I'll toss in a few comments for discussions sake, but I think you replied to the wrong person, that seems like a long over the top response compared to what you replied too. I haven't been keeping up with this thread much
Yeah, obviously we know weaker tanks can kill more advanced tanks, we can go all the way back in tank history to know that. Shermans have killed plenty of Tigers and Panthers after all. But like you said, tank on tank combat is, and always has been, rare. You mention missiles but I don't really think that's much of a factor, as I know you know, and any armoured soldier will tell you, any decent tank will be able to detect missile launches and send a return round long before that slow moving TOW reaches it's target. It's one of the reasons I think the Bradley is massively overrated in anything other than an infantry support role (which tbf is what it's for, people just talk it up as much more)
Obviously the issue here is going to be doctrine, which, as always, is Russia's weak point. If they couldn't properly support their tanks before, what reason do we have to believe that that's going to change now, no matter how old the equipment they're fielding? Their gear has never been the issue with the Russians, it's how they use it
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