Why the Death of the Tank is Greatly Exaggerated

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LongBlade

#30
October 25, 2013, 05:40:33 PM
Pablum?

I face a choice. Should I look it up on Dictionary.com or go straight to UrbanDictionary?
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Staggerwing

#31
October 25, 2013, 05:57:29 PM
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

#32
October 25, 2013, 06:06:08 PM
 Tell me, how did you find the kitten meat?
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

DicedT

#33
October 25, 2013, 06:06:28 PM
I would have to agree that the quality of posts is higher here than Matrix, or at least regarding military history and current events.

The pablum conversation notwithstanding.

Michael

LongBlade

#34
October 25, 2013, 06:07:22 PM
Quote from: DicedT on October 25, 2013, 06:06:28 PM
I would have to agree that the quality of posts is higher here than Matrix, or at least regarding military history and current events.

The pablum conversation notwithstanding.

Michael

Please.

Any attempt to make us look respectable will only encourage the opposite behavior.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

GDS_Starfury

#35
October 25, 2013, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 25, 2013, 04:38:58 PM
It's my gentle touch.

gentle....  you tickle it like a chainsaw you brute!
Jarhead - Yeah. You're probably right.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

mirth

#36
October 25, 2013, 06:09:29 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 25, 2013, 06:07:48 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 25, 2013, 04:38:58 PM
It's my gentle touch.

gentle....  you tickle it like a chainsaw you brute!

It's relative. I don't handle you like Smuck would.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#37
October 25, 2013, 07:44:15 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on October 25, 2013, 06:07:22 PMAny attempt to make us look respectable will only encourage the opposite behavior.

as evidenced by the following 2 posts...  ::)

The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

LongBlade

#38
October 25, 2013, 07:53:24 PM
I got it!

I figured it out!

Pablum is the Roman cousin of Pablo!

iAye caramba!
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

GDS_Starfury

#39
October 25, 2013, 11:47:04 PM
anyway....

to get back on point, there is no shortage of kit to make tanks all but invulnerable to atgm's.
ERA, Trophy, laser jammers, modular armor, warning systems etc.
it really boils down to how much you want to spend on your tank.  even without active defence IDF Merkiva's took a pounding while not losing very many crew members or total write off's in tanks.
Jarhead - Yeah. You're probably right.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

Mr. Bigglesworth

#40
October 26, 2013, 12:41:04 AM
Rather than throw more money at defensive systems why not have anti-tank weapons blow up in their own face. Would drone mounted lasers melting a small hole into enemy weapons set them off? First order of business seems to be spot the weapon; drone seems the best platform. If you can see it, laze it. If it doesnt blow at least make it malfunction.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; "
- Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, 1598

bayonetbrant

#41
May 05, 2014, 01:27:22 PM
Doctrine Man! just picked this article up on his Facebook feed.
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