i mean its, in my opinion the epitome of the human capability of “we can fuck you up with style”, we have these huge metal boxes that weigh around the 60 tons, capable of moving at an average of 65 km/h, and carrying guns that can render a small house into dust, and we lock 4 or 5 people inside together with high explosive fuel and ammo ad send them to battle;
now here comes the thing, what if tanks are an endemic creation to humans? like, the initial design of the tank came from necessity, to put an end to a stalemate war fought static in trenches, more than 100 years ago
and from that point forward we have perfected the design to fit specific roles, light, medium and heavy tanks, artillery and SPG’s, airlifted, APC’s, IFV’s, Anti-Tank and Anti-Air for goodness sake
now picture aliens completely loosing their shit when facing any of the above in combat, either allied with or fighting against us
and diving into the guns part of the vehicle;its not only the 120/125 mm main gun on a stabilized platform with pin point accuracy on a turret that can freely rotate 360 degrees, which can fire rounds that technically neglect armor (X)(X)
no, no, no, tot just that, they also carry dedicated anti infantry weapons, such as he fabled .50 (12,7mm) M2 browning machine gun, or the MG3 which to an extent is a modernized mg42, these weapons can, and have demonstrated that can rip a human in half (aliens would totally lose their shit once more because yeah, a gun that can kill the most resilient species, no thanks) with a short burst aiming center of mass, oh and also missiles, yeah, missiles, some fired from external mounts, or from the gun itself
honestly tanks are the perfect vehicle for a species of indestructible deathwordlers, and if tanks are endemic to us, he aliens better hope to keep a stable, peaceful alliance with us.
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