Every tank is vulnerable but every nation still uses them. but I would take teh American ABrams M1A1 sepv v over teh vaunted Russian Armata which is not even in production yet.
Neither can withstand a Tactical Nuclear strike.
Have we forgotten that Mr. Putin has threatened the use of this battlefield weapon?
Instead we bury our collective heads in the sand of pride and tell ourselves this cannot happen. Indeed it can. Putin has his back against the wall and such a position may warrant desperate measures on his part. Desperation knows neither mercy nor reason.
War is obsolete as well as the tools that enable it.
American military equipment is unstable in the extreme. Like the old German Tiger tank, the American Abrams tank requires a significant amount of training and maintenance. New American stealthy aircraft are so difficult to fly and maintain that they need constant and expensive maintenance. Some are so unAirworthy that commanders are extremely reluctant to order them into a hazardous site. They prefer to send drones instead. Our own troops suffer from dwindling dedication to military authority because that authority has become diluted. In short, combat readiness on the part of American troops and equipment is severely depleted.
It's also true that Russian corruption is so prevalent their war machinery suffers from neglect and improper maintenance. Some experts estimate fully one half of all military equipment has been destroyed or rendered unusable at this point in the Ukrainian war. Putin uses up his generals the way most people use up Kleenex. Russian oligarchs, who show the slightest opposition to Putin's policies, are dying under mysterious circumstances. Russian troops are unwilling to enter into combat against a dedicated foe. Russian leadership suffers from a lack of wise deployment. Putin is desperate.
Desperation on his part may lead to actions that no one in the west wants to seriously consider.
As a result, thousands of innocent civilians suffer and die simply because leaders of nations cannot compromise their visions of glory and avarice.
Americans, as usual, consider themselves exclusive above all other nations - to the point that our hubris has become venom in the ears of our allies and our potential to win, once unrivaled, has become a shadow of its former glory. It is today a subject of conjecture and testing by our enemies. Americans now believe our own propaganda.
We are cocky and unfocused. We've lost several large, long and expensive wars. American colors DO RUN.
Instead of being sharp and clear in body and mind we now rely upon a bankrupt reputation. We have not significantly won a war since 1945. Our enemies remember history even as we blindly choose to forget it.
Those who once feared any opposition to American power restricted their hatred to long speeches. Today they openly announce and demonstrate a willingness to test America on the field of battle. Something has changed IN SPITE OF our modern equipment.
When good weather returns to the steppes of eastern Europe and western tanks roll forward as they did under Hitler in WWII, will mushroom clouds caste an unholy pall upon the soil of Ukraine? Will Americans be treated to news coverage of the devastation during their evening meal? Unless conditions and our leaders change their course into the future it is very likely we will see it.
What will happen after that? Gods knows. Nobody else wants to even think about it. This is not a game. We are dealing with a desperate enemy who is unwavering in his dedication to win under any circumstance. Whatever happened to calls for peace?
We have forgotten God and we shall pay a terrible price for our neglect.
It is time to REPENT of our SINs and wickedness for the Day of Reckoning is not far off.
that's me, hollering from the choir loft...