Why is going into battle with superior numbers a “crude tactic” when Russia does it? I don’t remember the consensus media using that term when America poured superior members into Panama, Grenada or Kuwait.
Human wave attacks have been a crude tactic ever since World War I.
True but we did not send them to be slaughtered
When you send in mass numbers just to run the enemy out of troops while losing far more
Yes that is crude
“I don’t remember the consensus media using that term when America poured superior members into Panama, Grenada or Kuwait.”
What are you talking about. We sent next to no troops to Panama and Grenada. In Grenada we committed a TOTAL of 7,600 troops, from all branches; and that INCLUDED troops from Jamaica. In Panama, we had less than 28,000 total (and that included forces we already had based in Panama).
Because they are poorly trained and poorly armed. The only thing they have in their favor is those superior numbers. Western military forces try to at least equalize the weaponry to that of their opponents (if not better it) and also minimize casualties to their own forces. Russian forces do not operate under such policies.
The Russian strategy can be more effective than the Western strategy under some conditions. It fails in other conditions. We are about to find out what conditions we actually have here in a short order.