{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Project on Defense Alternatives","provider_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda","author_name":"cknight","author_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/author\/cknight\/","title":"The Future of the Tank &#8211; Project on Defense Alternatives","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZXPyKfFttc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/unterseher-the-future-of-the-tank-blurb\/\">The Future of the Tank<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/unterseher-the-future-of-the-tank-blurb\/embed\/#?secret=ZXPyKfFttc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Future of the Tank&#8221; &#8212; Project on Defense Alternatives\" data-secret=\"ZXPyKfFttc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Unterseher surveys the evolution of anti-tank warfare\u2014from artillery, mines, infantry weapons, and guided missiles to drones, precision munitions, and networked reconnaissance\u2014and shows how modern defenses increasingly exploit top attack, long range, and coordinated fire. It then traces the tank\u2019s history from World War I through the Cold War, emphasizing how armored forces repeatedly adapted to countermeasures and doctrinal change. The author concludes that large independent tank formations are less survivable today, especially under ubiquitous drone surveillance and precision fires, but tanks still matter when integrated into combined-arms systems. The likely future is a battlefield with greater emphasis on networked defenses employing agile engineering, lighter forces, precise artillery, drones and fewer tanks.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Renault-M-FT-17-tank.png","thumbnail_width":582,"thumbnail_height":384}