PanzerKiel
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Yes, a war where drones did not exist and the Iraqi Army was using the 60's Soviet tactics of pushing with armour without infantry support. The Syrian Army tried it early in the war but failed massively. As for Turkey, their MBTs hasn't done much since Al-Bab where the majority losses of armour were.
The speed of the ATGM doesn't matter much when it is faster than the tank it is targeting.
A tank can't fire "3 rounds", it needs time to load the next round.
ATGM are also hard to find compared to tanks. Good example would be Israel and Hezbollah war where Hezbollah did not field a single armour.
As for Syria, the Syrian regime had more tanks than Pakistan. In fact, even if you go back to the 80's, Israel wouldn't field its tank fleet in fear of falling prey to Syrian Gazelle helicopters. And guess what the helicopters used, ATGM
Also, on a personal note.....it is unfair, and can be dangerous, to adopt a doctrine, or a technique, which may have proved good in some other country, under different conditions, in different terrrain.
In urban areas, where tanks dont have a chance to survive, all sort of ATGMs and anti-tank weapons have good potential......so if Pakistan is expecting to fight enemy tanks in its cities, then yes, ATGMs and RPGs are good to have....
Hezbollah is not a regular army organization nor it adopts regular army tactics.....which is its main strength, you bring Hezbollah in Sinai desert, give them a month to prep their defences, and then ask IDF to take them on....the results will be quiet different to what happened in 2006....
That 80s example which you gave, that was one of the first instances in which IDF had to face ATGM equipped helis, for which they hadnt thought of any anti-dote.....but then they learnt....after that, till today, no one can imagine to fly helis with such impunity without achieving air superiority in that specific sector.....SHORADs wont let the helis come near....
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