Posted on 09/24/2022 7:56:10 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Vladimir Putin can call up all the troops he wants, but Russia has no way of getting those new troops the training and weapons they need to fight in Ukraine any time soon.
With his invasion of Ukraine faltering badly, the Russian President on Wednesday announced the immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Russian television that the country will call up 300,000 reservists.
If they end up facing Ukrainian guns on the front lines, they are likely to become the newest casualties in the invasion Putin started more than seven months ago and that has seen the Russian military fail at almost every aspect of modern war.
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If the pictures my oldest son just showed me are accurate, the Kalashnikov rifles they're being issued are old, rusted, seized and the wooden stocks are crap too.
I wonder how many are actually going to fight.
This has WW2 Russians written all over it: 3 guys sharing a rifle and 5 bullets.
1st guy gets shot and dies, the 2nd guy, who was following behind him, picks up the rifle and bullets and moves forward. Then he gets shot and dies.
3rd guy, who was following behind the second guy, picks up the rifle & bullets, attempts to fire the weapon and it either blows up in his face, or he gets shot and dies.
The end.
“LOLOL!!”
You have outed yourself as a poseur. You only call out propaganda from one side, but not from your side. So, your side is TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS; the other side, PROPAGANDISTS! LIARS!
I notice you didn’t answer my question from post #105. I didn’t think you would. You claim to be some kind of military expert, but you really don’t know @#$%. How come you never served? Was it beneath you? You thought you didn’t owe something to your country? Cowardice? What was it?
I think that at the time we felt that the Nazis deserved whatever the Soviets were going to do to them and we didn't owe them any favors.
I don't necessarily disagree with that.
Plus Nazis and Commies killing each other, sounds like a win-win.
No way can men be trained that fast.
The Biden administration is the best friend you ever had lol.
Whoa...is that real?
Your fellow freepers are praying for you and your family in this difficult time, and hope that there is a path to recovery for you.
They're already trained.
Refresher training, at most.
Russia lacks the logistical capability to support a larger army in the field.
The railroad junctions are targeted and the roadways are inadequate for moving supplies and troops in the quantity required. Russia has no interstate hiway net
You angry today, forgettin' bro?
Don't worry, in a couple of hours it will all be new to you.
Get in touch with Adam Sandler - you can pitch a remake of the movie 50 First Dates:
LOL
“And it’s rumored the secret actual number is 1 million, not the advertised 300,000.”
You can’t just yank a million (or even 300,000) guys out of the workforce. It’ll leave a mark.
Maybe they will constitute the Canon Fodder Division...
Although, HIMARS Fodder Division might be more appropriate...
Wonder if all this doom is being pushed by wishful thinkers or perhaps manipulators.
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It’s called the Russian Derangement Syndrome, a peculiar disease, some say it was created in a Democrat bio weapons lab, much like the Trump Derangement Syndrome. Both perpetuated by the corrupted western media.
The disease only infects western nations, 75 percent of the world’s population ( China, Russia, India, Brics) are unaffected by the debilitating, destructive disease.
There is no known vaccine for the Russian and Trump Derangement Syndromes,
but much like Biden’s vax hoax ( Covid Derangement Syndrome) , turning off western news, getting outside , fresh air, sunlight, and living your life speeds up your recovery.
RuZZia is the enemy of all mankind.
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Actually, Satan is. His team, Biden, western leaders, the Green Deal supporters, Great Reset clowns, LGBXYZ’s, Trans, and many other NGO’s are doing his bidding.
We are witnessing a Biblical supernatural war, what once was “ right” is now “ wrong”, what was wrong is now trying to be passed off as right. Pray often, the gift of discernment may fall upon you.
A quick search shows 12 weeks for Marines, about 10 weeks for Army, 8 weeks for Air Force.
Overwight as many appeaar in the recruitment photos, they will last a while on their own fat. In one of the Antarctic polar expeditions everyone died because the food supply was miscalculated for the number of men. Given the cold and the trecking exercise they should have had 7,000 calories. I wonder how many calories men sitting around in unheated shacks or trenches need living with King Winter.
Also I have seen reports they will probably not have adequate winter gear, because of manufacturing delays. Any more information on that situation?
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