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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Mon Mar 21, 2022, 09:33 AM Mar 2022

Gen. Mark Hertling: Why Russian casualties are high:

Last edited Mon Mar 21, 2022, 10:18 AM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

Long thread.

Basically their tanks are designed to be death traps.

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Gen. Mark Hertling: Why Russian casualties are high: (Original Post) Tomconroy Mar 2022 OP

(has anyone seen a red cross painted on ANY RU vehicles yet?) BeyondGeography Mar 2022 #1

no but mopinko Mar 2022 #2

It's just good old fashioned friendly fire. Omnipresent Mar 2022 #3

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

1. (has anyone seen a red cross painted on ANY RU vehicles yet?)

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Mon Mar 21, 2022, 09:41 AM

Mar 2022

Good question. Contrasted with our advanced in-combat approach to treating the wounded.

At the heart of it, I imagine it helps if you care about your troops.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)

2. no but

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 21, 2022, 09:53 AM

Mar 2022

i've read they are shooting their wounded.

Omnipresent

(5,711 posts)

3. It's just good old fashioned friendly fire.

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Mon Mar 21, 2022, 10:02 AM

Mar 2022

Just like when they encircled Berlin near the end of WWII. Russians units were exchanging fire with other other Russian units on opposite sides of the city. They inflicted more casualties, than the Nazi’s could.

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