Russia’s new T-14 Armata tank on parade in Moscow.
Sydney J. Freedberg, Breaking Defense: Milley’s Future Tank: Railguns, Robotics & Ultra-Light Armor
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: The tank is far from obsolete and the US will need a new armored vehicle to replace its 1980-vintage M1 Abrams, the Army Chief of Staff said here this afternoon. But what kind of tank, on what kind of timeline? Gen. Mark Milley made clear he was looking for a “breakthrough,” not incremental evolution – which probably means that the new tank will take a long time.
“Are we sort of at that point in history where perhaps mechanized vehicles are going the way of horse cavalry and going the way of the dinosaur?” Milley asked. “I don’t think so — but I’m skeptical enough to continue to ask that.”
“We have a good, solid tank today,” Milley said of the M1. “Having said that, we do need a new ground armored platform for our mechanized infantry and our tanks, because it’s my belief that, at least in the foreseeable future — and you can follow that out to 25 years or so — there is a role for those type of formations.”
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WNU editor: The Holy Grail that General Milley is looking for is how to make the armour lighter .... material that is significantly lighter in weight that gives you the same armour protection. Sadly .... that still appears to be a long ways off.
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