Posted on 09/01/2022 8:11:44 PM PDT by Mariner
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's chief of defence has warned that the West must not underestimate Moscow's military strength, saying Russia has the scope to open up a second front should it choose to do so.
"The bulk of the Russian land forces may be tied down in Ukraine at the moment but, even so, we should not underestimate the Russian land forces' potential to open a second theatre of war," General Eberhard Zorn, the highest-ranking soldier of the Bundeswehr, told Reuters in an interview.
Beyond the army, Russia also has a navy and air force at its disposal, he added.
"Most of the Russian navy has not yet been deployed in the war on Ukraine, and the Russian air force still has significant potential as well, which poses a threat to NATO too," Zorn said.
The Bundeswehr regularly supports NATO air policing missions over the Baltic states with fighter jets and, having one of the strongest fleets in the region, is also keeping a close eye on the developments in the Baltic Sea at its doorstep....snip...
He also suggested that Russia was not about to run out of ammunition any time soon.
"The Russians have enormous quantities of ammunition at their disposal," he said. "This ammunition is partly old and very inaccurate but it is exactly this that causes great destruction to civilian infrastructure. They fire around 40,000 to 60,000 rounds of artillery ammunition per day."
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Russia is firing that nearly every day.
The US fired a total of 65,000 artillery rounds in the Gulf War.
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Vlads artillery has been documented to be firing up to 120,000 rounds a day in the past weeks in the Donbass and ethnic Russian eastern provinces. DOD sources state their manufacturing base can support those expenditures, namely because they have all the commodities ( metals, propellants) and factories on hand- unlike the West.
“ US annual artillery production would at best only last for 10 days to two weeks of combat in Ukraine. In a recent war game involving US, UK and French forces, UK forces exhausted national stockpiles of critical ammunition after eight days.“
In the Gulf War, we were using ammo from as far back as the 1950s. Saw some myself. We emptied out magazines from the past.
Germans in 1940 thought Russia was weak based on the war in Finland.
Big mistake.
The Russian army that kicked your asses all the way to Berlin is now a hollow shell of its former self.
Basis the fact that Western politicians constantly humiliate themselves with stupid political predictions, we can likely expect a large Russian offensive in the next 10 days.
Ukraine’s defense so far could be a Pyrrhic Victory. Much like those of the South in the Civil War until the North with superior resources ground them down.
Germans in 1941 conquered approx. 700,000 sq. miles of Soviet territory.
They did that in about six months. During that time, they also killed a number of Soviet soldiers greater than America's total number of casualties in WWII, and captured even more.
Regards,
All true, but as one German General said, “The German Army in Russia, is like an elephant fighting ants. An elephant may kill millions of ants, but eventually their numbers will overcome the elephant and eat him to the bone.”
The most prolific killer of Russians was Joe Stalin.
The US had air superiority on basically the first day of the Gulf War. Six months in here and the antiquated Russian army is eating Ukrainian Air Force deployed HARM. It’s navy is deploying wheeled anti air land vehicles on its ships to prevent another Moskva humiliation. Maybe Russia should have spent a bit more on their defense industry instead of buying mega yachts for Putin’s corrupt cronies?
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