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2022-09-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian general let slip about hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainian soldiers

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Posted by badanov 2022-09-03 08:33|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

Posted by ACA JOE 2022-09-03 19:17|| 2022-09-03 19:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah but the bastards Jews immigrants Russophobic scumbags resident posters in here, where screeching….that Ukrainian nazis where winning and the bad Russians where losing LOL.
Fuck you rantburg!

You don't say...

Posted by badanov 2022-09-03 19:37|| 2022-09-03 19:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Too much preparation h.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-03 19:39|| 2022-09-03 19:39|| Front Page Top

#4 But what happend to Preparations A-G?

"We found Preparation H was best. On the whole..."

- Breifing for Dr. Evil

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-03 20:12|| 2022-09-03 20:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The Russian concept of combined arms leans heavily on mass artillery. Their front line elements know that the artillery supporting a 20 km front can annihilate any one square kilometer of enemy forces a couple times a day. So, whenever their opponent concentrates forces to attack, that concentration will be obliterated. (See US Army FM-100-1,2,3)

This is why the U.S. Air-Land Battle doctrine was developed. It emphasized combined formations of aircraft, helicopters, and high speed armor formations. These could move through terrain faster than the Soviet (now Russian) artillery organizations could respond. While the Soviet units could target a grid square, they would be aiming at the one that the U.S. forces had already moved through.

The Ukrainian forces have no such doctrine, are slow to move, and once concentrated to attack ought to quickly succumb to the Russian artillery strikes.

The Israelis urged the Ukrainians to surrender only a couple weeks into this conflict to avoid massive destruction of their infrastructure, military forces, and institutions. They were right. And still are. The sooner the Ukrainians agree to stop fighting the better they will be.

The Ukrainians do not have the training, doctrine, and equipment (even with western augmentation) to do anything other than to lose to the massive Russian artillery, first slowly, like now, and then quickly, later.

Posted by rammer 2022-09-03 23:15|| 2022-09-03 23:15|| Front Page Top

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