It's easy to kill tanks when you have unchallenged air superiority.
How to kill tanks when you don't, now that's a more interesting question.
How to kill tanks when you don't, now that's a more interesting question.
By artillery I don't mean super ebganced guided missile systems by good old Howitzers 105, 155.
Pretty impressive that the ground pressure of a M1 abrams tank is less than half of my mountain bike with 2.6" tires.
On anywhere close to equal footing artillery is a pretty dangerous thing to shoot, as soon as your position is triangulated you'd best shut down and move.
Sure direct fire from tanks is 2-4km, but there are tank fired indirect fire weapons as well. Like say the XM1007. On equal footing I'd rather be in a tank (moving at say 20 mph on an unpredictable course and speed) than hoping for the best with artillery. After all even if you get lucky with 1 tank, there's never just one tank.
Even air superiority isn't as useful as it was. A drone up in the air for 5 minutes with a targeting laser can ruin your day.
Seems pretty weird these days to be investing in tanks, but not investing in the A-10 Warthog.