Also to mention is a way inferior downward angle of the gun (please can you tell me how to phrase this correctly)?, which is a big disadvantage if you use the tank in defilade.
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Originally posted by T. A. Gardner:
This is why they performed so poorly in Vietnam, Korea, Pakistan, the Middle East, to name but a few post war locations against Western armor.
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However, it is open to speculation what would have happened if the Soviets themselves had engaged Western armor. For Egypt, Syria, North Korea, you also have to take a lack of crew training into account.
Btw: What is per definition the "Middle East"? Arabian Peninsula, Asia Minor, Caucasus? Do Iran and Afghanistan belong to it? What about Kazakhstan, Pakistan...?