I fully agree. But the idea of reversing was always that you don’t. You don’t shoot at a target, reverse away and shoot at another other. You and your 49 buddies shoot at 20 targets, and then ~35 of you move forward. Repeat till Germany and France surrender.
It’s an entirely non-mbt philosophy to fielding tanks, and it’s demonstrably worse and has been shown to be worse repeatedly (pretty much constantly) over the decades. And they haven’t it changed it in the slightest. They’re literally doing the same with tanks as with people. Send em in, and if they make it they make it.
RENK of France has made a superior powerpack with proper reverse gears, this makes a T-72 into a real tank or at least begins the process.
Russians have always been dogshit at making engines. Imagine being so terrible at it that a French company makes an engine and transmission that’s both better AND easier to maintain.
I mean, the French sure have their issues, but I wouldn’t say they can’t make a proper armored vehicle. They know how to do that as well as pretty much anybody in the world, they also understand artillery better than almost anybody in the world, Exhibit A. being the Caesar SPG.
I fully agree. But the idea of reversing was always that you don’t. You don’t shoot at a target, reverse away and shoot at another other. You and your 49 buddies shoot at 20 targets, and then ~35 of you move forward. Repeat till Germany and France surrender.
It’s an entirely non-mbt philosophy to fielding tanks, and it’s demonstrably worse and has been shown to be worse repeatedly (pretty much constantly) over the decades. And they haven’t it changed it in the slightest. They’re literally doing the same with tanks as with people. Send em in, and if they make it they make it.
Russians have always been dogshit at making engines. Imagine being so terrible at it that a French company makes an engine and transmission that’s both better AND easier to maintain.
I mean, the French sure have their issues, but I wouldn’t say they can’t make a proper armored vehicle. They know how to do that as well as pretty much anybody in the world, they also understand artillery better than almost anybody in the world, Exhibit A. being the Caesar SPG.