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Firral,
The draft army of the former Soviet Union had poor morale, poor training (mainly due to budgetary problems), poor communication, (many tanks didn't have the capibility to communicate with each other), and poor intel (their own maps were printed to be misleading, their tank commanders often got lost).
Since there were caveats put forth in the original post of this thread we would need to clarify in which era this event would take place. I took it to be a modern one, in which the USSR had not caved in, and that the US was not involved in a different war. Before we could really discuss this further, we would need to establish a scenario for the battlefield. Is it Russian, US or other soil? Also I'm guessing that no nukes are to be used. Also what is the purpose of this war? What is the motivation for an invasion? Morale would soon diminish if there was not a sufficient reason.
It would be my contention, the USSR would not be able to effectively launch an invasion of the US. Therefore I previously put it in Russia. The first, and probably the most difficult part in an invasion of Russia would be establishing air supremacy. If we did establish air supremacy, and a ground invasion took place, I believe without a doubt the Abrams would outclass T72 and T80 tanks in everyway, and the only real threat on the battlefield would be the Kornets. Mine clearing equipment would negate anti-tank mines, and I know molotov coctails would do nothing against an Abrams. In a ground war, in the end, the US would gain superiority and probably fairly quickly but not without considerable losses. I don't believe the Kornets would be enough to turn the tide, so to speak.
No amount of extra equipment would help Russian tanks, it's their inablility to penetrate armor. Which is why I compared it to the war in Iraq. It was not my intention to make the Iraq war the perfect simularity in a Soviet vs. United States scenario but at point blank range, Russian T72s were no match against an Abrams.
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