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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
That says it all right there. I'm sure you can think this one through.
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I think the big problem is practice. I don't know how much the Israelis practice as far combined arms goes. In the Territories, the tanks act as mobile assault guns, supporting infantry. This is not the same thing as infantry and tanks working together to gain ground. There appears to have been only one regular tank brigade in Lebanon (Ben's brigade, the 401st). While taking nothing away from reservists tankers, their skills are probably a bit rusty... especially their ability to coordinate with infantry. I'm not sure how many combined arms field exercizes the IDF hosts, maybe Druze knows.