<t>I agree with you that the U.S. seems to be moving away form the heavy armor that has so long dominated the battlefield. The M1 is darn near invunerable from the front. Unfortunately, it takes a thirsty gas-turbine engine to move that frontal armor around and it costs a lot of money to manufacture ...

<t> I've never served in the military, I work in research. I can respond to sven's comment that the day of the tank will be over if a fire and forget atgm is ever fielded. The U.S. army is in the process of going to production of just such a weapon. It is called the Javelin and is an IR guided Fire ...