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Depending on the definition of "modern". If you mean third generation tanks, then the US has almost twice as many. 7970 vs 4791. Russia has 15755 but I'm not sure how many qualify as third generation. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_c...

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A lot of Russia's armor consists of dated T-72s, a small number of which are being upgraded, but those upgrades are basically "Add a thermal sight, make the turrent turn a little faster, add some ERA brickes". Armata is really a unicorn, T-80s got pulled out of service, and they rely on T-90 variants just like India.

Whether or not M1A2s are equal or inferior to a tricked-out T-90 is a long, long debate.

There is also China, but I personally don't think much of their new tanks.

> Whether or not M1A2s are equal or inferior to a tricked-out T-90 is a long, long debate.

That's an interesting way to put it! From my basic reading I'd consider the M1A2 to have an edge over the T-90MS. If you look at the bigger picture (logistics and total cost of a war), then the T-90MS might have an edge.

Yea, my statement was too biased to make without evidence, so props for calling me on it. If we ever have a news article on tanks on here, we can debate it out =)

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