All matters MRAP JLTV (merged thread)

[Cavguy]

Better to have a tank and not need it, than not have one. If this is not well understood, then there is a massive training problem in the US Army and apparently within the SF community.

Amen. There's a whole bunch of grunts alive because someone had a few tanks available. Alternately, there's a whole bunch of Rangers dead because the US didn't have any tanks available when needed. METT-TC dictates, but there is no tactical reason tanks can't be employed successfully in RC-S, the Canadians and Dutch have been doing it for awhile. The bigger strategic question is whether the increased logistics demand incurs greater vulnerabilities in other areas. (more convoys)

A little simplistic, but I've seen it over and over. When you're in deep doo doo, nothing ends a fight like a tank showing up. (see sig)