An analyst with a lot of experience facing the Russians in Europe, cited a major weakness being that Putin had eliminated all other leadership voices.
The Hitler model of governing only goes so far.
The other major weakness was their supply capabilities, relying heavily on railroads and lacking a robust system of roads.
The only mistake so far is the same analyst thought giving Ukraine modern armor would be a game changer. Unfortunately it looks like artillery, missiles and drones have crippled the effectiveness of tanks across open terrain, for both sides.
“The only mistake so far is the same analyst thought giving Ukraine modern armor would be a game changer.”
We’re giving them better armor but not modern armor. What the Ukrainians are receiving are 30-40 year old reconditioned vehicles that have been sanitized of their sensitive electronics and optics.
Unconfirmed, but I have heard that some of the tanks and Bradleys sent to Ukraine are veterans of the first Gulf War.
They’re still better than the Soviet gear but they’re not state of the art by any measure.
relying heavily on railroad
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They do do even use forklifts or have pallet jacks - all supplies moved by hand; supplies are literally thrown into piles after human chain moves them there.
Saddam's army had the same issue. All the Generals were "yes men".
Hitler benefited from the Prussian military excellence and traditions. As we see, that's not the case with the Russians and the Iraqis.
Hitler didn’t eliminate all voices. It is what voices made up to excuse their failure.