I would have loved this in my 19kilo days! Quickest repair of a thrown track GO!
We actually had something like that until 1991.
Will these be “stock” tanks or specially tricked-out tanks? 
What intrigues me is not just the Russian offer, but the reports that the US “accepted.” Maybe this will be fun.
At the risk of a hijack (heh), when I first learned what the Winter Olympic Biathlon involved, I imagined terrorists from some desert climate randomly picking an event from the Olympic schedule and accidentally finding themselves attacking a Biathlon…floundering around in deep snow while the world’s best marksmen (or women!) picked them off.
I think what they should do is find a F1 track that’s going to be ripped up and relaid and do a few laps.
I wonder how fast a Challenger goes round the Nurburgring?
So would a Mk XX Bolo be considered the equivalant of doping?
Hmm, don’t advanced auto-targeting systems kinda take a bit of sport out of it?
They totally need to find a few hundred uninhabited square miles and do a remote controll live version of Atari Tank with live fire.
Tell me you wouldn’t dish out to see that on pay-per-view!
That’s just the ones we deploy against 3rd world combatants. The good stuff has yet to be deployed officially. 
Now, there’s a Top Gear episode waiting to happen.
We’re saving the good stuff for use on actual, live Russians.
Lowered suspension, flame paint work & a spoiler on the back.
Awesome.
Write to them and suggest it? It really does sound like something they would love to do.
“Today on Top Gear we’ll be testing MBTs: Main Battle Tanks. James May will be driving a Russian T-90, Richard Hammond will be driving an American M-1 Abrams, and Jeremy Clarkson will be driving the Challenger 2.
To make the contest fair, all tanks must keep firing until the the other tanks are completely disabled or all of the surrounding city has been knocked flat.”
*cue picture of tanks *
“By popular demand, today’s test area will be: the City of Lurgen…”
cue Top Gear intro theme
The episode will naturally feature The Stig’s German cousin, Das Panzerstig 
some throw away lines:
Richard Hammond: “There’s nothing quite like riding in an M-1… ON the M-1…”
Jeremy Clarkson: “Challenger 2: Just look at the sleek style and handling! And… unlike the Lamborghini, you can drive this to the restaurant with Absolutely No Fear… of someone stealing it…”
James May: “Ah…! A ride that Putin can only dream of…! The A-3 might be a little tight for a tank of this size and we almost had a problem getting around the Emmanuel Church circle.
Luckily our engineers have devised a rather ingenious solution…”
Ka-Blamm…!
Proposal: The competition is held in an uninhabited neighborhood of Detroit.
Are there habited neighborhoods of Detroit?
Well, RNATB took the cheap shot at Detroit that I was going to, so I’ll just say that I’m curious about the whole thing.
You know, much is made of the Air Force vs. Navy aviator rivalry, but I never see the Army vs. Marines armor rivalry mentioned. If there is one, I’ve never heard about it.
As much as I hate to say it, I’m pretty sure Army would win.
The Marines and Army use basically identical Abrams, don’t they? The only real difference is going to be in operational doctrine; I assume the Marines largely train for amphibious assault and situations where they are outnumbered, while the Army trains for large scale battles and urban combat and stuff.