Tanks, which until recently were called the main victim of the drone era, may get a new role on the modern battlefield. Instead of abandoning heavy armored vehicles, engineers will create active protection systems capable of automatically destroying UAVs before they hit the vehicle, said military expert Yaroslav Dymchuk.
According to him, the next stage could be full-fledged anti-drone systems with radars, sensors, and automatic turrets.
In the USA, they invented a turret paired with a radar configured to search for drone threats. Perhaps this is currently the only real method of protection against UAVs.
The tactics of using armored vehicles are also changing. Tanks are increasingly used as mobile fire platforms and a means of combating heavy equipment, rather than as a classic means of breaking through defenses.
At the same time, bad weather is once again becoming an advantage for heavy vehicles, as it degrades the performance of aerial reconnaissance and drones.
