(09-11-2023, 09:44 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(09-11-2023, 09:10 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: So basically the Soviets didn't care about soldiers surviving so they made inferior fighting vehicles. The soldiers fighting now have no idea how much better a Bradley is to their crap so they think direct hits not only kills the vehicle but those inside.

They dumb.

Communist doctrine always regards soldiers as fodder. Their stunted economies allow for quantity, not quality. As Stalin once wryly remarked, "Quantity has a quality all its own." The Soviets and the Chinese (as demonstrated in the Korean war) poorly equip their fighters and then send them into battle by the legion. 

The Russian military industry is awash in corruption. Coupled with the still prevalent Soviet-think, poor Russian conscripts stand little chance against modern western weapons and are led to slaughter.

A few years ago I read a book about how the USSR built Chernobyl and all the 'shortcuts' they took in the name of being the Big Kahuna of nuclear power. Corruption was a big part of it. It's no wonder the Chernobyl disaster happened and the whole story perfectly shows how Russia has always been about quantity not quality as you pointed out. 

I feel for the average Russian as I do for the average citizens of all countries who are increasingly being made to pay for the corruption seen more and more in politics across the board, especially ours.

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