Russia is struggling to attract new recruits for its army, a U.S. official says.

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13. It says "Western style" that doesn't necessarily mean M-1's

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I always understood that we paid for exclusivity. I don’t think M-1’s are sold to anyone else but I could be wrong.

I was in a unit with tanks and Bradley’s. It always stuck me as odd that the lowest ranking crew member had the incredibly important task of loading. Even 30’s years ago I thought the loader was the one human element in an M-1 that could NOT be replaced through automation. They hav elf feeders huh? Didn’t know that.

The M-1 isn’t that hard to learn. We had Scouts serving as loaders because we were short on tankers. Some never served in a Bradley. They picked it up very quickly. They’d have to phase in any Western type tank I would guess. Stick with what they know for the lost part as you said.