Originally Posted by
NutLoose
I agree,to study it is to learn it’s weak points and introduce work arounds that far outweigh the operational effect of one tank and it aids you being able to kill others of the type with your current fleet.. All I can think is they maybe captured more than one, and the other was kept quiet and whisked away to interested parties..
Its a Tank, not a nuclear sub. They have been shown to be absolute garbage and useful only to African nations for parades and keeping the local populace quiet / impressed.
Its 2022 not 1960. There is very little on that vehicle the West doesn't already know about and that they haven't already learnt to defeat - Javelin, Stuga, NLAW, Swingfire, Brimstone, TOW, Hellfire, Spike, Nimrod, Mosquito - heck even a Carl Gustav would knock off some bits.
Get the tank in play and concentrate on the big picture.
The Yanks could turn its hand to building an improved but basic T80 and pass it onto the Ukes in about 8 months. Flooding the battlefield with T80s but evidently tanks are no longer where its at. Light role and Mech infantry seems to be the Daddy again.