Just Because It Looks Funny Doesn't Mean It Doesn't Work. Behold The Dreadlock Tank.
Aluminum dreads could detonate incoming drones.
The ridiculously up-armored tanks that are common on both side of Russia’s 50-month wider war on Ukraine actually do what they purport to do: deflect first-person-view drones.
But often at a cost. Many of the drone-proof tanks no longer work as tanks, because their add-on protection prevents them from rotating their turrets and aiming their main guns.
Incapable of engaging the enemy at close range with overwhelming firepower, these tanks function as mine-clearing heavy assault vehicles, instead: transporting infantry across the mine-infested, drone-patrolled no-man’s-land.
Even in the assault role, an aim-able main gun would be pretty useful, however. Infantry need support.
