably happen again against developed armies; didn't happen at the later part of WWII neither.