Azov isn't really much different than any other National Guard formation. They just have the highest profile and a disproportionate amount of propaganda made by them and against them. Rumors abound.
I put it up there with Saddam not allowing the UN and IAEA to conclusively disprove Iraq-WMD because he was concerned Iran would invade if they knew Iraq couldn't hit back with VX gas. Bush still would've found a reason, like a tenuous al Qaida link, or some Tonkin Gulf type incident.
My guess - insufficient infantry available. Have heard Russian infantry is in short supply, seemingly like many things on the Russian side (trucks, fuel, food, smart munitions).
Another is reason is probing defenses, lose a tank and you just replace tank, lose a warm body and you have no one else to operate in the area.
It tracks somewhat with criticisms I've heard about the battalion tactical group. Apparently (though everyone is speaking with the benefit of hindsight now) they're somewhat lacking in terms of infantry, compared to how many vehicles the BTG contains. Other main criticism I've seen is that the BTG only has 5 fuel trucks which is, so they say, far too little for all the trucks and tanks they're meant to keep supplied.
I don't know how it is for Russia but for non-shit countries losing the tank crew is arguably a bigger hit than the tank. The tank is just easier to quantify.
Do we have any idea how much of Russia's infantry consists of conscripts? As we saw a week or so ago, it seems Putin can't freely deploy people conscripts serving their year of mandatory military service with risking a real backlash in Russia. And infantry seems a likely place to put people who'll only be in for a year of service over something more specialized.
As an American I view Euros as merely white niggers. They have a history of doing nothing but chimping out with each other over there. Only the US and Russia kept them from going ape all the time. Now they're wanting to chimp out once again except now that the US has a dementia President they want to get rid of Russia and force us to join in their monkey behavior. The Azov Nazi larp is just the latest example. We should tell them they're on their own if they want to kill each other. We won't though because we don't have a strong President to keep our own chimps in line, let alone the white niggers in Europe and defense contractors keep plying our niggers in Congress with hookers and blow. So they'll keep the party in the
I said at the beginning it's like the Russians have a red army mindset to their equipment, "just throw more stuff in". They etheir don't care or it can be replaced easily for them, so might aswell use it to probe for ambushes.
What would the Russian (military) equivalent of Rick and Morty be you'd have to watch to understand?
That Twitter guy kinda fucked up the story. As the war was kicking off, Ukrainian meatheads jumped another Ukrainian meathead for training in Chechen MMA gym, then uploaded the video mocking him using that exact phrase, he's the fella with with a towel duct-taped 'round his head in the video below.
At this rate they're going to run out of countries to beg for help before the end of the month.
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to this man when he finally wears out his welcome.
A HoI4 soviet playthough.
I guess your talking to burger normies.
Fun fact, the russians adopted the pen too
