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You know I wonder, is the armored cav, the tank unit a bit outdated in post-cold war warfare and tactics?
I'm trying to imagine a scenario the US or any other army would use it in an open battlefield setting.
North Korea? Iran? China?
I saw some Israeli tanks in "action" this summer at the border with Lebanon but even then, the tanks aren't really a primary function are they? Mostly lumbering through the streets to shell buildings and such. There weren't divisions of tanks battling it out in the desert. I can't really imagine any scenario these days where that would take place: 10,000 tanks duking it out in an open plain. Maybe in the Great Southern Plain of China but that just seems insane cause so much would have to happen for that situation to take place.
Are the Russian tank crews still up to speed these days? It would seem that their training etc has slowed considerably in the past 15-20 years since the collapse.
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