Murakhovsky described how tank employment in the Ukraine war has shifted toward survivability-focused tactics: “The tactics of combat vehicle crews within the framework of the special military operation have ceased to resemble previous ones. Commanders rely on the survivability of each individual piece of equipment. Shot – maneuver – withdrawal.”

I hate how journalists and writers are so willfully ignorant of war that we all continually gobble this stuff up uncritically.

This is NOT a new realization for every tank designer in the world except Russia. The basic way Abrams crews have been trained for decades debunks the idea these are novel realizations… the Abrams itself was specifically named after a general who emphasized combined arms as a primary virtue not limitless strength.

I could link an article but it is better to just watch how Abrams are trained to move and fight, they don’t rely on their armor to protect them, Abrams crews have NEVER been trained to do that.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nD171uIEiAQ

Russia is attrociously bad at making main battle tanks or indeed really understanding them in the first place as a tool. The rest of the world however is not.