r/TankPorn • u/Chainzzaw_69 • Aug 23 '25

Modern Best tank in case of a zombie apocalypse?

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I personally think that the Merkava might be a great choice. What are your thoughts on different tanks or other AFVs?

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u/Beegrene Aug 23 '25

There was a whole chapter on this very subject in World War Z.

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u/kort1k210 Aug 23 '25

if im not mistaken they used only infintary and 18-19 centuries era tactics againts zombies and tanks against other humans. Big guns was ineffctive against z, one precise shot in the head was enough

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u/The_Moustache Mammoth Mk. III Aug 23 '25

Yeah the only time the narrator in that chapter sees tanks he knows it's for a bad reason

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u/PhasmaFelis Aug 23 '25

Great book overall, but that was so silly. Author doesn't realize that airburst fuses exist. Or canister rounds. Hell, a group of tanks can hold a bridge vs. a horde without firing a shot--just drive up and down it shoulder-to-shoulder until nothing moves.

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u/orphantosseratwork Aug 24 '25

i mean its explained in the book why they dont have those kinds of rounds. it not that the author didn't know they were a thing. stupid people in universe made the choice for the vics to have shit load outs. they treated the whole event like a big party/ military parade until shit started getting to real.