Ukraine tank near Zaporizhzhia
A Ukrainian tank at a shooting range near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia on March 29.
  • Western countries are hustling to deliver main battle tanks to Ukraine's military.
  • Tanks will be useful in taking on Russian tanks and fortifications in a counterattack this spring.
  • But Ukraine needs other armored vehicles to counterattack Russia effectively, one expert says.

Western nations — and Western media — have focused on meeting Ukraine's pleas for more tanks, but what Ukraine really needs is armored vehicles to carry infantry into battle, one expert argues.