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Originally Posted by JonDuke
Not sure how accurate, but thought this was interesting.
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this is great, but the sheer numbers will tell a small part of the tale. The equiptment list makes the imbalance bigger
For example the most modern Ukraine main battle tank is the T-84 which is a variant of the Russian T-80 built in the 90's.
This is a tank with smooth Steel armor and a 125 mm smooth bore cannon
They'd be facing the far superior T-90's and T-95's of the Russian Western Military District.
This is a slightly faster tank but its got a mix of reactive and standard steel armor and while they both have 125 mm cannons, The T-90 targeting system is far newer and can fire anti tank missiles as well as conventional rounds.
The Russians would also hold a significant edge in terms of the quality of their anti air defense and probably in armored personal characters.