No, The Tank Is Not Dead.

Why HN readers recommended it

Pointed to as an authoritative answer, from a former Abrams commander and tank historian, to claims that tanks are obsolete.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Chieftain

Topic

future of tanks

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• An armor officer can answer this better than I can: [VIDEO] If you're watching the videos from Ukraine - the Russians are pretty much doing it all wrong. You do not send tanks into cities unless they're following infantry who are clearing houses & rooftops. …

• I really don't think that's a good comparison, cavalry didn't just fall from grace because they became easily slaughtered by infantry, they stopped being used because their role became irrelevant and were replaced. The role tanks play has not become irrelevant and while they aren't …

• Yes it does. See "The Chieftain: No, The Tank Is Not Dead" [VIDEO] TLDW: Tank has a task on a battlefield and fact that you can easily kill it won't take that task away. Same goes for infantry and they are not going away either. …