FM 100-2-1 THE SOVIET ARMY: Operations and Tactics 1984FM 100-2-2 The Soviet Army: specialized Warfare and Rear Area SupportFM 100-2-3 The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization and EquipmentWant to know why Russians lionized the USSR, why boomers were impressed by their 'artillery norms', or what the preconceptions of Russian military forces were before the quadcopter age intervened? Here's what they were thinking.
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>>62132099You can immediately notice the logistics! In order to pound a hectare to craters it takes 5+ trucks of shells, hours of shooting, and usually this is all scheduled 24-40 hours in advance. War moved slower then.
>>62132111The company strongpoint is perhaps the sole survivor of staple Russian defenses used in Ukraine today.
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I love how once you actually understand 'deep battle theory' and the USSRs horrid orginzational abilities the whole strategy amounts to 'go get them!'
>>62132091I'm not autistic enough to meaningfully add to this discussion but what you've dug up is pretty cool, thanks for sharing Anon.
>>62134458Deep battle is genuinely one of the best military strategies ever. Not because it was smart, logical, or effective, but because it was idiot-proofed to the point where Soviet mobik hordes could actually follow it and get things done
>>62134427Man, I love heavy mortars.
>>62134593I mean, all it required of them was to get mulched, all the "strategy" was just about where to send the reinforcements.
>>62134458>>62134593Yup
>>62134593>TM 30-340 Handbook on USSR Military Forces >1946It was better than their 1946 efforts I'll give them that. Farewell to hand carts!
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>>62139255Also. Not the OP but here’s the full document if anyone wants to read ithttps://archive.org/details/fm100-2-1/mode/1up
>russians are just soviet army rebrandedkek no wonder they're retarded
This thread reminds me of the book Fangs of the Lone Wolf, where it details the tactics the Chechens used fighting the Russians in their turf.I find it incredibly interesting how the Chechens, having been part of the Soviet army, understood these tactics and used them against the Russian army time and time again. They never quite got the Chechens pinned down because they'd operate as squads who would then either upsize or downsize by merging with other squads in the area depending on the needs of an attack or defense. I distinctly remember how units of Chechens would go in and out of Grozny because the Russians either couldn't, or wouldn't be assed to go after them.The Soviets never trained for anything other than bumrushing Europe, apparently. And even then, I wholeheartedly believe they wouldn't even be able to do that.Here's a link if anyone wants to read it. Download the book by clicking the cover.https://fmso.tradoc.army.mil/2012/fangs-of-the-lone-wolf-chechen-tactics-in-the-russian-chechen-wars-1994-2009-dodge-billingsley-with-dr-lester-grau/
>>62139457So how did they win the 2nd Chechen war?
>>62139471Bribery
>>62139471What >>62139482 said and other unconventional means. Militarily, Russia was pretty much fucked. All they could hope to do is deplete Chechen munitions by sending mobiks to be killed (which to their credit, was working out), spreading dissent and infighting amongst the figureheads of Independent Chechnya (the only thing Russia is good at) and terror bombing the everloving fuck out of any building with people in it. In the end, they still pay the Chechens protection money so they don't rise up again. I don't know about you, but that's not much of a victory.
