National Interest: Russia's Devious New Battlefield Tactic: Use Tanks as Decoys to Kill Enemy Artillery
Russia has unveiled a devious new battlefield tactic: use tanks as decoys in order to hunt down enemy artillery batteries.
It's a bait-and-switch con job that relies on relies on Russian tanks, drones, artillery—and an opponent that is just a tad gullible.
The technique works like this, according to Russia's Sputnik News: When facing an enemy that has artillery, Russia will attempt to locate the enemy batteries and destroy them through counterbattery fire. The problem, which dates back to the eighteenth century, is that the enemy batteries will attempt to remain concealed.
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WNU Editor: The Sputnik article that discusses these new tactics is here .... Tank Tag: New Russian Battle Tactics Revealed (VIDEO) (Sputnik).
