Numerical superiority only matters at the point of contact (where soldiers and weapons platforms operate the “meat grinder”). We no longer live (although many pretend we still do) in an age of phalanxes pressing against each other). We now live an age of tidal waves of steel splinters, transonic blast waves, and superheated air. More often then not, he/she who shoots first, wins–or at least survives.
No longer does a nice, neat, clean bullet pierce the heart of the fallen hero. In modern warfare, our hero is much more likely to be incinerated beyond recognition.
Nor do our “invincible” tanks go hither and yon at will while all weapons bounce harmlessly off their flanks. In the real world, whether you call them anti-tank mines or improvised explosive devices, is semantics next to the practical effects of such a device on a tank’s hull and crew. Moreover, all recent HAWs (Heavy Anti-tank Weapons) will easily slice through the armor of any tank and incinerate and/or shread the crew inside. Most of the improvements to me made in such weapons involve the survivability of the crew firing the weapon and not lethality.
The modern battlefield is not a pushing ground but a killing field.
