Abstract
The Armoured Corps (AC) stands at a critical inflexion point as antiquated doctrines, traditional platforms, legacy structures and linear combat models face obsolescence in a multidomain digital battlespace.
This paper presents a comprehensive reimagining of the Corps’ future role, structure, and doctrine in light of disruptive technologies, lessons from contemporary conflicts, and evolving multi-domain warfare realities. It argues that survivability, multidomain adaptability, and deterrence in the twenty-first century cannot be achieved through mobile protected firepower or mass alone, but through C5ISR dominance, autonomous teaming, modular force design, beyond visual range hard and soft kills, and human-machine integration. It cannot afford to be doctrinally reactive or technologically indifferent. To fight and win tomorrow’s wars, AC must reimagine combat through the lens of invisible geometry, precision disruption, and mission continuity under digital siege.
In this context, the Corps must evolve into a connected ecosystem of platforms, sensors, and digital nodes moving from platform-centricity to networked lethality. This calls for a complete relook at doctrine, structure, acquisition priorities, and military education and above all, a cultural shift that aligns with the logic of the fourth industrial age.
Keywords: C5ISR, Technology, Multi-Domain Operations, Networked Lethality, Autonomous Systems, Human–Machine Integration, Digital Battlespace
