We've known since WWII that armor needs infantry support yet armies keep trying to treat them as stand alone cavalry because that branch of the army still exists. And then they drive them into a city just like you would do with cavalry...
That said. There's a lot of clips here of tanks being hit with RPGs but nothing of a tank actually being destroyed.
This has been an :armchair-emoji: minute. Also we need an armchair emoji
We've known since WWII that armor needs infantry support yet armies keep trying to treat them as stand alone cavalry because that branch of the army still exists.
The problem with infantry support is that nobody wants to do that shitty job. They all want to be in the tank. The giant metal beast with a fuck-you cannon keeps you from catching shrapnel in the face or taking a bullet in the neck.
Israelis want to kill for their country, but they don't want to fucking die for it. Commanders know that. So they tell their troops that you can just get into the giant steel box and feel safe while you roll through enemy territory. Nevermind the fact that IEDs make the vehicle decidedly unsafe. You're sure as fuck not going to want to be outside the tank when a big fucking land mine goes off.
There's a lot of clips here of tanks being hit with RPGs but nothing of a tank actually being destroyed.
One more reason everyone wants to be in the fucking tank.
See I have the opposite kind of cowardice, where I would prefer to be outside of and well away from the huge high value target. Just staying on the outside of that survivability onion.
That said. There's a lot of clips here of tanks being hit with RPGs but nothing of a tank actually being destroyed.
I'm fairly sure this is a deliberate choice on the part of both hamas and hezbollah. Both have definitely destroyed Merkavas but neither have released any
footage of the aftermath of a hit, only the explosion, nothing further.
I don't know the exact reason they're not releasing more but at this point with so many confirmed kills (by Israel) there must be a reason for it.
honestly, considering that Hamas at least is a guerilla force operating out of tunnels against a horrific bombing campaign and a foe with air superiority, their troops probably have to GTFO as fast as they can after any attack. RPG troops don't stick around to see the aftermath of their attack usually, you want to shoot and then immediately retreat to cover or a flanking position in case the tank or its allies return fire.
i have to wonder if they DO have infantry support significantly ahead of them, while hamas uses tunnels or just knowledge of the terrain to flank for surprise attacks. Generally a tank has more range than infantry and they try to hang back as much as possible AFAIK, modern infantry tank tactics are a lot different than ww2 infantry and tank tactics. like if i was a tank i'd want to be down the road behind my infantry support in an urban scenario. maybe you would need an engineering/mine clearing vehicle in front in some scenarios but you'd want even more infantry support or other armored vehicles.
another thing i wonder is if these tanks aren't being surprise attacked during noncombat tasks behind the 'frontlines'
Isn't infantry supposed to be laying in the vicinity of the tanks ready to shoot guys who literally run up to the tanks? I'm not a modern military tactics guy. But I'm pretty sure infantry support doesn't mean the tank just sits somewhere else by itself
Generally speaking, better equipment and training provides an enormous tactical advantage. The Israelis have that in spades.
But they've also got an army full of kids who joined the IDF for self-promotion, for residency, for hooking up with that hot tail posted on the recruitment flier. They're not fighting for survival and they don't want to walk out of this maimed or killed.
The Palestinians have no such delusion, particularly in the wake of the latest bombardments. They're starving. They're desperate. They're mad as hell. Their fight is existential and they've got nothing to lose but their chains.
Vanishingly few IDF soldiers would actually trade their lives for a dozen Palestinians. Quite a few Palestinians would consider it a good death if they could take even one IDF soldier with them. This psychology informs their tactics and their real operating capacity as an occupying force.
Holy shit that last guy with the rocket launcher. That was fired at a range of what, 50 feet tops? I thought rocket launchers were incapable of even detonating at that short of a range
I think these are homebrew Al-Yassin 105 rounds made in Gaza. There's no reason they can't be made to be armed immediately upon firing. It probably makes sense if you're doing urban combat and engaging at close range.
i haven't seen the footage and don't know what launcher they use, but warheads for the old soviet RPG-7 often do not have such safety feature. especially if they are using scratch-made or modified/repaired/refitted equipment and munitions.
depends on the munition. a lot of them count rotations before arming but there's no law of nature preventing you from making shit that's even more dangerous to the shooter.