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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by EliRivers on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:10AM (#35421559)
Russia has many thousands of high-quality Soviet tanks

I've got a high quality 486 processor here but it still gets slaughtered by a cheap, ropey CPU I bought last year. A high-quality Soviet tank is a high-quality outdated tank that's very vulnerable to modern weaponry.

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by codedokode on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:32AM (#35421746)
This comparison is not fair because tank's performance doesn't double every year.
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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:17AM (#35422240)
Tanks' performance has improved a lot since the 1960s, though.
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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by foverzar on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:13AM (#35423897)
The platform is still largely the same though. Fancy Abrams tanks are of 1970s designs with modern modifications.

T-72s and such are also kept updated with modern gizmos like reactive defense, etc.

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