British Armor Policy

[Liebchen]

But then the Red Army knew about tanks. When they were invaded in 1941 they had more tanks than the rest of the world combined. Yes, most of them were junk but they still had them. And they knew they were going to always have them in large numbers. They still do. The Soviets are arguably the most tank aware nation on the planet and always have been.

The Soviets were also, IIRC, the only nation that had ever really fought a war with what was then modern armor. Not counting their opponent, Japan, of course, but they don't count because it was their last real venture into the arena of armored warfare.

All the rest of them had only 20+ year-old experience to learn from, and other than that just lots of theory.