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Originally Posted by Dima
well, you do make a good point, in nearly all armour(spelt differently in Canada) fights within the last 50 years have ended in Western victory, well, that has more to do with the fact that Western nations have almost always had way more support then their enemies, whether it is intelligence through satellites, spies etc. more money(that's the biggest factor) and their tactical prowess has proved to beat the enemy in so many different ways, what about Germany in WW2, they had a conscript force, but it was very well trained and well-funded, a conscript force does not have to be a poorly trained force, in most cases, yes, but that can change, and it will change in Russia
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Battle of 73 Easting was a meeting engagement where an armored Cav troop destroyed an entire Republican Guard BDE dug in a prepared defense. Superior intelligence had nothing to do with that lopsided victory; however, your point about more money (better tank) and tactical prowess (I call it better training in this case) still hold. I wouldn't place too much stock on intel - until the widespread fielding of small UAVs in the past 12 months, real-time intel assets haven't filtered down to the small unit level among conventional units. For the small unit, it is still usually a meeting engagement.