Why You Don't Leave Tanks Without Infantry Support

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The title says it all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/f07hac/a_good_example_of_why_a_tank_shouldnt_be_left_wo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

 

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That's where his fire-team partner tank is supposed to "scratch his back" with the coax!

 

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That's where his fire-team partner tank is supposed to "scratch his back" with the coax!

I thought the same.  You can probably afford a little less infantry protection if you don’t penny packet your tanks.  I always think of the stories I heard about M1’s raking their fellow tanks with coax to get the Iraqis crawling all over them.