Um; anyone ever heard of American boot camp?
My God! Is everyone a woke pussy these days? War is tough. It’s hard and dehumanizing. The sooner the young people prepare for that level of hardship the better.
Having said that; Russia should be able to outfit the wannabe soldiers with weapons and uniforms at the very least but there have been many wars fought with civilian recruits using their own weapons.
Take the American Revolutionary War as one example.
The Russians treat their troops as cannon fodder. You can read all about World War II.
Yes, I’ve been through it. We were supplied with food and equipment and not forced to buy it ourselves. Are you really comparing the state of readiness of the ‘modern’ 21st century Russian army to that of a 18th century insurgency?
What I remember about boot camp were the things that it improved in my life. better and more plentiful food, a bunk with a mattress and blankets, free clothes, laundry service, good camping gear, plenty of firing of weapons of all kinds, excellent training at Tigerland, and in general, comfortable wooden barracks with a heater, drill sergeants fresh from combat and who cared, a system and structure that was easy to understand and master.
I don’t think the Russians are running into that.
“Recruits” isn’t the word I would use to describe these guys.
Not in the way Americans have come to understand “recruits”.
Um; anyone ever heard of American boot camp?
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I guess you’ve never served because even the worst parts of boot camp is nothing like what these forcibly conscripted Russian citizens have to endure.
No one has to buy their own food, and certainly not their ammo - in the West or even in China.