Actually, as soon as you can get power armour (or even at the start, really) I stop using tanks completely.
The main reason why I don't like tanks is that their ammo takes up loads of space and also that they can't pick anything up.
When you attack supply ships after shooting them down, tanks become awful, as they can't go through the doors without using expensive blaster ammo, or wasting heavy plasma rounds that should be used elsewhere.
And another thing, if you land at night (especially on terror missions) with tanks and blind-fire the walls to get cheap alien kills you will more often than not kill a load of civilians, which is bad.
All in all, they are not worth it, even at the start.
Be controversial and use the Lightning! It's great!
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