Strike Two

[@lexicdark]

You had me at 'Define clean: defiled or just dirty?' when you're tasked as 'rear guard'... Seasonal greetings to you and yours.

[@lexicdark]

PS. you mention 'crew survivability' on MBTs - It is a bit of a contentious thing as the analysis / reports are based on going up against the recent 'proxy war' where the opposition were just disabling them with an AP round and leaving it at that (we shouldn't derive a false sense of security when others are being frugal on rounds or are nice to crews), whereas some others do repeated rounds as they 'like to see them burn'. [seriously, check the data used to make the assumption.] That changed over the course of about a year as tank on tank warfare is currently no longer sensibly viable as an explosive or warhead on a small guided drone is enough, which means the previously mentioned 'survivabillity' is definitely no longer a thing (was it ever?). We are really into a bangs-per-buck situation. [Just using a different kind of, and cheaper, high end 'can opener'.] This too shall change, as you are somewhat right about it 'going in circles' more likely (death) spirals, that's why it's called an 'arms race'. We are headed for (marching to?) the Sci-Fi writer's favorite topic: the immovable object vs the irresistible force. Hmm, Schrödinger's tank...

[@vanowen_]

Oh, I am very much an armchair general. I know just enough to sound good across a noisy room.

[@lexicdark]

@@vanowen_ nice work in this episode on working your mobile weapon platform (purposely dropping reference to 'armor'). ;-) Wouldn't it be Rear Admiral in a read guard action? - more likely. You are thinking and talking about it, trying to reason it all out - that is a good thing. The War Blunder experience hasn't gone to waste! Thank you again for the thought provoking banter and the many many resulting chuckles.