” as well as Russia’s tactic of sending generals into the field.”
That’s the ticket.
Lack of trust and delegation.
No professional NCO corps.
No trust in junior officers.
No skills in C3.
Shitty logistics.
Makes a weak military.
That is what scares them as they are
structured the same way.
All your plans change when the first punch is thrown.
American military would have rolled across Ukraine.
But the fur coat market is booming!
Japan sits at US politicians’ feet and sucks toes to get a pat on the head.
Thus, propaganda.
Putin’s way of culling the perfumed princes from his military?
Corruption in the Russian military - wipes out most of the Admirals of the Russian Pacific fleet (in a plane accident)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1f47SC_A8&t=926s
Further, there are a lot of dead Russian Colonels and Lt Colonels. Senior officer ranks have been decimated. How severely?
We’ll see. There are the old retired men who might be thrown into the breech but not knowing what’s what, that might not be good either.
I’ve always thought it a good thing for a few Generals to catch it. They’re sending other guys out to their deaths, this gives them some skin in the game.
10 or 20?
That’s a good start!