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0 pointsTeever2y ago0 comments

Maybe that says more about the military capabilities of the people that America fought vs that of the people Russia is fighting?

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woooooo2y ago· 2 in thread

That tank column was defeated by mud and lack of supply, opposing forces were a distant third.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Kyiv_convoy

TeeverOP2y ago

Would you say that this particular episode is representative of the entire Russian military during this conflict?

woooooo2y ago

Pretty much? They have logistics problems 20 miles from their borders, we had excellent logistics for 20 years in frickin Afghanistan. They built Taco Bell restaurants on the bases. These are entirely different leagues of capability.

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