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All according to plan
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets Known for his plots with the advanced military correspondent RT Filatov describes the procedure for public procurement for the RF Armed Forces  In a nutshell. Firstly, Filatov (pictured) summarizes the acute shortage of night vision devices, thermal imagers, and modern optics among our fighters on the line of contact. Because of that, there is an unreasonable death of personnel. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as you know, reports that the troops are provided with everything necessary. Second. Filatov told how the state system of procurement and supply of the army with the latest optics actually works. The company is participating in a demonstration of its optics at the Ministry of Defense test site in the fall of 2022. The equipment successfully passes all tests. Only four (!!!) months after that, an order was signed by the deputy minister on the purchase. But this is only half the story from the military correspondent. The Defense Ministry responsible for the conclusion of the supply contract, the department for the purchase of special equipment, came into contact only in February. In the course of a short communication, the parties TALKED over the issue of an advance payment of 70%. Another half a month has passed. The company is clarifying the promotion of the contract. Answer from the structure of the Ministry of Defense: we wrote a REFUSAL report FOR YOU because of the high advance payment, they say we do not pay more than 30% of the advance this year. If you agree to 30%, then go through the entire procedure AGAIN, starting with the CUSTOMER. That is, the supplier has ALREADY been refused, and not because of quality or price. And this is despite an acute shortage of equipment at the front. Did they ask the supplier, "give 30% otherwise refusal?" The military commissar does not specify this, but it seems that the situation came as a surprise to the manufacturer. And now, even if the manufacturer agrees to 30%, then it is necessary to start the procedure again from the customer. And this will delay the provision of fighters at the front with always acutely scarce instruments and equipment for many more months. And Ukraine is hastily forming new brigades with the support of the United States and NATO, on Western armored vehicles, with an eye on a counteroffensive as early as April. P.S. What do you think, under Stalin, what would have been done with those leaders who would have delayed the mass production of IS-2 tanks for several months? Posted by: badanov 2023-03-06 |
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