Re: MBT's
A little something about our favorite Russian tank and they have only 20 of them of which the threshold was much higher for the OPLOT-M to "join the club"...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news...s-into-service
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...ont-end-210628
And there are so many more and how many years ago did I bring up the engine issue? You don't build tanks around the engine!  !!
This next will show this similar situation existed with a couple of German WWII tanks.
https://tankandafvnews.com/2015/11/1...r-reliability/
But Russia did build an improved T-90M and fielded it a year ago or so as posted.
Regards,
Pat
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