Viacheslav
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The Armata Tank falls into this category. Yes, on paper, it's superior. But in production it isn't and the new Abrams M-1A2 SEP just barely over the other 2 top Western Tanks. They buy from the same vendors that Russia is blocked from buying from. Embargoes are a bitch, ain't they. I suggest you get your butts out of the Ukraine and Georgia. Then maybe you can have access to the good stuff and not have to roll yer own. You can't change the fact that you start from ground zero, it takes years and decades to catch up. Just reaching where you were before the embargo doesn't mean you caught up. The others that have pooled their resources just keep getting better. That goes for the 3 Western Tanks I mentioned. Just because you want it and put it on paper doesn't make it superior to the ones that already have it in service.
You do not understand the Russian military strategy, I can agree that, for example, the T-90 tank is worse than the Abrams M1A2 SEP, but the T-90 costs almost half as much, and also T-90 less worth in service. And the T-90 does not require high skills from the soldiers, T-90 can be repaired in the desert, and uses only "shit and sticks." In the Second World War, German tanks, for example the Tigers, were the "best" tanks of that time, but cost two or even more times than Soviet tanks, and required more expensive care and qualified personnel.
And another great example is the automatic Kalashnikov rifle, the AK is not the best automatic rifle and does not even take the second place, but the AK is cheap, reliable, unpretentious, easy to maintain, and probably ranks first as a mass automatic rifle
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