The War In Ukraine: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks

 

 

Picture: Adrian Weale,Crown Copyright

 

Logic,history and Grand Logistics tell us that,for a Main Battle Tank,other tanks "are rarely engaged as they make up only a very small percentage of battlefield targets,more common targets such as Kornet missile teams being best engaged by a large calibre rifled gun",but while combat in Ukraine yet again demonstrates that infantry is the primary target for an armoured vehicle,the British Army is sidegrading it's Challenger 2 tanks with a smoothbore gun optimised for engaging last generation Russian medium tanks.

 

The War In Ukraine: The Charlatans

 

 

Picture: Marcus Jacobs,Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land photograph

 

Ukrainian infantry ambush Russian medium tanks in confined spaces,where they are unable to compensate for their lack of situational awareness by operating en masse,which is one of the reasons why the heavy cavalry regiments of An Independent Army For An Independent Nation have close reconnaissance troops with Charlatan Cavalry Heavy Armoured Vehicles whose dummy turrets allow them to carry a greater weight of armour,sensors and countermeasures than standard Chargers,despite looking similar,making them particularly suited to finding targets for Four Inch Mortars and Chastisers (upgraded Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks could be adapted to perform a similar role,were the Ajax fiasco to be cancelled).

 

The War In Ukraine: The Eye Of The Beholder

 

Picture: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

 

During the current unpleasantness the Ukrainian armed forces claim to have killed sixteen thousand and one hundred Russian soldiers and to have destroyed sixteen hundred and twenty-five Russian light Armoured Personnel Vehicles and five hundred and sixty-one Russian medium tanks,to a transformationalist this means that heavy Main Battle Tanks are obsolete and that infantry and light Armoured Personnel Vehicles are the future.