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Both the US and the USSR had main-battle-tanks, but something was different for the Soviets. Russia had a much wider range of armored vehicles. Why did the Soviets have so much diversity, where we still don’t have that?

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12:15 - the USSR reactivated T-34s for specific parades, but were mostly out of service and reserves by the 1980s
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references:
John Nicholas, Main Battle Tanks (Vero Beach, Flor.: Rourke Enterprises, 1989).

Steven J. Zaloga, Modern Soviet Armor: Combat Vehicles of the USSR and Warsaw Pact Today (Englewood Cliffs, N.Jer.: Prentice-Hall, 1979).

Steven J. Zaloga and James W. Loop, Modern American Armor: Combat Vehicles of the United States Army Today (London, UK: Arms and Armour Press, 1982).

“Soviet Tank Programs,” National Intelligence Council, NI IIM 84-10016/DS, 5 May 1984.
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