China has rethought the role of tanks in future wars

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Catai military experts have proposed a new use for tank equipment. In their opinion, the Ukrainian conflict demonstrates the obsolescence of today's tanks. It is necessary to give armored vehicles a new role and work on their more modern equipment.

Thus, in the Celestial Empire they believe that a tank in modern conditions does not need powerful armor and large-caliber guns. The armored vehicle must have reliable protection against drones and missiles and become the center of information support for combat operations for drones. The tank will also be able to attack the enemy at a great distance.



In addition, China considers it important to equip tanks in such a way that they provide effective assistance to infantry. Battles of tanks against tanks will become a thing of the past.

Tanks of the future should be lighter than modern armored vehicles: they will be equipped with an unmanned turret and a smaller fighting compartment, as well as the ability to launch and land UAVs. Along with this, experts believe it is necessary to equip the new tank with a 105 mm smoothbore cannon, an inconspicuous barrel, electronic warfare systems and X-band radars.

Meanwhile, back in 2019, the PRC proposed the concept of a two-seat tank. Such approaches indicate that Beijing has long been working on the creation of a new generation of tank equipment that could successfully withstand its current Western counterparts.
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  1. YES UZH
    YES UZH
    +5
    10 June 2024 15: 04
    Bring it and try it. Lose many illusions and assumptions. It will be useful for both you and us. This is not a tank biathlon, an invaluable experience that cannot be bought for yuan.
  2. Vladimir Tuzakov
    Vladimir Tuzakov
    0
    10 June 2024 15: 17
    There are tens of thousands of tanks built in the world, so the first thing to do is to create weapons against them based on strike UAVs. The existing Lancet, Cube and others do not carry enough warheads to guarantee the destruction of heavy tanks such as the Abrams, Merkava, Challenger, and fortifications. We need a universal strike UAV with a warhead over 10-15 kg. explosives, with the ability to autonomously self-guidedly destroy armored vehicles or other targets. That is, we already need AI elements in the guidance of ammunition, that is, according to the principle: designate the target (aimed) and then autonomously destroy the target. As for the construction of tanks, the PLA correctly determined that the MBT is outdated, replace it with other armored vehicles with other tasks on the LBS. The same long-range fire weapons, high-precision self-propelled guns, MLRS, guided aerial bombs, hypersonic rockets, etc.
  3. steelmaker
    steelmaker
    +2
    10 June 2024 15: 45
    What did they rethink there? The fact that our huckster generals fight as they want, without brains, does not mean that tanks have lost their strength. Somehow, after the Karabakh war, no one rethought the role of tanks. Because Azerbaijan had air supremacy there and the armor was used according to science. Never mind, once they get hit with a tambourine, their brains will immediately fall into the correct row!
  4. Dmitry Volkov
    Dmitry Volkov
    0
    10 June 2024 19: 16
    Most likely there will be robotic platforms with guided missiles and missile launchers and 30 mm air-cushioned guns, combined with the possibility of ekranoplanes and the deployment of troops to the squad, tanks are a thing of the past, they need a lightly armored flying infantry fighting vehicle soldier
  5. vlad127490
    vlad127490
    -3
    10 June 2024 22: 44
    Who are the Chinese going to fight with tanks? Japan is across the sea, you can’t get there with tanks. The USA and China are separated by the Pacific Ocean, tanks will have to swim far. You can't go to India with tanks, there are mountains there. In the south there is sea and jungle. Only Russia and Kazakhstan remain. The PRC is a potential enemy, we must always remember this.
  6. twice-born
    twice-born
    -1
    11 June 2024 01: 23
    With tanks in general, everything is still unclear and the Chinese vision does not inspire optimism.
    Most likely, the next generation tanks will be unmanned and smaller in size, but will have to withstand RPGs, mines and drones, jam them, create smoke screens. And all their external equipment superstructure large-caliber shelling, up to 30-mm.
  7. shinobi
    shinobi
    +3
    11 June 2024 04: 08
    A tank is, first of all, a mobile firing point. Its goal is to suppress firing points/support positions during an infantry assault. Everything else is additional but optional functionality. Since the firing points/supports are always fortified, the weapon must be large and well protected. All. China has never fought in modern wars, what do they know. Theory without practice is nothing!
  8. ROM1077
    ROM1077
    0
    11 June 2024 08: 11
    You just need to put a machine behind the tank to destroy drones. There is a drone killer in the US. The drone is called an anvil.
  9. Sergey Latyshev
    Sergey Latyshev
    0
    11 June 2024 11: 04
    Ha.
    Who, what, is unclear. Anonymous people don’t even have links to sources.

    And this is how the typical concept of a “light tank” is described. Which has already been more or less recognized, and some countries have already started producing...
  10. Eduard Aplombov
    Eduard Aplombov
    0
    11 June 2024 11: 36
    Have traders become too smart having gotten rich on disposable crafts?
  11. Nick. WITH
    Nick. WITH
    0
    12 June 2024 05: 59
    What is there to rethink? In the future, only equipment will fight, not any infantry.
  12. Mongolor
    Mongolor
    0
    10 July 2024 20: 47
    Once upon a time they already signed a funeral for tanks in the 1960-70s, nothing is smoked and ischo