Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: NorseViking

Interesting, both said have lost the same in military personnel. Both sides had similar military training and started off using the same weapons. Both sides use the same military tactics, which is not very advanced. Neither side learned or watched what we did in Iraq or Afghanistan. So they both have heavy losses


39 posted on 12/19/2022 6:57:22 AM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: realcleanguy

Of course both sides didn’t lose the same. The Russian losses are at most 1/15 of the other side. I have no idea how the Afghan scenarios are applicable.


43 posted on 12/19/2022 7:02:05 AM PST by NorseViking
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies ]

To: realcleanguy
Both sides had similar military training and started off using the same weapons.

When it comes to ground forces, Ukraine only has around 1,117 infantry fighting vehicles, 368 main battle tanks, and 268 armored personnel carriers, whereas Russia has 17,677 infantry fighting vehicles, and 17,370 main battle tanks, and 14,991 armored personnel carriers. The number of aircraft at the disposal of the Russian army was close to 4.2 thousand, while Ukrainian armed forces possessed almost 320 aircraft.

Russian military vastly outnumbers Ukraine military in all aspects including defense budget, active military personnel on duty, fleet size, and other military hardware

Russia has more than 900,000 active military personnel on duty, whereas Ukraine has only 361,000 active military personnel

Russia's military spending in 2020, at $61.7 billion, was ten times more than that of Ukraine's $5.9 billion, as per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/macroeconomic/russia-and-ukraine-military-comparison-overview/

46 posted on 12/19/2022 7:05:53 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson