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When Armour Can’t Support Infantry

Destroyed Russian tanks by Ukrainian troops in Mariupol, 2022. Russian tactics have largely abandoned large mechanised advances in favour of small infantry groups supported by artillery, corrected glide bombs and vehicles. Courtesy of Mvs.gov.ua/Wikimedia Commons

Destroyed Russian tanks by Ukrainian troops in Mariupol, 2022. Russian tactics have largely abandoned large mechanised advances in favour of small infantry groups supported by artillery, corrected glide bombs and vehicles. Courtesy of Mvs.gov.ua/Wikimedia


The Russo-Ukrainian war highlights how new technologies make armour no longer likely to provide close infantry support against prepared positions.

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Josiah Mosser

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