why is the entirety of latin america armed with galils,tavors,barak missiles...
>>64687820Jimmy Carter put an embargo on advanced weapon sales to Latin America in the 1970s because most countries back then were military dictatorships. Israel had no such restrictions and kept selling weapons to the region. The Carter embargo was lifted in 1997, long after the region had gone full democratic. In the meantime several countries got used to using Israeli weapon systems and developed good relations. Same reason a lot of countries use or used French equipment.
>>64687839why not euro,russian,chinese guns? plenty of defense companies in those countries with products to sell
>>64687820Is that an Arma screenshot?
>>64687846A lot of countries use Euro equipment. French is an example I already gave.Russia is a big nono, unless you want to get on Washington's bad side. Peru did buy Belarussian MIGs, and Venezuela has the S300VM. China is a new player and unproven, and also carries geopolitical risks.Israel has good equipment, Latin Americans are familiar with it, and no geopolitical risks.
>>64687860>Peru did buy Belarussian MIGsWait, whut?
>>64687862In the 1990s, when the Carter embargo was still in place. It's what prompted the Americans to lift it.It's one thing to lose sales to France or Israel, but it's another to have Russian arms make inroads in the region.
>>64687846>EuroTends to have some American parts which we have the power to veto sales>RussiaUnless you're Venezuela or Cuba and have already gotten on our shitlist it's political suicide>ChinaThere are a few nations either buying or strongly considering chinkshit but it seems like unless they're getting some kind of belt and road deal with the kit they're not adopting Chinese stuff
>>64687860Or Mexicos Mi-17s, Russia really liked to pay off debts or pay for food in exchange for military hardware. Also the reason Worst Korea has T-80s
>>64687846>EuroToo expensive, too complicated, too many strings attached, too specific for Euro conditions>RussianNot useful in smaller numbers, mediocre in every way, no customer support>ChinaUnproven, chink quality issues, more strings attached than Europe somehow
>>64687820THEY DO THEY BEST OK?
