Trying to picture actual tank tactics

[SgtExo]

Originally Posted by WorldOfForms

That's basically what I was describing. So you punch through the line with your tanks, and then you have enemies behind you. They shoot your rear, you die.

With tanks being as vulnerable as they are, the enemy doesn't even have to shoot your rear. How are you going to punch through a line when enemy AV can kill you almost instantly?

Did you play PS1? A Vanguard took forty AV shots to kill, and even then in a heated battle they could die almost instantly because of so much lead flying through the air. Tanks that take 6-7 shots will be obliterated before they get anywhere near the line to punch through.

I don't think anyone is really considering what will happen when the armies are scaled up. Tanks are going to get hosed immediately out in the open unless the devs increase their armor dramatically.

I have never played PS1, but the outfit that would move in an opening while leaving its rear exposed like that deserve to die.

What I was saying is not for the whole force to move in, that would leave the flanks and rear exposed like you stated, but only the strike force would move in leaving at least the other half of the force to hold the line and protect the strike forces vulnerable flanks. The purpose of a Blitzkrieg is to leave the enemy forces lost and confused with overwhelming forces first striking the weak points in the line first, then securing (meaning not leaving yourself vulnerable) the objectives.

That would be the way a highly skilled and practiced outfit would do it. It would start with infantry making contact, then they would report where the best place to break thru would be. Then the tanks, libs would start shelling the target, followed by ES planes taking out specific targets that holding the line. This would be followed when the line breaks by the Lightnings and ATVs that push into the enemy lines and covering the sunderers that are bringing in all the infantry that will take the base. You still need infantry and tanks to stay outside and keep the base clear of enemy tanks and air cover to protect the platoon that is securing the objective.

I personally cant wait to see tactics like this happen.