The real historical analogy would be if the Typhon Pactcollapsed under the weight of the poorly maintained economy. Remember, the Warsaw Pact didn't last past 1991, without NATO having to fire a shot.
That, I always had to acknowledge. American weapons were superior to Soviet gear, except for tanks (nothing can beat the T-series). But the numbers... that's friggin Mother Russia plus the other Soviet Republics plus the satellite states...
Fun fact: my native Hungary's role would have been, in case of WWIII, the occupation of either Austria or Italy. I honestly say, I do not know if we could have done that alone...
Nothing can beat the T-series? Those things whose turrets popped off like champagne corks whenever confronted by an Abrams in both Gulf wars?
I can't debate the weight of numbers, it served us well in WWII when fighting the better engineered German tanks, but the T-series performance in combat hasn't exactly impressed me.