Both vehicles are tracked and heavier than the AMX-10RC but have smaller main weapons, though they also carry anti-tank missiles. You read about Saudi Arabian and Russian tanks being easily killed but you dont. What's important is that the West is sending armored fighting vehicles.įrance's announcement was quickly followed by the US announcing that it would send M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Germany announcing that it would send Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Tank Destroyers, the gun-totting ones, are still pretty much around.

Yet the military value of the AMX-10RC isn't really the point. Armored vehicles are still vital on the battlefield, but an armored car may have limited utility against swarms of anti-tank missiles, attack drones, and smart artillery shells. Indeed, Ukraine has shown that modern reconnaissance relies on drones and satellites. Fighting there has become trench warfare, with incremental gains rather than sweeping armored offensives in which fast, armored scout vehicles excel. One is to use surplus or backup tanks from modern armies such as Russia. In other words, the AMX-10RC was designed to be part of a light mechanized force that rides to the rescue of NATO forces desperately defending against a Soviet blitzkrieg. Tank destroyers in the Second World War varied from not having any turret to. Russian Medium tank T-44M Panzerjager or Jagdpanzer Marder 1 ( Tank Destroyer or Tank Hunter ) Came across the Eagle again Tamiya Panzer IV 70(A) Post. It often indicates a user profile.įrench troops back an AMX-10RC onto a ship in Toulon in June 1995.ĪNNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

Modern russian tank destroyers