Posted on 02/22/2023 7:27:03 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Yes, it was published on Russian channels including by PMC Wagner. PMC Wagner was for several months the only Russian force making any progress while other forces were being forced to retreat. That, plus Prigozhin’s relationship with Putin gave him a lot of power. That seems to be changing and he is using these shocking photos to protest, saying “The first photo is the guys who died yesterday due to “shell hunger”, there should have been five times less of them. Who is to blame? Those who had to decide the issue of supplying us with enough ammunition.”
“Russians are sadly missing today”
I’m not that sad.
But they will be back. They are probably disappointed they haven’t been able to shut my daily threads down (although they’ve tried!)
“Its going to be a big Soviet Army with a steady flow of supplies verses a small Soviet Army...”
I think you underestimate how much the Ukrainian army took the lessons of 2014 to heart and adapted. They may still have a long way to go, but they have certainly made progress moving to a more modern way of fighting, while the Russians have not. And they demonstrated that in several ways already in this conflict.
Well if that’s the case, when will the Russian people wake up?
I know they love their Cazrs, but when will Putin’s war become too much for them?
That’s what I am waiting for - the people to finally turn on Putin the Great.
In 1917, the people turned very quickly. I hope that potential is still there.
What WIU and you say makes sense, especially with respect to Ukraine’s use of tanks. I’m hoping Ukraine will implement better tactics. We shall see.
On the RuZZian tank issue, there are definitely limits. More than half of RuZZia’s tanks are Gone. How many can they bring in from the rusting storage yards? Again, we shall see.
Their yearly tank production was around 200 prior to the war. How many can they produce now? 200 is less than 20 a month.
I can envision RuZZia having a shortage of tanks by the end of this year. Losing 100 tanks a month, adds up.
Just fun watching them spin themselves into the ground my favorite are the ones who take the time to count your posts and make some kind of claim like this is YouTube or twitter as if it matters all the while missing the whole point of your multiple post ie more information
I don’t see a flow of much of anything for the Russians except T-64s and t-72s with T-64 optics, the fact that you see t-90s models means they are using tanks they built for another country. Hope those countries did not already pay for them
The fact that most of battlefield loses are bmp-1s says volumes and Russia asked company building bmps if they could build 2s instead of threes
I am sure the Ukrainians will use new tanks and AFVs in combined arms mobile attack formations and tactics. Add himars jdams and intelligence and Russians will be flailing
This isn’t ww2 anymore just masses of soldiers doesn’t work against precision munitions and mobile arms techniques
The key is to look at what types of tanks and bmps they are losing. I truly believe they held back t-90s for the most part because they didn’t want their export market destroyed by whole sale loses of their top tank. The more t-90s you see the more desperate they are
“His (WIU) point is that unless the Western tanks are used as a system in a larger system, the way they were intended to be used, they will make no difference”
That point about integrated Combined Arms Operations, conducting rapid maneuver warfare, is well appreciated by Western/NATO Militaries, and we have been training Ukraine’s Military to transition to that model since the 2014 invasion (with varying degrees of success - its fighting a long entrenched Military culture and mindset).
Ukraine has (since 2014) re-organized units (to better enable Combined Arms integration), and staffed according to Western norms, including developing a broad Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. New units being created during the war (probably the bulk of the Counter-attack force being assembled to use the new tanks), are being organized and trained on the Western model.
Not only has the Western way of war been seeping into Ukrainian Military organization, equipment, doctrine and training; but they are now actually getting trained in same Western training centers (like Grafenwoer and Hohenfels in Germany), by the same Western instructors, and on the same advanced simulators as NATO Armored and Mechanized units.
The proof is in the pudding, of last September’s Kharkiv Offensive. Ukrainian forces showed good maneuver warfare and Combined Arms capability, with lighter vehicles.
I think that Ukrainians will also be able to integrate effects with heavy Armored forces. I actually expect to see further improvements from last September, as they have trained, adapted, and received new tools to help, like the integrated Battle Management Systems we were discussing recently.
NATO spy planes watching Moldova and Crimea very closely right now.
I think you underestimate how
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It was from War in Ukraine’s transcript not me.
He talking about large scale maneuver warfare which Ukraine has NOT mastered and, because they have not, Western tanks will be wasted; regardless of the small changes made, the UA remains a small Soviet Army in its current Command and doctrine - it would take many years to master Western doctrine and use of weapons.
I am sure the Ukrainians will use new tanks and AFVs in combined arms mobile attack formations
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Combined arms mobile attack formations Soviet style not Western style - they simply do not have the means whatever else - they do not have AWACs, Growlers, stealth fighters or bombers to mention a few, nor the vital communications network to link all the weapons systems together to a Western style command structure that works as a unit.
Holding back tanks, to keep an export market while losing most of the rest, makes no military sense.
Perhaps not but Russia has several hundred t190ms and they have been relatively MIA from the front what explanation do you have for them holding back their “best” tank?
Perhaps not but Russia has several hundred t190ms
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And you learn this bit of new where?
Open source gives them 600 of all models 200 in storage and around 50 lost
Take that for what you will, but again if your be all tank is the t90 it has been relatively scarce in the battlefield like their terminator
Just a question, seems odd to me is all
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