Indian general: Indian tank units need to learn a lesson from the fighting in Karabakh
In the disputed high-mountainous region of East Ladakh, India and China have deployed sufficiently powerful groups, reinforced tanks. Chinese light tanks Type15 are opposed to the T-72 and T-90 of the Indian armed forces. At the same time, Indian military experts draw attention to the fact that in such landscape conditions, tanks turn into a vulnerable target for air strikes, primarily with the use of drones.
Former commander of the Northern Army of India, Lieutenant General D.S. Khuda cites as an example the situation that is developing in the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. The retired general notes that in Nagorno-Karabakh, the conditions for using tanks are similar to those in Ladakh.
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The Indian general notes that with the massive use of shock and reconnaissance drone aviation the role of tanks is becoming less obvious. Any tank, even a completely modern one, turns into an open target without a strictly built air defense system. At the same time, D.S. Khuda emphasizes that the Armenian side announced that 107 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Azerbaijani troops were shot down.
This means that the air defense systems are working, but at the same time the number of drones indicated in the report indicates how massive their use is in Karabakh.
This conflict, like the conflict in Syria, according to the retired lieutenant general of the Indian armed forces, indicates that the viability of tanks is questionable regarding future wars.
D.S. Khuda, noting that the tank units of India and all the armed forces of the country need to learn a lesson from the format of the battles in Karabakh:
It was noted that in Ladakh, India, one should not rely on the use of armored vehicles.
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