Armour piercer

Recent conflicts, including the war in Ukraine and the ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine, have seen small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) increasingly used to identify, target and attack armoured vehicles directly or indirectly. Tallha Abdulrazaq reviews the recent history of UAVs in combat, how they have been used against tanks and armoured vehicles, and what tacticians are now doing to enhance the survivability of the tank on the modern battlefield.