This is a continuation of the small rant about the Bradley IFV being operated by the Ukrainians doing its job. Its not intended to engage MBTs with its gun but can if necessary.
Weak points are identified and surprisingly available online (check out all the leaks to War Thunder if you don't believe) so we can once again throw away the idea of an invincible weapon system.
The reality is that on the current battlefield, the Bradley operated in a competent fashion under right conditions with depleted uranium rounds can take on all comers.
It's gonna get crazy in the future though.
The US Army is fielding a 50mm cannon on its next IFV. I expect it to be standardized across NATO. The 40mm that the Brits and French are looking at just doesn't measure up and they will quickly adopt the Army's solution as the new must have.
Crazier still is the fact that the US Army is doing ground vehicle partnering with manned/unmanned vehicles. They're even experimented with putting the 50mm cannon on robots.
A platoon of robot ground vehicles being commanded by one manned vehicle will put a serious hurt on a mech infantry company. If not hurt them then be a serious problem to be dealt with.
Add integrated UAVs that are organic to my mythical platoon of ground vehicles, add a little bit of close air support from Army Apache Attack Helos (assuming the USAF is doing their job and keeping enemy air away AND destroying enemy artillery) and you have a day of hell for the enemy force.
I don't know the possible command/control issues but if they can be worked out then 3 manned command vehicles would credibly be able to take on a battalion of enemy armor.
The revolution in military affairs is robots. The USMC/US Army have played long and hard with ground robots but that is the future.
Warfare in the near term is going to be too deadly for humans to be the main factor.
If I'm even halfway right the future is gonna be a sight to behold.
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