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If you sent a lone modern tank like a Abrams, Leopard, or black panther back to WW2 with a continuous supply of spare parts, ammo, fuel etc. Would it make a difference? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by KC_Royalz@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know a lone modern fighter jet would make a huge difference but have always wondered about a tank

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[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nope. See: German wunderwaffen.

War isn't about being super cool and good at killing, war is about logistics. Germany had fighter jets that could smoke any allied plane, and that didn't matter because they couldn't put more than 200 in the air at one time, and more realistically, maybe 50-100. Tigers routinely had K/D ratios in the high single/low double digits (with many of the D's being their own crews blowing them to avoid capture), and they got overrun anyway. Even a modern fighter plane wouldn't do much because it can't be everywhere all at once. You just need to go around it.