Özet:

One of the solutions produced to revive the war on the European Front, that was confined to trenches during World War I, was the invention of the tank, which is perhaps the most important. Initially designed as a platform to assist infantry and enough armor to protect from machine gun fire, tanks became the main element of blitzkrieg warfare and the essential maneuvering force against the enemy, thanks to the conceptual ideas expressed in the interwar period. With the evolution of warfare from conventional understanding to hybrid warfare, which includes unconventional methods, the threats against tanks became more pronounced, questioning the existence and necessity of tanks. This questioning intensified with the Russia-Ukraine War. Although the improper use of tanks in the Russia-Ukraine War raised doubts about the armor service, properly deployed tank units continue to provide a force multiplier for the side using them. Considering that unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) will continue to develop alongside the production of tanks in the future battlefield, it would not be wrong to say that concept and doctrine studies will be conducted on the combined or separate use of these two platforms. Regardless of how the process unfolds in the context of tanks and UGVs, human decision-makers will continue to exist. The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the Russian-Ukrainian War based on the development of the armor service in the world and in Türkiye, and to convey possible developments regarding the future of the armor service. To achieve this goal, a thematic document analysis method was used.

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