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Originally Posted by Raptor1
Don't forget that the T-34, besides being (eventually) reliable, cheap and simple to produce, was also a highly effective tank. A Panther was in no way guaranteed to win one on one if the crew was good.
Cheaper equipment doesn't necessarily mean it will only win with numbers.
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True, true. Drake was making the comparison, in this case, between the already excellent 1st Gen M1 Abrams (105mm) versus the then-believed-to-be Soviet front line tanks, the T-80 and, secondarily, the T-72, asserting the the US doctrine of a high-quality, high-maintenance, expensive MBT that could knock out 10 lower-quality, cheaper Threat armor would be undone by that 11th OPFOR tank.
Taken another way, if there's thirteen hundred guys charging your position who will be there in seconds, even a 1200 rpm machine gun won't help you.