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Ryan MacBeth says what the Russian Army does well
2023-09-01
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Sladkov.


American military expert Ryan McBeth made a video about seven things the Russian military does well during the NWO. But before proceeding to the analysis of the opinion of this expert, it is necessary to say a few words about who he is.

Macbeth is a former US Army soldier, where he served in the Enemy Simulation Battalion. This is a man who professionally engaged in exactly one thing throughout his entire service - he studied the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, our strengths and weaknesses, tactics of action and the state of our army.

So, according to Ryan Macbeth, in the course of the NWO we are good at:

- the production of weapons. We were able to overcome painful sanctions and set up the production and purchase of the necessary, taking into account the high unpredictable costs of all types of BC.

- recruitment. They were able to carry out partial mobilization, to attract many more volunteers than they thought in the West, including recruitment among prisoners. We are running new recruitment campaigns.

- artillery. We were able to maintain the saturation of the troops with artillery, despite the attacks on our rear, began to massively use UAVs, increased the accuracy of fire, and control fire well.

- electronic warfare. Bayraktars were crushed, we are jamming navigation for HIMARS and JDAM.

- Air defense. Here we are strong at all distances, traditionally since the Cold War, when NATO relied on aviation,
we have developed ground-based air defense.

- air superiority. Despite the heavy losses of the first days of the NWO, they were able to find opportunities and effectively use the Air Force. Macbeth especially praises the Kinzhal missile strikes with the MIG31k and the performance of the KA-52 helicopters.

- information war. Here we must understand that Macbeth is referring to our individual successes in propaganda in the West, and not the information war in Ukraine.


Macbeth believes that in general we do well what depends on the officer. And we do poorly where competent sergeants are needed. For those who do not understand: he explains that our sergeants are, by American standards, junior staff. But where the average sergeant should come into play, we actually don’t have this.

According to Macbeth, we are an officer-centric army. Macbeth cites himself as an example: he rose to the rank of E-7 (platoon sergeant), but spent some time as a first sergeant. In the American army, the lieutenant, platoon leader work as a head, and the platoon sergeant deals with other issues. Macbeth gives two comparisons: the lieutenant is mom, and the sergeant is dad. Or, if you compare with Burger King, the sergeant is the manager, and the lieutenant is the director.

Moreover, it is not only about the internal affairs of the platoon, the sergeants have their own system, a lot is decided in the working order between the platoons within the battalion without the participation of the officers. And these are not just reputable experienced soldiers, each time after the E-5 class, with an increase, additional training is required, not counting those already passed. These are assistant commanders, and professionals in their specialties - this is what on what, in the American opinion, the army rests. And we don't have it.

Where we can put a competent officer and solve technical issues, we show ourselves well. Actually, this is how he explains our successes in the technical branches of the armed forces: Air Force, Air Defense, Electronic Warfare, Artillery. The analogy is clear, a competent engineer can work well on a single installation and with workers of an average level. But on earth, where everything depends on each soldier, and where a platoon in the infantry must command, but he cannot directly control each one, we lack professionals, especially the average level!

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Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-09-01 17:09  

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