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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Russia Struggled to Capture a Ukrainian Town. Intercepted Radio Messages Show Why-NYT |
| 2022-03-24 |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #3 Defenders don't win, they attrit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-03-24 23:10 |
| #2 5:1 is the ratio for combat in built-up areas or difficult terrain (including river crosings) |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-03-24 19:20 |
| #1 Attacking is harder than defending. Traditional wisdom was you needed a 3 to 1 advantage to even think about it. Or a lot of artillery and time. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-24 18:46 |