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Of Tanks and RPGs
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Originally posted by bilmore
In the escalating battle between armor and explosive, it's far easier to grow the explosive, and so they will always win.
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They don't armor the tank to an equal degree everywhere -- they're most concerned with the places that another tank might shoot at you. So the front gets the most armor, and the back gets the least. An individual with an RPG in an urban environment can shoot at the rear. Tanks have always been vulnerable to these sorts of infantry weapons, which is why they never work well alone -- you need supporting infantry ("combined arms"). Another problem for the tankers in these situations is their lousy visibility.
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