What images of Russian trucks say about its military's struggles in Ukraine

[Uncle Joe]

By Brad Lendon, CNN

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With Moscow already pulling back under fierce Ukrainian resistance that seems like a tall order. Russia is already thought to have lost a substantial number of trucks.

Building more to replace them could take at least six months, Telenko estimates, by which time more losses would be likely.

"I don't see how the Russians can maintain their current positions, let alone make any offensive moves with their current truck fleet," he says.

"Trucks are the backbone of any modern mechanized military force, and if you don't have them you walk."

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/ukraine-war-russia-trucks-logistics-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

I believe this to be a sound analysis.

[patphil]

1. Ukraine should take a page from Texas governor Abbott.

Require inspections at the border. That'll shut down the whole invasion thing.

[Deuxcents]

4. Good one

[COL Mustard]

2. How many horses would it take to pull their S-300s and their other

Heavy equipment?

[Karadeniz]

5. Draft horses could.. there are videos of them hauling. But, I wouldn't want them bombed!

[localroger]

7. For the first few years of WWII, German forces used horses

...to haul their artillery around. There is a remarkable book called Soldat by an ex-German artillery officer written after the war in which he describes the whole thing in detail. Half your job if you were manning German artillery was caring for the horses.

[Layzeebeaver]

3. Logistics, logistics, logistics...

That is what sustains nearly all types war fighting.

[mitch96]

6. As a historical note the US Lend Lease agreement with russia we sent them 400,000 trucks

At the time Nazi Germany was mechanized but still relied heavly on horses to move equipment. We sent a bunch of trucks to russia and made them a modern mechanized army..
After the war the russians copied the truck and the rest is history..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_US6_2%C2%BD-ton_6×6_truck

[Uncle Joe]

8. Thanks for the addition mitch.

[keithbvadu2]

9. There were pics of Russians bringing in civilian trucks on rail cars.

There were pics of Russians bringing in civilian trucks on rail cars.

[Uncle Joe]

10. They key will be

how much they need to rely on these civilian trucks for usage?

They won't hold up like military trucks.