Comments by "Spring Bloom" (@springbloom5940) on "Abrams, Leopard and Challenger 2 vs. T-72: How Western Tanks Compare to Russia’s Armor | WSJ" video.
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So much wrong, here
A) Ukraine will be getting export versions of these tanks, because for the US at least, it requires an act of Congress to export much of the technology in these armor systems, to non-NATO countries. The export version of the M1 is a tin can. British 'CHOBHAM' is highly classified. The 'silver bullet' ammo for the M1 and Bradley, is export restricted and has potential legal implications in a conflict with Russia B) its a 'BIMP', not a 'BUMP' 🤦 C) Russian standard tanks are far more sophisticated and tougher than the export versions Iraq had. About the only thing they have in common is the shape D) head to head tank combat isn't what is killing tanks. Ukraine had the largest armor force in Europe and the second largest in the region, behind Russia. Ukraine's deployed armor force, outnumbered Russia's by almost 5:1 and its gone . 99% of armor kills are by artillery and ATGMs, which will smash any tank. ATGMs were still special purpose weapons, in limited supply, when these tanks were designed. Now, they are far more powerful and ubiquitous.
The only significant advantage Western tanks have, is possibly better crew survivability. But, they'll still get destroyed like everything else and then Russia will parade their burned out carcasses through Red Square every day for the next hundred years, in a propaganda victory far more potent than any potential tactical victory these tanks will provide. This is incomprehensibly stupid, for a number of reasons. This is just an escalation for the sake of escalation, because our leaders are imbecilic narcissists who think they'll be immune from any consequences, like they are in everything else.
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