Posted on 05/10/2022 7:57:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
RE: From what I’ve read all sources, is that Russia has lost 25K killed and wounded, and that the Ukraine has 50K killed and wounded.
Can you please post the link(s) of your sources for these figures? Thanks.
Most (people who speak Orc and Ukrainian) reliable sources put dead, wounded losses at 1:1 ...
Putin using nukes means every NATO country starts hosting nukes or building their own and aiming them at the Soviets. The odds of a first strike against Russia go way up if Russia uses nukes on a non-nuclear Ukraine.
Obviously the end result here must include demilitarizing and denazifying Russia and breaking it up once and for all.
About the word ‘BTG’
Orcs do not use that contrivance. And is totally at odds with reality.
Things as they are below.
The Make Up of Orc Mechanized Brigades:
None of the smaller divisions are even close to Western unit make up (totally forget the “BTG” terminology - a Western construct).
For instance: there are 2 kinds of Mechanized Infantry Brigades, each with a different, but similar, make up. Call them Type A and Type B.
Type A has 2 tank battalions (~60 T-72 tanks), 2 Infantry battalions, Engineer battalion, Recon battalion, 2 Self -Propelled arty battalions (could be up to 3 battalions), MLRS (Grad) battalion, AA battalion, Comm battalion, UAV battalion (Orlon-10), Sniper battalion, and Support battalion. It is largely self-sufficient.
Type B has 3 infantry battalions (mixed as A& B below), 1 Tank battalion.
Infantry battalions in each Brigade are of two types, call them A & B.
A has ~540 troops, 49 BTR-82s, 8 120MM Mortars, 6 AGS-17s, 15 AT missile. 3 SPG-9s. 3 companies of about 109-110 troops.
Fighting force about 300 troops.
B has ~460 troops, 42 - BMP-2s, 8 120mm mortars, 6 AGS-17s, 15 AT missiles, 3 SPG-9s. 3 companies of 91 troops.
Fighting force about 270 troops.
Troops on the frontline are never more than half, but more like 40%
Hope this helps clarify things ...
It’s Moldova “up next”...
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They ave no manpower to even complete what they hold, much less expand.
Diagram is out of date and wrong on many counts. There is no such thing as a Russian BTG.
It is devoutly hoped that you are correct in your final point. From the Western perspective even a madman would be prevented from using nuclear weapons to “win”. Yet the Russians since ancient times whenever they were invaded or hard pressed, burned and destroyed their own villages, towns, cities, farms and factories so as to leave nothing for their enemy. Hitler, Napoleon and others were taught this severe lesson. There are some that will argue that such tactics are merely a military necessity but others will argue that there is a dark apocalyptic disposition in the Russian temperament. The Russians may not view the use of tactical nuclear weapons and the associated horror with quite the same mindset or restraint that Westerners may have. Hopefully you are right about the behavior of desperate, maddened Russian leaders.
I just saw a video of Ukraine digging fox holes in a woodland
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Think WWI front lines.
Fox News contributer post ...
That was to ‘contain’ Kiev and it worked. Putin made it clear he wanted a functioning capital city - further Kiev has a long History with Russia as it was it’s capital.
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