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They can move. They can be repositioned. They can congregate to provide mutual support.

More significantly they can be used in attack as well as defense.



Right, "able to operate in territory you didn't control yesterday" is a pretty big offensive bonus for tanks relative to bunkers.


Sure, but my point stands. It still has to be occupied by trained troops to make sense, just like those bunkers. Both had to be used smart, both can be misused.

That doesn't make them pointless, it makes their use cases narrow. Hence a coffee shop in one of them.




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