^^^ The US rarely sells its top-o-the line systems too.
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Originally Posted by chankya
The only Russian tanks to be really hit with western equipment were "monkey models" handled by countries with deficient training and poor overall infrastructure.
While a lot of those qualities are hard to quantify and therefore to prove, it's just as hard to disprove.
One purpose of monkey models was supposed to have been disinformation. If you truly believe that the Abrams is leagues ahead of the competition then it's just possible they actually succeeded.
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An even better example of this is the MiG-25. NATO and the West were practically shitting themselves over this super-fighter, and I can only imagine the jaws dropping after Belenko landed in Japan.
Soviet tanks are the reason the A-10 was designed, built, and sent to Europe. We knew we probably didnt have enough armor if Moscow decided they wanted the rest of Germany/Earth.