We should sell NEW American hardware to Mexico, Peru, Columbia with a trade in for all their Russian hardware which we could overhaul and give to the Afghanis a lot cheaper than building Brand New equipment as with the AIRINC / CNTPO deal. That would effectively kick Russia out of all Latin America but Venezuela and Cuba.
*We should sell NEW American hardware to Mexico, Peru, Columbia with a trade in for all their Russian hardware which we could overhaul and give to the Afghanis a lot cheaper *
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The countries you name use far more US and Israeli gear than Russian. Aside from a couple Peruvian units using AKMs, their small arms are almost entirely US, Israeli, EU.
For vehicles, they have scattered numbers of some BRDMs, some obsolete T-55s, etc., but pales in comparison to non-Russian gear. They do use a good scattering of Russian transport helos (MI-17 and 26), but that’s about it.
Oh, and as far as small arms, transitioning Afghans from the AK to the M16 is well underway and basically a done-deal unless we stop tomorrow.