Not sure what you mean he looks pretty normal to me.
>be Russian
Case in point, though I think those Mobiks never got the chance to see anything. I'm honestly mad on their behalf. One of the FIRST things that is rammed into every recruit is if you are in a combat zone situation where the enemy could be on you at any moment, you have your battle buddy. Basically the member of the squad who is responsible for you and you for him, because the Sergeants eyes, while always everywhere are not actually everywhere and the squad needs to look out for itself on occasion. There is no way in the fresh hell any American unit in a trench would have random soldiers running around corners alone at a time when they clearly know they are under attack.
Shit, I think even recreation milsim experience and sport shooting would prepare someone for combat better than those guys were. Clearly they were big into EVE Online.
Not really. Seeing that shootout reminded me of this scene from a very good war movie, Glory.
Seriously? from when I'm looking is like they literally half-assed the beginning actually believing the ukies would receive them as liberators
Yes its mostly "ukraine bad cuz globalism!" but lets not kid ourselves into thinking that any of these countries supporting ukraine is doing it for the sake of freedom and not because the attacker is the ruskies. Like if say turkey (to name a nearby country, forget that its part of nato) invaded ukraine would they care? and if the ruskies would intervene not because of ukrainian freedom but because they dont want fucking turks in their border would people support ukraine or call it the whore of russia for accepting the help its getting?
I believe @mindlessobserver is distinguishing the Soviet Union from the Russian Federation, which, despite being a successor state, is structurally very different. It was the Soviets that developed systematic war plans and a massive arsenal, while Russia is consuming (and burning through) that stockpile.
Yes, but to add onto this the Soviet Military was very much a product of its creation, which was Germanies Operation Barbarossa. In that Campaign they had zero strategic reserve in ammunition and equipment so when the Germans steamrolled their front line positions there was nothing left. It led to that scene from the Stalingrad movie where one man was handed a rifle and another man told to follow that guy and when he died to pick up the rifle, because there was not enough rifles for both men.
Mostly because in the west, at least where I was, everyone always has a rifle. The first thing you learn is never to have your eyes off your weapon, or you get bootfucked for it. It's unimaginable to me that the Russians keep their troops unarmed and their rifles locked up in "pyramids". IN AN ACTUAL FUCKING WAR. Insane. I can't believe I assumed, prior to 2022, that the Russian military was just like ours but manlier. Probably the most embarrassing L of my life.
The russian planning and execution in this conflict has been so terrible they'd literally be better off picking a high-grade Starcraft player and making him or her dictator for the duration.
I of course didn't see the whole conversation, but this comment seemed like he (or she) was just making a lazy point. You say it's "reasonable" for Russia to give up their invasion, and he responds that it's also "reasonable" for Ukraine to surrender immediately. You say tell his government to withdraw, he says tell your government to let Ukraine surrender. He's basically mirroring you and not seriously engaging with the issues. This isn't surprising since it's Kiwi Farms chat. This person might express more thought in a serious setting.
There were parts of the conversation where I did get that feeling, or at least a reluctance to engage with certain parallels I drew. But within the wider context of this full (quite lengthy) discussion, that part of it was absolutely sincere. They made it quite clear they felt the invasion was justified and that the only path to peace is for Ukraine to capitulate to all of Putin's demands.
Are they mental? After everything that has happened, all the death and destruction, the expect Ukraine to just...stop? Millions of Ukrainians have spent the last year running into bunkers due to air raid sirens. Their husbands and sons have been killed, and or mutilated for the past year. Entire towns have been leveled by artillery, and they think Ukraine should just...stop fighting? Because Russia is so brutal? Imagine if your hometown got razed by a screaming mongoloid hoard of drunk conscripts, your mother and sisters are forced to leave their home to become refugees like god damn Moroccan negros. I think "surrender" would be the absolutely last thing on your mind.
Its funny they don't realize that this is Ukraine's very own Great Patriotic War. The stakes are just as high for Ukraine now as they were for the Russians in 1940, and the behavior of the invaders is almost as bad.
To be even more fair. Why the fuck should anyone go out there and and die in a ditch just so Joe Biden can launder some more money into his own pocket?
I find it odd that they weren't using shotguns or anything like that. I think that's what the US used in trenches in WW1. You don't really have to aim a shotgun much. also pistols would be good in that situation I believe. But that was pretty bad. But the Russian conscripts only get a few days or so of training. These are not professional soldiers or trained killers. They are regular jack offs with a rifle taken out of storage. I don't even think they have reflex sites on their rifles. I believe the Ukrainians were using reflex sites which may have helped them with that kind of shooting.
It looks like it got it's ass blown off. The end the tail boom looks damaged.
They are Russian conscripts. Russians are just throwing bodies into meat grinder hoping they can wear the Ukrainians down that way. Their job is to hold a rifle and shoot back or get shot. Hopefully some of the other conscripts do better. It's a numbers thing. Some of them are going to get killed but some won't.
