The tank isn’t dead. The way it used to wage war might be.
Source: Business Insider ·
Tanks have taken a beating in Ukraine. The US Army is changing how it trains to make sure it can fight under the constant watch of drones.
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The Ukraine war has changed how the US Army trains its tank crews for war.US Army photoHOHENFELS, Germany — The US Army's Abrams tanks are built to charge into battle, using their heavy armor and powerful cannon to break through enemy defenses. But at a major training exercise in Germany, they were doing everything they could to stay out of sight.Driving through the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, the Army's main overseas training facility, the presence of the 1st Armored Division's Abrams tanks was hard to miss. Mud tracks crisscrossed and meandered through the grassy hills, scarred by the treads of the heavy armored vehicles.However, the tanks themselves were nowhere in sight. They were hidden along the treelines and deeper in the forest, careful not to reveal their positions to enemy reconnaissance drones.For a vehicle built to deliver overwhelming firepower on the battlefield, concealment has become a matter of survival.Drones filled the sky when Business Insider visited…
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