Yes indeed... Very few Iraqi units during the invasion of Iraq assembled themselves in mass formations - those that did - as soon as the invasion began, had their personnel mostly desert. If the Iraqis had decided to prepare themselves to fight in urban combat within cities along the route to Baghad, the Americans would have suffered much higher casualties, and would have needed needed to pummel all those cities to rubble.
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In any case, If we compare Russian loss (said by the Ukrainian) and these Ukrainian loss (said by the Russian), it could be credible for two mostly even forces clashing each others.
I'm tired of people here rehashing the same picture.There were quite a few photos of Russian wheeled vehicles with busted or flat tires abandoned in off-road terrain.
Here you can see the rear tire of a Russian Pantsir completely torn apart after an attempt to tow it. I think it was Trent Telenko that conjectured this to be a consequence of very poor vehicle maintenance or lack of exercise leading to tire rot.
This is not a new pictures. It was taken 2 weeks ago and was posted in another thread as well.
And is not like the Ukrainians have the knowledge nor the ammo for these weapons. And in the state they are in, they can't really move them far for it to be of any value to western intelligence, either. Makes for good pictures for the Ukrobots and the "Ukraine is winning" narrative, though.
I do not believe the extent of losses of reported by either side. I takes such reports with a grain of salt.
What I do believe, firstly, are claims of territory gained and towns captured or surrounded by one side, that are confirmed by the other side, or at least not denied by the other side. I do also mostly believe it when I see numerous videos and at times photos of the presence of troops in a particular location, especially ones in which a journalist is present. For example, there is sufficient evidence based on photos and videos that the Russians and Donetsk Rebels (DPR) are making steady progress in Mariupol. And there is clear video evidence to the extent of proof that Volnovakha was captured by the the Russians and the DPR.
Gonna dispute this one. That's a backhoe loader, not a tractor. This kill goes to the Ukrainian Construction Workers Union, not the farmers.
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Is it? Because you still haven't provided the actual ratio which you claimed to have.
Great, so you have the ratio for the Abrams in '91, for 1 week of operations. But you don't have Russia's ratio to compare yet. Also, here's something else in the report you cited: "According to some Army personnel, the inability to replenish parts reserves could have impeded sustained combat operations in a longer war." (pages 4 and 32)
In any case, you would need to apply weights your ratios and averages to balance things on relative terms. For example, we already know that the initial push of the US in the flat desert was slower than Russia's because they didn't want to over-extend. Russia clearly had a different operational plan, and a very different enemy with very different terrain. They wanted to quickly push deep while risking some over-extension. This doesn't necessarily mean the US's plan was better (it had its own problems at every level.) And you're comparing it to Gulf '91 which had very different objectives. Russia isn't simply trying to push Ukraine's army out of a region like Kuwait. The US left Saddam alone after his Army pulled back. Russia has very different victory conditions. And the verdict on the performance of its BTGs in relation to the operational plan they were tasked with, that's something that will take a lot of data to analyze after the war is actually over.
Ukraine is not worth World War 3 over. A neutral Ukraine is the solution. Ukraine doesn't have to abide by Russia's demands for it to recognize the Donbass Republics. Adherence to the Minsk Protocols is all that needs to be done. This is the way out.
This plan would be good for the USA as well, just swap Russia for USA, and the putin for oligarch .
Would be wonderfull for the world if it can be executed in the USA.
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