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Originally Posted by Sanjuro
Did the export version of the T80 have the same gun as the Soviet's own equipment? I remember talking to a tanker after GW1; he described vividly the loud clang as a main armament round from a T80 (Manually traversed or not, they traversed fast enough) bounced off the front of his Challenger I; the T80 was then taken out by the first shot they fired in return.
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AFAIK, T-80s were not sold to Iraq. Ever. It was probably a misidentified T-72E that your aquaintance saw.
There was a bit in the Greatest Tank Battles episode about the 73 Easting battle where a Brad was killed by a 73mm HEAT round fired by a BMP-1. Although a Bradley could conceivably luck out when hit by a 100+ mm AT shell, it would be the exception that proves the rule.