Standard report: "Unconfirmed. Likely artillery."
For a century, the tank has been worshipped as the god of the modern battlefield. Military doctrine, from the Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm, has been built around one central thesis: He who controls the heavy armor, controls the terrain. The art of tank warfare, as taught at every war college from Fort Moore to the Kubinka Tank Academy, is the art of mass, momentum, and firepower.
What you are about to read—designated —is not a guide to destroying tanks. That is conventional. That is easy. This is a guide to the Reverse Art of Tank Warfare . This is the methodology of using armor not to advance, but to vanish. Not to fire, but to absorb. Not to win, but to ensure the enemy loses the will to fight. -KNOCKOUT- CLASSIFIED-- The Reverse Art Of Tank Warfare-
A standard Main Battle Tank (MBT) has a frontal arc of approximately 60 degrees where its armor is strongest. Standard doctrine says: Point your nose at the enemy.
This is the art of the Reverse Knockout : The tactical philosophy of turning the tank into a trap. Conventional tank warfare relies on visibility. A tank must see its target, range it, and kill it before it is killed. The "Knockout" in standard terms is a kinetic event—a sabot round penetrating a turret ring. Standard report: "Unconfirmed
When the enemy finally figures out where you are, you are already gone. You left 20 minutes ago. You are now inside his supply depot, painted to look like a excavator.
Why? Because the enemy tank commander has been trained to shoot at the turret front or the lower glacis plate. When you present your engine deck, he hesitates. He is confused. In that 1.5 seconds of hesitation, you use a rear-mounted remote weapon station to destroy his optics. You do not aim for his crew. You aim for his eyes . The art of tank warfare, as taught at
You do not need a faster tank. You need a tank that is weird . While specific coordinates remain -KNOCKOUT- CLASSIFIED-- , open-source intelligence analysts have identified a single T-72B3 that was credited with 15 armored vehicle destructions over a 72-hour period without ever being directly engaged.