Originally Posted by Seadog

I have always considered the tank best as an infantry support vehicle. There is no need to sacrifice one tank against another if the use of artillery, traps, or aircraft can accomplish the same desire. With air superiority, the trick is weather and locating the target. Without air superiority, what use can having the best tanks be? It becomes a question of attrition. Can you get enough tanks to push the enemy forces back before they get destroyed? During WWII, the lack of ability to fly in bad weather was the only time that the Germans had an advantage in large scale tank attacks, but bad weather can work both ways.