[John H K]

Like a lot of people you have unrealistic expectations about the invulnerability of tanks.

Even in World War II, tanks were destroyed by the thousands on BOTH sides. Yet, it's still the tank era now.

The key thing about tanks is it's fairly easy to disable the tank, but really hard to kill the crew.

I'd still rather be in an M1 than outside of one.

Sorta had the same thing when the Palestinians destroyed a Merkava with some ridiculously enormous (500+ lbs of TNT-equivalent or something) command-detonated mine, and people were wondering if there was a Merkava design flaw or something; the reality is that any tank that would not be vulnerable to a mine that big would have so much armor it would be incapable of moving.

[1stFreedom]

>>mine that big would have so much armor it would be incapable of moving.

Once again, it's about energy. The mine uses energy (explosion) to destroy tanks.

A mounted hypervelocity anti-tank round/missile could be mounted on any medium to large size vehicle.) Heck, the LOSAT missle system is mounted on an Humvee -- an the LOSAT travels at around mach 5. (3500mph??). (LOSAT uses a penetrator rod similiar to a sabot).

The real problem is that the Abrams had negated the ability to destroy tanks with cheap weapons. Kenetic energy weapons will neutralize this ability.

Next gen of RPG's will be kinetic energy. Imagine a RPG which explodes 20 feet in front of the tank, shooting a DU sabot at the tank at ultra high speed. All for $500. A sixty million dollar tank is toast.

[1stFreedom]

>>mine that big would have so much armor it would be incapable of moving.

Once again, it's about energy. The mine uses energy (explosion) to destroy tanks.

A mounted hypervelocity anti-tank round/missile could be mounted on any medium to large size vehicle.) Heck, the LOSAT missle system is mounted on an Humvee -- an the LOSAT travels at around mach 5. (3500mph??). (LOSAT uses a penetrator rod similiar to a sabot).

The real problem is that the Abrams had negated the ability to destroy tanks with cheap weapons. Kenetic energy weapons will neutralize this ability.

Next gen of RPG's will be kinetic energy. Imagine a RPG which explodes 20 feet in front of the tank, shooting a DU sabot at the tank at ultra high speed. All for $500. A sixty million dollar tank is toast.