I keep hearing how MBT's are basically at the upper limit of how big and how heavy they can be build.
At least it's said that you can never build a tank heavy enough with conventional armor to defeat modern anti tank threats.
I've heard that there wouldn't be a road able to support such a tank. but i never knew tanks were supposed to use roads to begin with.
Anyway i'm curious as to why tanks can't simply grow to battleship size?
Certainly having more armor would eventually make it unfeasible to use shoulder launched anti-tank missiles due to the shear weight of the explosive charge required to breach the armor.
But basically my question is, why can't they build such tanks? As i don't think it's a technological problem, there is something else , i also don't believe it's to do with being unable to use roads since tanks were never intended to use them in the first place.
A tank simply goes over and through things
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks.
At least it's said that you can never build a tank heavy enough with conventional armor to defeat modern anti tank threats.
I've heard that there wouldn't be a road able to support such a tank. but i never knew tanks were supposed to use roads to begin with.
Anyway i'm curious as to why tanks can't simply grow to battleship size?
Certainly having more armor would eventually make it unfeasible to use shoulder launched anti-tank missiles due to the shear weight of the explosive charge required to breach the armor.
But basically my question is, why can't they build such tanks? As i don't think it's a technological problem, there is something else , i also don't believe it's to do with being unable to use roads since tanks were never intended to use them in the first place.
A tank simply goes over and through things
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks.