American billionaire businessman and Twitter owner Elon Musk commented on game developer and programmer Richard Garriott’s view that tanks are outdated as a modern weapon. According to Musk, tanks are a death trap. twitter.
“Tanks are now a death trap,” Elon Musk wrote.
He believes that the parties can conduct combat operations using only infantry and artillery.
“Infantry and artillery remain – actually WWI, as neither side has air superiority,” the entrepreneur added.
As Garriott wrote, commenting on the track record of transferring American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine and the effectiveness of TOW anti-tank systems, tanks are an obsolete type of weapon these days.
Previously reportedHe said that despite the US decision to hand over the heavy armored vehicles to the country, it has not yet planned to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine.