Is Infantry obsolete in modern warfare?

[Jason Voorhees]

Title. I was in the Infantry regiment in the army and my commanding officer used to say that Infantry is needed rn but might soon become obsolete in 50-60 years into the future.

Rn Humans are still used because they are cheap and can be used in semi-diplomatic circumstances. Infantry is also useful for clearing out buildings and airborne and specialized infantry men are still very important for precision strikes but frontline soldiers and large formations of soldiers charging in platoons is a thing of the past. In Russia and Ukraine we saw the same thing. Those large formation of soldiers were just easy work for drones and fighters but small packs of soldiers deployed in groups were much harder to fight back against. They could also control more ground compared to armoured divisions but that is slowly changing with modern warfare with precision strikes missiles, advanced weaponry and field crafts. Do you think infantry will become useless in the future?

 

[CorinthianLOX]

Large scale armies maybe. I feel like infantry regiments are becoming smaller and smaller.

 

[got.daim]

Title. I was in the Infantry regiment in the army and my commanding officer used to say that Infantry is needed rn but might soon become obsolete in 50-60 years into the future.

Rn Humans are still used because they are cheap and can be used in semi-diplomatic circumstances. Infantry is also useful for clearing out buildings and airborne and specialized infantry man are still very important for precision strikes but frontline soldiers and large formations of soldiers charging in platoons is a thing of the past. In Russia and Ukraine we saw the same thing. Those large formation of soldiers were just easy work for drones and fighters but small packs of soldiers deployed in groups were much harder but that is slowly changing with modern warfare. Do you think infantry will become useless in the future?

I feel like armies will be absolute in the future. Moreso machines waging wars on other machines with humans dictating their every move, and then the robots becoming fully autonomous.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Large scale armies maybe. I feel like infantry regiments are becoming smaller and smaller.

This is true. Recruitments and vacancies for army postings in Infantry regiment keep getting slashed every year

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@FaceandBBC @Lefty Rankin @Bars @Chadeep @Old Büll

 

[CorinthianLOX]

This is true. Recruitments and vacancies for armies kept getting slashed every year

And also war tactics are evolving constantly. There are new soldier types every decade

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@registerfasterusing @MiserableMan

 

[Old Büll]

@FaceandBBC @Lefty Rankin @Bars @Chadeep @Old Büll

I don’t play much video games anymore

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Panzram

 

[FaceandBBC]

Depends tbh. If US went to war with Russia or China, I think we would just bomb each other to oblivion.

 

[registerfasterusing]

Title. I was in the Infantry regiment in the army and my commanding officer used to say that Infantry is needed rn but might soon become obsolete in 50-60 years into the future.

Rn Humans are still used because they are cheap and can be used in semi-diplomatic circumstances. Infantry is also useful for clearing out buildings and airborne and specialized infantry men are still very important for precision strikes but frontline soldiers and large formations of soldiers charging in platoons is a thing of the past. In Russia and Ukraine we saw the same thing. Those large formation of soldiers were just easy work for drones and fighters but small packs of soldiers deployed in groups were much harder to fight back against. They could also control more ground compared to armoured divisions but that is slowly changing with modern warfare with precision strikes missiles, advanced weaponry and field crafts. Do you think infantry will become useless in the future?

Yeah id agree, I think even tanks may become relatively impractical within a few years

 

[MiserableMan]

Title. I was in the Infantry regiment in the army and my commanding officer used to say that Infantry is needed rn but might soon become obsolete in 50-60 years into the future.

Rn Humans are still used because they are cheap and can be used in semi-diplomatic circumstances. Infantry is also useful for clearing out buildings and airborne and specialized infantry men are still very important for precision strikes but frontline soldiers and large formations of soldiers charging in platoons is a thing of the past. In Russia and Ukraine we saw the same thing. Those large formation of soldiers were just easy work for drones and fighters but small packs of soldiers deployed in groups were much harder to fight back against. They could also control more ground compared to armoured divisions but that is slowly changing with modern warfare with precision strikes missiles, advanced weaponry and field crafts. Do you think infantry will become useless in the future?

In the future, with the advancement in technology a group of 10-20 well trained and equipped soldiers would be more than enough for most missions, infantry is soon going to be rendered worthless and taken over by machines and long range missile systems and drones.

 

[Chadeep]

AI Warfare in future

 

[Bars]

Yes. Army will be taken over by nerds actually already because gamedevs rn are serving for ukraine army unironically playing drones vs meat. Cheap ass drone vs million dollar tanks.

 

[Lefty Rankin]

In the future, with the advancement in technology a group of 10-20 well trained and equipped soldiers would be more than enough for most missions, infantry is soon going to be rendered worthless and taken over by machines and long range missile systems and drones.

Title. I was in the Infantry regiment in the army and my commanding officer used to say that Infantry is needed rn but might soon become obsolete in 50-60 years into the future.

Rn Humans are still used because they are cheap and can be used in semi-diplomatic circumstances. Infantry is also useful for clearing out buildings and airborne and specialized infantry men are still very important for precision strikes but frontline soldiers and large formations of soldiers charging in platoons is a thing of the past. In Russia and Ukraine we saw the same thing. Those large formation of soldiers were just easy work for drones and fighters but small packs of soldiers deployed in groups were much harder to fight back against. They could also control more ground compared to armoured divisions but that is slowly changing with modern warfare with precision strikes missiles, advanced weaponry and field crafts. Do you think infantry will become useless in the future?

The nature of infantry will change. Things will get interesting. One thing's for sure. Flesh and blood will always have to be a big part of the battlefield.