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[โ€“] TraumaDumpling@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK infantry are usually much more resilient to artillery or aerial bombardment than tanks, since infantry can weasel into holes and micro-terrain features to use as cover, and could use certain materials to camouflage thermal signatures easier than tanks - worst case scenario they can dig tunnels, which tanks cannot (yet, most of the time). ground drones or drones that fly closer to the ground could find infantry easier perhaps but would have a harder time navigating more complicated terrain than the open sky.

[โ€“] Tunnelvision@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

Drones have also limited the size of essentially everything since their wide implementation in Ukraine. The typical squad size prior to Ukraine was 12 and now infantry are having to move in groups of 2-4. That alone is a huge blow to what infantry can do.