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>I also don;t like the look of Soviet ERA, it looks sloppy, like they just haphazardly throw it on as an afterthought and you can even see gaps

It depends on modification. Some T-72 clearly had bad ERA placement that was often criticized, but other mods had better.

>and all the variants look the same and the tanks of different nations look the same

Same can be said for western-style tanks too. You may say that not all western tanks are same, but for unprepared observer they are different only in small details.