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Sheer numbers don't mean as much in the face of vastly superior weaponry. If the Soviets didn't keep pace with Western advances, they would be at a serious disa
by unmole 9y ago
Sheer numbers don't mean as much in the face of vastly superior weaponry. If the Soviets didn't keep pace with Western advances, they would be at a serious disadvantage.
- trynumber9 9y agoOf course, but in many cases (BMP, T-64, SA-2, AT-3, R-7) they were ahead of the west. They built a technically advanced and massive army. Quantity was something the U.S. didn't consider necessary after the Vietnam War. At that point, the Soviets could've done the same. Except that a third of their army was deployed along their border with communist China and later they had a small problem in Afghanistan.