Light Infantry Outdated? Lessons from Bolt from the Blue

[ComradeP]

Yeah, at the moment it's unlikely NATO will face a threat with anything near the MBT numbers the Soviets employed, unless you feel there will soon be a land war with China.

IFV's and MBT's worked well as supporting weapons in Afghanistan and Iraq, but in the end it's mostly up to the individual infantry to do the fighting in the mountains and urban areas with the highest concentration of insurgents/opposing forces. Light infantry, with organic helicopter or fast (wheeled) transport capability is not outdated in my opinion. They've also evolved a long way since the 1980's and helicopter insertions are not like their Vietnam counterparts anymore either.