A few days ago, during the conflict of the Ukrainian crisis, there was an astonishing scene, a main battle tank was stacked with a lot of electronic jamming equipment, judging from the published photos, it was already carrying out full-range jamming against drones. Judging from the public data, the frequency used by the UAV is a relatively fixed band, so in order to avoid the attack of the UAV, there will be a situation where a variety of electromagnetic interference equipment works at the same time, judging from the public photos, in order to maintain the long-term work of electromagnetic interference, not only equipped with batteries, but also small generator equipment, so as to provide power for electromagnetic interference equipment. Judging from the arrangement of the interference equipment, it is a simple and crude approach, because there is even a tray to arrange the equipment.
During the current conflict in Ukraine, strikes on main battle tanks will be carried out through the mode of drones carrying grenades, and drones are aimed at targets by manual control, so they can theoretically cut off communication between drones and control equipment through electromagnetic interference. However, from the perspective of actual confrontation, full-range interference is useless, and it is obvious that the so-called full-range interference still cannot cover all frequency bands, so there is a scene of destruction. In fact, judging from the fact that the tank deals with the drone by stacking jamming equipment, the tank is now very passive in front of the drone, and even if the canopy is installed, it is unable to cope with the precise strike of the drone.
In terms of the mode of use of UAVs, they have become manually operated missiles, and compared with the original traditional guided weapons, UAVs are more flexible in their strikes, because they can look for loopholes in tank defense. The emergence of drones has greatly changed the battlefield environment, drones not only kill a large number of tanks, but also the strike on personnel has become the norm, ordinary commercial and toy-level drones can become a killing weapon, because through simple modification, it can rely on gravity to drop small grenades, thus becoming the most cost-effective long-distance hunting weapon. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Ukraine crisis has become the largest use of drones and has subverted the understanding of war.
According to the information released by Taiwan, Taiwan will receive 38 M1A2T main battle tanks in 2024, and will also conduct joint military exercises with the US military in the United States. Taiwan plans to complete the reception of 108 M1A2T claim tanks in 2026, thereby improving the island's ground combat capabilities. Taiwan has great illusions about the M1A2T main battle tank, especially after Ukraine obtained the M1A1SA main battle tank provided by the United States, Taiwan immediately called the M1A1SA main battle tank "the artifact of destroying Russia".
Obviously, now Taiwan's purchase of M1A2T has been unable to change the situation, the PLA has a variety of weapons to deal with tanks, in addition to a large number of armed helicopters, the PLA also has an absolute advantage in the field of UAVs, so the purchase of 108 main battle tanks on Taiwan Island is just to give Taiwan its own courage, once the DPP authorities launch a provocation, the PLA will not be polite, the PLA can destroy Taiwan's main battle tanks through a variety of means, including the use of small UAV platforms. The actual situation of the conflict in the Ukraine crisis has shown that when there is no air supremacy, the use of main battle tanks will be greatly limited.