In case you lost track of the logical flow of the argument on this thread, we are talking about Soviet/Russian equipments. US didn't really confront Soviet/Russian military hardware until cold war. And yes Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan aren't exactly giant superpowers. They ARE puny. And in a few of those places US actually lost the fight inspite of overwhelming military superiority and “crappy” Soviet weaponry used by the enemy.
A good match would be Americans using American equipments fighting Russians using Russian equipment. Anything less then that is not real contest IMO to judge which weapon is better.
I got problem with America? Please elaborate.
You seem to be very dismissive of American equipment in favor of Russian crap. Thats right, crap. Like the Russian submarine the Kursk and the history of Russian nuke sub accidents like the K-19. The Russian supplied all the equipment to the countries you mentioned and the training. You want Americans fighting Russians, do some research into Korea where American pilots took on Russians flying Migs for the North Koreans.