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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
I wouldn't say that's entirely true. The Russians have learned a couple of valuable lessons over time.
1.You can mass deploy average tanks against smaller quantities of superior tanks and prevail.
2. You can't win a spending war against the West/USA when you don't have the luxury of the Ruble being the world's reserve currency.
The T-72 with its upgrades and the T-90 are more than capable of engaging what NATO offers on the battlefield. The T-72 is also attractive for foreign military sales.
So, I'd say the Russians, with 10x smaller defence budget than NATO, have to find more efficient solutions.
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Not sure about the T-90, but the Israeli's Merkavas ripped apart a Syrian tank brigade of T-72s with no losses, but I guess those weren't the T-72B variants.