Ukraine-Russia war sees non-Bradley tanks enter the fray
Military Twitter has been on fire for days debating whether the armed and armored vehicles the US and its allies recently decided to send to Ukraine constitute tanks, which could be read as a significant escalation in the war against Russia. The debate centers on the precise form and function of the new combat vehicles, but it is lost sight of. It is true that neither the American-built Bradley nor the French- and German-built AMX-10RC and Marder vehicles, respectively, fit the technical definition of a tank, which is generally defined as the combination of a tracked hull with a turret.…
