Right because these weapons are needed on our southern border.
Posted on 10/04/2022 3:50:03 PM PDT by dennisw
Soldiers in Russia’s newly formed 3rd Army Corps fighting in Ukraine are often drunk, plagued by low morale and forced to use obsolete weapons on the battlefield, according to the Ukrainian military.
The Kremlin cobbled together the formation in June to replace the tens of thousands of troops killed or injured since the start of the invasion in February. It is composed of several brigades totaling some 15,000 mostly volunteer soldiers equipped with hundreds of tanks, Newsweek reported.
But according to an update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday, Russia’s five-month-old unit is facing some major hurdles.
Citing unspecified “available information,” Ukraine’s military claimed that the 3rd Army Corps is unable to effectively perform its tasks due, in part, to “obsolete and unusable weapons and military equipment” that troops are being forced to use.
According to the General Staff’s update, servicemen in the unit have been known to arbitrarily abandon positions and refuse orders.
Ukrainian officials blamed the corps’ woes on “consumption of alcoholic beverages” and “systematic violations of military discipline,” which have been causing “demoralization” in the ranks.
Forbes Magazine reported in mid-September that the 3rd Army Corps, based in Mulino, Russia, is staffed by old, unfit volunteers, among them drug and alcohol addicts, who are getting paid up to $5,000 a month, which is five times higher than the average Russian salary.
A portion of the unit was deployed in the Kharkiv region in early September, just before Ukraine launched a lightning counter-offensive that reclaimed large swaths of occupied territory and pushed Moscow’s forces across the border back into Russia.
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Right because these weapons are needed on our southern border.
EEGator mentioned weapons in his post?
I must have missed it
Ya, I know, facts are stubborn. They kinda’ always come around - sooner or later.
Better to pretend they don’t exist to preserve a frail and illogical construct.
Falstaff’s soldiers - Henry IV, part II
How did that exact scenario work out for Germany in 1942-1945?
He sees what he wants to see, instead of actually reading the words I wrote.
I took another look lol
Thank you.
The borders are set. And, any attacks on what is now Russian territory means that the Russians will defend it as Russian territory. Translation: They will use the full force of the Russian military and inflict hell on what's left of the Ukrainian military.
In 1944-45 quantity was king.
“Quantity has a quality all its own.” - Josef Stalin
Hi.
Imho it is not a good idea to be drunk or stoned in a hot AO.
5.56mm
“Low morale is not good for attackers. Russians are traditionally horrible on the offensive.”
That’s true. They are also pretty shoddy on the defensive, unless they are on their own turf inside Mother Russia. Then they can be formidable.
The average Russian soldier is not invested in this war. And it shows.
Though primarily a comic figure, Falstaff embodies a depth common to Shakespeare’s major characters. A fat, vain, and boastful knight, he spends most of his time drinking at the Boar’s Head Inn with petty criminals, living on stolen or borrowed money. Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.
If you could sell the scrap from Kursk to a metal recycler you could retire. :)
These people will believe anything they are told.
Truth
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