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Also seen them utilising motorbikes for infantry in the last week
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there are some interesting signs of armour shortages
But we've been talking about this for over a year. Back then I thought we observed their imminent collapse; crates of rusty grenades, tanks from the 1940s that have been re-deployed to the battlefield. I've seen candid photos of Russian conscripts without shoes lining up to take orders from their officers, just feet bundled in rags. Despite all this I am not so sure anymore.
It makes me think of how much of a headache ISIS managed to be, taking over huge land areas despite starting out with only scattering of pick up trucks and some toy drones.
greentricky
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@fly
Russia may have a lot of manpower but there are some interesting signs of armour shortages coming in. Possibly most importantly there have been many instances of large Ural trucks attempting to drop infantry off at front line positions over the last couple of weeks.
This was a job that up until recently was only attempted by APCs such as the BMP. Obviously a huge canvas sided truck without tracks lumbering towards a front line position is a very easy target for anything from small arms fire up.
Russia did have shit loads of APCs, but about half of their reported active fleet have now been destroyed.