context?desert operations are usually armor dominated and fast; is it viable to have strong point based defense??
Not really.desert operations are usually armor dominated and fast; is it viable to have strong point based defense??
The defense of Tobruk did not take place in the desert, but in the escarpment area south of Tolbruk that separates the Libyan coast from the inner desert area. This is complex terrain well suited to defense, not the open desert.It worked in Tobruk...
Fortresses, with fortress walls, were effective up to civil war times. In order to be effective, the armor has to be stronger than the artillery. The stone walls used to survive repeated hits with cannon balls.managed ti secure an advantage by sacrificing mobility etc.....???
The topic of this thread is strong point defensive systems.Fortresses, with fortress walls, were effective up to civil war times. In order to be effective, the armor has to be stronger than the artillery. The stone walls used to survive repeated hits with cannon balls.
I think the question is whether there could be a leap in armor development that would allow for a strong fortress wall that could withstand strikes from the air and is greatly strong/more cost effective than reinforced concrete. They talk about new nano armor being 5 times stronger than steel. That is not enough. Maybe in the future, if something was developed that was 10 or 100x stronger than reinforced concrete, and cheap, then the fortress could return.
Yes, my mistake, wrong thread. Thank you very much.The topic of this thread is strong point defensive systems.
You want the thread for http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/military-strategy-tactics/fortress-modern-day-possibility-9050/
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