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Old 09-10-2008 | 04:02 AM
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Default RE: Armor Comparisons


ORIGINAL: EugeniRUS

Why argueing? Tanks are not that important now as they were 65 years ago. Aircrafts rule! The one who owns the air has 50% of victory in his pocket. The end of WWII showed this very clearly when carpet bombings made it almost impossible for Germany to wage war.
Let me name 2 wars that where lost even though the loosing army had air supremacy

America in Vietnam
Russia in Afghanistan

RPG's are being used against tanks in Afghanistan and Iraq on a daily basis hence the need for "Bar armour" modern tank armour was designed to defeat modern anti tank rounds (Darts) they struggle with hollow charges such as RPG, unfortunately Sindbad and his mate have a lot of these weapons