20K....That’s 1-3 military DIVISIONS depending, WOW.
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People from St. Petersburg and Moscow are less affected by the war, they can usually pay a bribe to avoid conscription.
Well, figure 2 wounded for every man killed, thats @60,000 hors d’combat. Thats six division-equivalents on the Russian TOE scales. Or, figuring that most casualties are with the maneuver units, with a max of only 5,000 infantry and AFV crew per division (the rest are artillery, support and logistics), and 80% of casualties go to these maneuver units, thats 48,000 maneuver unit casualties or the equivalent of 9.5 divisions.
Thats a very good reason why the Russian offensives bogged down. Not enough warriors left to attack with. All such operations depend on a surprisingly small number of men “at the sharp end”. Thats why so many Russian units had to be withrawn to “rebuild”, that is, to absorb replacements and reorganize/retrain the newbies.
You can discount the Ukrainian estimate. But going with other estimating methods (the Oryx vehicle count is a very good place to start) you will still get very large numbers, more than enough to cripple most of the units originally committed.
In the modern Russian Army, there were divisions or may be armored, motorized rifle, artillery, airborne, missile and aviation. In other branches of the army, as a rule, the highest formation is a regiment or brigade. On average, 12-24 thousand people were in the division. Division commander major general. motorized rifle, artillery, airborne, missile and aviation. In other branches of the army, as a rule, the highest formation is a regiment or brigade. On average, 12-24 thousand people are in the division.