M1Ax family in place of the Type 59.
Yep.....name what countries the M1XX has liberated vs the Type 59. No comparison.....It should be in the top 5 on technical achievements alone.
You read my mind. The M1A was a giant leap.
Agreed. Game changer in the Fulda Gap just by being there. From how well it shot on the move, to what is shot, to how it was armoured, how it was propelled, how quiet it was, and how they networked on the battlefield.
No one wanted to face them. And the crews could practice remarkably aggressive tactics.
Look also at how they fared in the two Gulf wars. AFAIK there were fewer than 10 total hull losses, not counting stoopid driver tricks. And HOW MANY kills did they have in the sand box?