Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
This is just nonsensical and a poor defence of FM3-24 bad ideas. Tanks are a tool. They require skill to be used well, just as do any other vehicle. Use tanks, use Hummers, use Snowmobiles.
Wilf:

I think you are misreading to a degree the thrust of the article, which is not really about tanks at all (despite the misleading title): it is about letting the mission (whether cast in FM3-24 terms or otherwise) determine the tactical employment of assets, rather than allowing the mission be determined by the provision of technological fixes ("widgets") and risk aversion.

JMA:

Ditto. Presumably if a Taliban troop concentration or sanctuary isn't MRAP-reachable (MRAPable?) that shouldn't put it out of reach if other possible methods can be found (whether helicopter insertion, other vehicles/routes, or on foot) that achieve the operational objective.