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To: ansel12

Yeah, that was some very convoluted reasoning. Because Yemen, and Angola and Cuba etc etc use it… It’s the best in the world. Never mind that the only time it went up against US forces head to head in desert storm, M1 tanks were undefeated fighting them. I don’t believe a T 72 was able to take a single M1 out of service.

And it’s failing in Ukraine says far more about export versions, in the band’ hands of poorly trained soldiers, operating higgildy piggildy with no coordination in an environment without control of the air. Has it been a US armored division under a battlefield dominated by USAF, you wouldn’t be seeing “M1 tank fails!” stories.


7 posted on 05/11/2024 7:40:51 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: DesertRhino

The losses of the T-54/55 aren’t a whole lot worse than the 5 M1s lost, perhaps this guy should move it to his list.

“The split of documented Russian tank losses by platform:

T-54/55: 8
T-62: 136
T-64: 92
T-72: 1441
T-80: 840
T-90: 136
unknown tank: 347


15 posted on 05/11/2024 9:44:35 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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