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The Russian Army mobilization is off to a roaring start... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Sep 2022
OP
Not good strategy to spend too much outfitting cannon fodder who are going to die anyway /nt
localroger
Sep 2022
#2
Komrad, you have no need of medicine. Your job is to die gloriously for Pootie!
Hermit-The-Prog
Sep 2022
#10
3Hotdogs
(12,382 posts)1. They're fucked. Freezing weather and snow in about 60 days.
They then have their wet sleeping bags to buck down in. Except there is no bunk. It was blown up.
localroger
(3,626 posts)2. Not good strategy to spend too much outfitting cannon fodder who are going to die anyway /nt
Chainfire
(17,539 posts)12. When the soldier next to you dies, you get his sleeping bag.
Logistics Russian style.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)3. I was wondering about sleeping bags.
Saw some video of a bunch of metal beds lined up in the woods, complete with white sheets and blankets.
Quakerfriend
(5,450 posts)5. Saw that too- bizarre!!
enough
(13,259 posts)4. There seems to be a whif of put-on to this.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)6. When are the Generals going to take care of the problem?
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)8. Don't know. There's just so much corruption.
lindysalsagal
(20,687 posts)9. You gotta think it's coming soon. Honestly. This is not sustainable.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)7. I wonder how easy it would be to convince the soldiers to surrender
if they're offered amenities (beds) and medicine, and other personal supplies, if the Russian military won't.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)10. Komrad, you have no need of medicine. Your job is to die gloriously for Pootie!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,264 posts)11. Putin has destroyed his military
Swede
(33,246 posts)13. They should call it Operation Barbarosa.
It worked so well for Hitler.