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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
This conflict has shown the weakness of MBTs to weapons like the Javelin.
The main US Abrams fleet is probably just as vulnerable to that. I wonder what changes there will be to doctrine and investment.
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If Russians were actually practicing combined arms they wouldn't be losing the tanks at the rate they are. Not to mention they picked a time to attack which forced them to stick to only roads and very limited choke points. The way Russians deployed tanks violated even Soviet doctrines and speaks really to the incompetence of Russia's military brass if anything.
Abrams have been updated to the M1A2C have APS systems which were chosen to shoot down these types of ATGMs. Problem for the Russians has been bad doctrine, bad organization, and obsolete hardware.