Results of the Southeast Asian tank battle, the first destroyed tank, turned out to be the Thai Army's M60 tank (Figure 4). The Thai Army's T-84 "Fortress" tanks and VT-4 tanks have not yet appeared on the front line, while the Cambodian Army's tanks are only T-55 and 59D tanks. According to the theory, the Thai Army should have a clear advantage in tanks over the Cambodian Army. However, on the 24th, the Cambodian Army's 59D tanks launched a counterattack first, and the Thai Army's M-60 tanks also launched a counterattack. The result was that both were repelled, and one tank was lost on the frontline. The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia is now unstoppable. The Thai Air Force continues to use F-16 fighter jets, US-made 155mm artillery, and drones to bomb the Cambodian Army. The Cambodian Army uses the 90B rocket launcher, BM-70 rocket launcher, and B-21 rocket launcher to counter the Thai forces. Both sides have already started to show pictures of heavy equipment losses. A BM-70 rocket launcher of the Cambodian Army was destroyed by an F-16 fighter jet, and the Thai Army lost one M-60A1 tank. Currently, both the Thai and Cambodian armies are reinforcing their troops. The casualties from this kind of combat and firepower are bound to be inevitable. The Thai Army has so many third-generation tanks, but they are using M48 and M60 tanks on the front line. It seems that they originally thought it would just be a small skirmish, but the Thai military did not expect the war to escalate so much. The Southeast Asian region has its own matching mechanism, and this place has a conflict every few years. The combat is really turn-based, after firing guns and cannons, it's over. The Thai Army's deployment of tanks is for show, these old vehicles don't cost much if they are damaged. I am increasingly thinking that armored vehicles like tanks are not suitable for modern warfare anymore. Facing the Thai army invading into Cambodia, the Cambodian army also seems to want to attack areas in Thailand that are disputed. Both sides are very intense, directly using heavy weapons.
Cambodia-Thailand Tensions Escalate
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