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Originally Posted by KnightFandragon
Modern Russian tanks(T54/55, T72, T90) look very ugly and hardly functional....the turrets look so small its a wonder the gun can depress past its slightly elevated position I always see them sitting in when they are in pics and stuff. The turret is like half the size of a dinner plate...its a wonder anyone fits in them lolz
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Well that you mention it Russian tanks of the cold war period like the one mentioned above definetly had issues with hull down positions because the gun could not be lowered all to much. Something western tanks like the Leopard or similar always could do well. But those are details regarding engagements. For the Russian army it was always important to have equipment that can be easily manufactured I mean for that they have very small and pretty "light" tanks (many times 20 tons lighter then most western counterparts) everything has advantages and disadvantages. But tough even that is a very very generic comment. Truth is that tank development is not a clear straight line or evolution. You make better protection the enemy will try to make a better gun, you try to make better vehicles the enemy will try to counter that. It was not rare that at some point either the Europeans (particuilarly Britain or Germany) had a clear advantage, a few years later eventualy the Soviets and at some point the US. Hence why its called and arms race it has a reason why the 105mm L7 was considered one of the most succesfull anti tank guns. Different nations had different priorities. Which one would have proved to be bette in a third world war ? Just letz be glad we never had to find that out. ~ there are a few interesting "what if" scenarios, but most if not all of them usualy end in a nuclear warefare at the end if either the one or othe side is loosing.
10-17-2010, 03:05 PM
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