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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says:
[url]https://news.yahoo.com/western-made-armor-isnt-working-111700196.html?guccounter=2[/url]

So what was Western made armor made for? [/quote]
It was made for Cold War era Fulda Gap.  The M1 and M2/3 families are approaching half a century of service.  The same holds true for the British Challenger and German Leopard.  The West lost two decades of armor development during GWOT, when the assumption was we’d be fighting low intensity conflicts for a hundred years (and armor isn’t particular useful “hearts and minds” CT/CI operations).  However, AT systems used by adversaries did progress to the point that M1s in Iraq were being taken out by insurgents emplying newer model RPG type systems.  
Western armor also tends towards the reliance on a very robust logistics trail.  
The Polish just selected the ROK Army’s K2 as its next gen main battle tank.  That should tell you something.
The Marines have ditched the M1 all together (with no replacement).[/quote]

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