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Old 31st Mar 2014, 18:47
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Bastardeux
 
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Holland has none at all now, so what?
I would think armoured infantry would have some very choice words to say, if you said that their faces! It is all based on a presumption that the days of state-on-state warfare are gone, or at the very least, the days of sophisticated state vs sophisticated state warfare are gone; a presumption that you only have to look to Ukraine or the Senkaku Islands, to realise is utter bollox.

What happens if a proxy war breaks out between Nato and a Russian or Chinese sponsored state with all the latest mobile SAMs? Suddenly, the Apache has its limitations and there is a distinct lack of heavy armour in the Dutch AO...even I am willing to admit that the infallible doctrine of air power has its limitations, especially when the jets providing close air support are so expensive and so few!
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