Putting the new Russian Armor in perspective.

I've been e-mailing a buddy from down under about the latest Russian armor soon to hit the scene and he said something that made me realize the scope of what they're doing.

Imagine the US Army deciding to replace its M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley, Stryker, Paladin, and get the Ground Combat Vehicle into production....At the same time!

We're looking at the armor equivalent of the F-35 program but on an even bigger scale.  The raw ambition we're seeing here is to be lauded.  Will the vehicles be successful?  We don't know.  Will they at least equal legacy vehicles and be superior in some ways?  Probably.

The only thing left is to see how the West responds.  My early guess is that you're gonna hear talk about more anti-tank missiles....infantry fired anti-tank missiles at that.  The problem? The standard counter is artillery...and the Russians love artillery.