It’s reported recently that Egypt, which has a large number of American-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks, has recently signed a contract with Russia for the licensed production in Egypt of 500 Russian-made T-90MS main battle tanks.
The T-90MS tank, as the export version of the T-90 family, has a more balanced performance and is suitable for countries like Egypt, where the military readiness level is low, according to Chinese military analyst Hawk26.
And according to analyst Bugbushicuowu, as the export version of the T-90AM, the T-90MS tank is an unorthodox product introduced to cater to the arms export market, and its the extra parts and cost do not bring a fundamental improvement in combat effectiveness.
When Egypt puts M1 Abrams and T-90MS against each other at a distance of 1000m, the Egyptians would be surprised to find that the T90 is as crisp as India’s flying cakes and is hit through by one bullet, thus demanding a refund from Russia, joked Chinese analyst Huoxing.