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2022-03-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Cheap Chinese tires and the Russian convoy bog down?

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Posted by Alistaire Clunk8424 2022-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The Soviets/Russians have a history of 'hanger queen' equipment. They would only use one or a crude mechanical simulator to practice with. They were not keen about 'going to the field' and using the stuff in real environment as it takes a toll on the equipment requiring constant maintenance and supply/parts support. American units have readiness reports that track the status of every vehicle. It's a bit of a pain and, yes, some commanders crib their reports. [Amazing how many readiness reports were 'updated' when they were altered for Desert Shield in the early 90s. /sarc off]

In WW2 their analysis was that tanks usually didn't survive more than something like a 100 hours on the battlefield so why build something that require so much support. The Americans had recovery units which would recover tanks and refurbish them in theater not far from the front lines and then send them back into combat.

When the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia in '68, they did it under cloud cover to avoid satellite detection. They pulled it off but when the clouds cleared, intel showed a trail of abandoned vehicles all the way back to their bases.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-04 07:14|| 2022-03-04 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 *were alerted

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-04 07:14|| 2022-03-04 07:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The old truism still holds:

Amateurs talk tactics, politicians discuss strategy, professionals study logistics.

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-03-04 07:45|| 2022-03-04 07:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Those chink tires were "probably pop's"...you could see the air in them.

Posted by crazyhorse 2022-03-04 09:26|| 2022-03-04 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 The "where are the A-10s?" nonsense can be left parked on the apron, where it belongs...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-04 14:12|| 2022-03-04 14:12|| Front Page Top

#6 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1499164245250002944.html

Great detail in the link above about the tire and off-road tire failures in muc leading to the road-bound convoy issues for the Russians!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-03-04 15:48|| 2022-03-04 15:48|| Front Page Top

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