>>63971814
>A three to one advantage in armor, with the outnumbered party having no technological force multipliers because "muh simple reliable weapons", is irrelevant in a total war scenario. So lets go ahead with those "not actually defense budget cuts".
Admittedly the Russians might have indeed figured out a way to botch using a high-low mix of T-80s and T-54's to roll over inferior numbers of reformer friendly M48 pattons (supported by fighter jets armed with nothing but guns). But that doesn't make betting the farm on it at the time a smart idea.