Question? Why not nickname?

[ao_sepia]

Why not Soviet tanks had't nickname T-54/55/62 T-72 and Chinese tanks T-59/69 but Western tanks had nickname?

 

[Bombardier]

Good question, never really thought about it before. I dont know the answer but you have given me something to look into

 

[Marsch]

The answer is they actually have nicknames. See the following link for example.

Killer Names: The Funny Side of Some of Russia's Most Lethal Weaponry

From small arms to tanks to aircraft to intercontinental ballistic missiles, Soviet and Russian military design bureaus have a long history of trolling potential adversaries by thinking up funny and endearing names for their weapons...

sputniknews.com

 

[Mordoror]

Soviet Tanks AFAIK had nicknames
Be it from the producer side (as shown by Marsch above) or by NATO designation teams
The most known is Dolly Parton for the T72 (in English) but also "la blatte" (the cockroach) in French