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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Also, the Abrams is a proven weapon. It works, and generally works pretty damn well.
Any new tank coming on the scene, still needs to prove itself in a conflict.
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Yup, that's always the way.
The biggest problem also with Russians is their ability to go from the drawing board to mass production.
They have top notch engineers and battle field theory, but their manufacturing has never been good.
For example, when the Soviets designed the T-72 tank a lot of people were frightened of its capability, on paper, it was a great leap forward tank wise. But it was poorly produced.
The same can be said of the Mig-29, a fantastic plane and really a copy of a tried and true American design. but they had trouble manufacturing it and the flaws impacted performance.