Maybe John Deere will offer a “Ukrainian Special Edition” Blue over Yellow paint job?
(Yellow and Blue mix to make Green, anyway)
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Maybe John Deere will offer a “Ukrainian Special Edition” Blue over Yellow paint job?
Browneye of the tiger?Wrong end.
That fits in well with the decades old training on their doctrine that I received. It may not have changed. Higher ranks don't want lower ranks to think above their level. Of course, we teach our troops to train for their rank and two ranks above. In their world, they want people who follow orders, not question them. Their whole society is built on a rigid structure of doing what they're told without question, and a fundamental mistrust of everyone. It only makes sense that their military would function the same way.I read that the Russians "don't trust" their lower ranking officers and NCOs to act independently, so they keep a alot of generals up front to remove latency in decision making. But I'm not the Secretary of Defense, so I can't say for sure.
Unfortunately, they shipped the ammo by UPS, and it's going to be delivered to Albania.Brace yourselves.. this picture may produce rapid heart beats and heavy breathing...
its an airplane full of Lake City 2021 produced M80 ball and M62 tracer in M13 links. 4 ball to 1 tracer headed to Ukraine.
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Remember when people believed that?
Now it reminds me of something, that would probably be better in the "military BS" thread, so as not to bog this one downEven my wife knew that was BS when they said that, and she wasn't even in the Army, but she was with me for the last 12 years of my career.
Give it another couple years and my fat, old, slow, crippled ass will be suitable for frontline combat service.
This time around they will probably want me in the Navy. Fire me out of one of those big guns to lube the lands...
Haven't they got anything bigger?Sad thing is they've already mothballed the Iowa class ships.
Haven't they got anything bigger?
An army that relies on conscripts in bulk, can't afford the level of training we have.
We have a smaller force, so we rely on fancy weapons, and on a highly trained force.
Whenever I hear people talk about "bring back the draft", so that people can understand, I shake my head NO.
You'd just dilute the training and weapons $/person.
And many of those forced, would just get in the way.
Even in the navy, repairs that in the US are done by Petty Officers or even seamen, are done by officers in the Russian Navy.
The Russian Navy's conscripts are less trained.
Haven't they got anything bigger?
Not to mention, look up Iowa Class Battleships and torpedo defenses.There's not much purpose for 16" guns, ships aren't clad in feet of armor anymore.
And why spent all the weight, size, and man power to fire 16" guns when you could have that space taken up by missiles that are pretty close to a reliable one shot kill. While those guns were accurate, they were no where near as accurate as a missile. Those missiles can also be used against planes or ground targets.
A professional fighting force is a WORLD of difference away from a conscript "peasantry" fighting force.
I still think there'd be an application for the draft for logistical purposes, such as CDL drivers for driving. Just not a mass fighting force draft.