Posted on 09/11/2022 9:31:16 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
NO most tanks where just abandoned where they sat in fighting positions. Want one? just drive it off the lot free.
When one is in a hurry to leave an area in panic - and the choice is either a wheeled or tracked vehicle - guess which one get left behind?
Right. I read somewhere else that they have supposedly recovered enough armor to equip 5 mech brigades, which clearly is bogus. Reporters who either deliberately exaggerate or just lack perspective/knowledge are annoying as hell.
To the extent Russia still has significant armor remaining, it is overwhelming going to be already dispersed in the field to operating battalions and brigades, not sitting in a park to be captured.
Destroying or rendering nonoperational 10% of an enemy force is routinely referred to as "decimating" (reducing by a tenth) it. It should not be casually dismissed or minimized.
Besides the tangible effect, it also has a tremendous impact upon morale.
Regards,
Thank the Lord - but pass the ammunition!
Regards,
No links. So, nothing more than the idle speculation of an armchair military strategist.
Thanks, "Concern Troll!"
Regards,
“Thank the Lord - but pass the ammunition!”
Amen. May the Lord sustain support for the Ukraine military in the defense of their nation.
I haven’t seen any reports of booby traps or even the spiking of guns during this war, it has puzzled me.
I like it, but it is a mystery, maybe the average Russian soldier just isn’t sophisticated enough or intense enough to get that involved at that level.
During this retreat though, time and panic and fear of being captured and punished, and even lack of (easy) means and interest may be accounting for skipping it.
"Decimating" is an old Roman term not used by modern military forces, which tend to go with "neutralized" for 10% casualties, and "destroyed" for 30%. That is based largely on the axiom that each soldier killed or wounded (especially the latter) takes 2 others to care for/transport him.
But it's important to realize that those are short-term statuses from which units can reorganize and recover. They don't get the troops back, and so are not at full-strength. But they can easily become operationally capable again even if they've lost 30% of their starting strength.
—”My guess is that most of the mech recovered will be stuff that wasn’t working and that was set for repair. Maybe some towed assets, etc.,”
That said, Now Ukraine has received more equipment from enemy troops than from the BIG TOE of Europe, Germany.
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