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Anti-tank advice from an American tank mechanic

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Any heavy equipment with an ICE needs to pull in a lot of air. That air has to be cleaned by a filter. Put a hole (or 20) in that filter and the engine will be sucking in whatever's in the air - healthy or not.

WWII infantry training on anti-tank warfare.

Some is obviously dated. Some still applies.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=taHFUKKKmJM

Thanks, that's interesting and I replied with a try at an infographic ;-)

I’d love to read this but Twitter won’t let me.

basically if a tank cant see its now a deathtrap, and occupants have to get out and do something > soldier vulnerable to arms

tanks and other mechanized platform need an exclusion usually provided by infantry, this is reported by poster to be sparse support > vulnerable to mechanical disruption, or immobilization.

doing things to streetsigns or landmarks or wide range RF-noise broadcasting to obfusicate navigation is a tactic with asymmetric effect

Even the best tank becomes a sitting duck if the crew can't see the outside. For unarmed civilians, throwing waterbombs to the optics with ink, paint or opaque glue can also be effective to stop the tank and force the occupants to get out for cleaning becoming easy targets.

They must have sat nav inside those things.

> American tank mechanic here. Some advice.

> Tanks are bad at urban combat. They need infantry support. Without boots on ground they're just big targets with poor visibility. Rifles should aim for the periscopes, but most importantly the sight unit on top of the turret.

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> Take down street signs. Don't let the enemy know where they are. Move signs to the wrong streets. Tanks are super heavy, so try to direct them to streets that can't hold their weight. They can't move if they break through to the sewer.

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Unless the Russians have forgotten their history lessons, they’re probably aware of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994–1995)

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