Russian officers killed in Ukraine

[BootinUp]

Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings |
@ChuckPfarrer

BURN RATE:
@ragnarbjartur
and
@KilledInUkraine

report on the number of RU officers killed in Putin’s Ukraine War. It takes years to effectively train even junior and company grade officers, and decades to train senior officers. These losses directly reduce RU combat efficiency.

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[paleotn]

1. When he was a young KGB operator in East Germany.....

he wasn't on the fast track by any means due mainly to his superior's worry that he took too many unnecessary, ill conceived risks. Or so the stories go. If true, he hasn't changed a bit.

[brush]

2. What's the hard number of officers killed?

The charts are hard to read. Just a number pls.

[BootinUp]

3. 1160 according to this source

[brush]

4. Thank you.

[mitch96]

5. The other fact is Russian Doctrine. Troops or lower echelon officers get a command from up top

They complete the task and stop when they succeed and then wait more orders.
The Ukrainian army allows more lower ranked officers and NCO's to make decisions in the field like NATO troops do. This compresses the time factor when things are critical.
UKR act where the RU armys move and wait.
With so many officers killed I would expect "getting the job done" would now take longer.
YMMV
m

[Irish_Dem]

6. This is one of the factors that led to Allied victory in WWII.

American junior officers and NCO's in the field had leeway and authority to decide how to fulfill a mission.

American generals figured the guys in the middle of combat were more aware of immediate and changing circumstances than the top brass.

Japan and Germany were very rigid with decisions made at the top only. The generals were the only ones who knew anything. And didn't listen to lower ranks.

[mitch96]

7. It worked back then and it works today till something better comes along.

If it ain't broke...don't fix it!!
m

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes but there is a catch.

If you are going to give military out in the field that kind of authority, they need to understand the mission.
And they need to be well trained, sober, and motivated.

Also they should have some sense of right and wrong, so they are completing the mission, not stopping to conduct a crime spree as they go.

That may have worked for the Vikings but I don't think it is a successful strategy for the 21st century. Instead of terrorizing the Ukrainan population, it is only hardening their resolve and turning the world against Russia more with each passing day.