Well, the various Arab armies that fought the Israelis also had Western tanks in their arsenals. These included up-gunned Egyptian M-4 Sherman tanks, Jordanian M-47 and M-48 Pattons, and British Centurions that saw use by the armies of Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. And as it was stated earlier, the Israelis employed captured T-55s.
As for this discussion about the problems with Soviet army doctrine and training, well, we aren’t talking about that. Or poor Soviet-era industrial practices. We’re talking about modern Russian equipment, the T-90MS in particular, and whether or not it is scrap metal. And I never said that the US military should purchase and employ T-90s.
Didn’t say you did. I asked you do you think any American soldier would want to fight in a T-72 or T-90?