![]() The key question is not “are tanks valuable on the battlefield?” Because they are. ![]() ![]() There is agreement that shock and mobile, protected, firepower are likely to remain valuable on future battlefields. Removing heavy armour is not a repudiation of the value of heavy armour on the battlefield. ĭespite this criticism, almost all of the naysayers have missed the critical point of the debate. Both announcements garnered a flurry of criticism. In August 2020, news broke the British Army was considering a similar move to scrap all of it’s 227 Challenger 2 main battle tanks. The news was formally announced in the Force Design 2030 Report, but word of the move came out a few days prior in the press. At the time the US Marines fielded three active-duty tank battalions and one reserve tank battalion. In March 2020 the United States Marine Corps announced that it would be disbanding its tank units. ![]()
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