The main problem with Mexican versus US forces in the Twilight War is that U.S. forces have a whole load of weapons that can defeat all Mexican armour, but the Mexicans have none that can defeat the M1 Abrams tank.
The ERC-90 and AMX-13 armed with a 90mm gun can defeat lighter U.S. vehicles and older tanks, but not modern tanks. An AMX-13 armed with a 105mm gun can defeat the M48 and M60 tanks, but only if it is using HEAT or APFSDS rounds. It cannot defeat any variant of the M1 Abrams tank or an M60A3 with reactive armour. The ERC-90 and the AMX-13 are also very lightly armed vehicles and vulnerable to all U.S. tanks and anti-tank weapons. In fact they would also be vulnerable to the Bradley's 25mm canon.
Mexican forces also use the Milan missile. France supplied 80 Milan 1 missiles to Mexico in mid-1980's. The Milan 1 missile can defeat the M48 and M60 tank, but cannot realistically defeat any variant of the M1 Abrams tank or an M60A3 with reactive armour. The Milan is also wired guided and short ranged. The Milan 2 missile is a bit more powerful but the French kept this missile for themselves in this period, and it couldn't penetrate an M1 Abrams either.
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