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2022-04-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Bridges across the Dnieper: where to hit to cut off the supply of troops in eastern Ukraine

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Posted by badanov 2022-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Destroy all bridges. This is planned for. On both sides. One group to destroy and the other to rebuild.

Posted by Dale 2022-04-22 01:16|| 2022-04-22 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian columns were stalled out on an open road. Getting bridging elements up to the right place might be more complicated than we think.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-04-22 09:41|| 2022-04-22 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Question for the more tactically experienced Rantburgers. Would it be better to destroy a bridge:
(a) Before invaders could use it at all
(b) When half a column had crossed, cutting invaders in two
(c) After most of a column had crossed, cutting them off from logistics.
I would have thought (b) but the recent Russian columns stalling out had me wondering if having a columns worth of vehicles in the way of bridge repair might be a good thing.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-04-22 09:44|| 2022-04-22 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 If possible, leave a bridge or two for easily channeling into pre-planned kill zones.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-22 09:48|| 2022-04-22 09:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Job security for bridge engineers. Yay!

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-22 11:07|| 2022-04-22 11:07|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Welder on an aircraft carrier for years called up and sent to Poland.

Posted by Dale 2022-04-22 11:36|| 2022-04-22 11:36|| Front Page Top

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