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BootinUp

(51,635 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:26 PM Mar 2022

Krugman tweets about an article on Russian logistics

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?s=20&t=CueOZL25GuXEodW24pp24g

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Krugman tweets about an article on Russian logistics (Original Post) BootinUp Mar 2022 OP

👀 underpants Mar 2022 #1

Well ... Straw Man Mar 2022 #10

They burn a lot of gas underpants Mar 2022 #11

Per analysis by Kamil Galeev, Russia put most money into Navy they can't afford Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #2

👀 underpants Mar 2022 #4

Kicking. underpants Mar 2022 #7

Wow. What an amazing read. crickets Mar 2022 #8

Good read. Seems the Russians are built mainly for defense. underpants Mar 2022 #3

It's amazing the rail gauge issue has been left unaddressed for so long. nt crickets Mar 2022 #9

Strategy... Let the enemy advance faster than their supply line. keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #5

That is a fascinating article. But it makes it even weirder that he decided to do this now. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #6

underpants

(197,174 posts)

1. 👀

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:30 PM

Mar 2022

Reading later. Thanks. Tanks need gas every single day from my personal experience with them.

Straw Man

(6,955 posts)

10. Well ...

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 02:48 AM

Mar 2022

Tanks need gas every single day from my personal experience with them.

... not if they aren't moving.

underpants

(197,174 posts)

11. They burn a lot of gas

Reply to Straw Man (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 06:54 AM

Mar 2022

Jet fuel actually in the unit I was in (Bradley and M1 mix per platoon). They at least topped off everyday. Some of it was almost superstition, some of it was being fully loaded should we need to move a lot in the coming days.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

2. Per analysis by Kamil Galeev, Russia put most money into Navy they can't afford

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:41 PM

Mar 2022

This amazing Kamil Galeev analysis explains many geopolitical things including the training.

The twitter thread has images I've never seen before and is worth looking at for its own merits.

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216413169

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1497993363076915204.html

underpants

(197,174 posts)

4. 👀

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:48 PM

Mar 2022

Looks like a deep dive. Thanks.

underpants

(197,174 posts)

7. Kicking.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 08:20 PM

Mar 2022

crickets

(26,168 posts)

8. Wow. What an amazing read.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 11:40 PM

Mar 2022

Once started, hard to stop. Galeev explains so much about what Russia/Putin have decided to do (and not do) and why. The concluding discussion of mythos is fascinating. The only issue (a big one) left unaddressed is the lack of air support. It's strange that he doesn't mention it.

underpants

(197,174 posts)

3. Good read. Seems the Russians are built mainly for defense.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 01:46 PM

Mar 2022

The different rail gauge and having to be so tied to rail doesn’t seem like a good way to attack let alone occupy.

crickets

(26,168 posts)

9. It's amazing the rail gauge issue has been left unaddressed for so long. nt

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 11:41 PM

Mar 2022

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)

5. Strategy... Let the enemy advance faster than their supply line.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:12 PM

Mar 2022

Some reasons why Eisenhower was given top command:

He was an expert in logistics

and

he did not have the ego of Montgomery or Patton.

Scrivener7

(60,067 posts)

6. That is a fascinating article. But it makes it even weirder that he decided to do this now.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2022, 02:15 PM

Mar 2022

He really must have completely lost his marbles.

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