The military recently tried operating tanks with slat armor, a common anti-drone stopgap measure widely used in the Ru-Ukr war.
Evaluation video and summary after operation
Summary:
Slat armor is effective, but it’s only single-use (disposable), and there are concerns about interference with the K2 tank's electronic equipment and radar.
The K2 is equipped with soft-kill defenses (detecting anti-tank threats, deploying smoke screens, and evading via maneuvering), but it can't evade every threat.
I know hard-kill systems are also being developed, but a hard-kill system capable of intercepting drones is absolutely necessary for tank survival.
"The Cope Cage Conundrum: Is the tank doomed by cheap drones? Consensus is that the 'chicken coop' is a temporary fix and we need a proper hard-kill system ASAP, otherwise, RIP armored warfare (and maybe humanity)."
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