tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post3889747863467106801..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 23 December 2022Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-78554060709400804242022-12-24T04:33:09.996-05:002022-12-24T04:33:09.996-05:00One of the major questions is whether they can reb...<i>One of the major questions is whether they can rebuild a serious attacking force by spring. I am thinking not, but I suppose history tells us never to underestimate Russian capacity to fight on.</i><br /><br />The Russians have <i>never</i> had a lack of materiel like this. In WW2, the Soviets were putting out thousands of new tanks every year - in the latter half of the war, TENS of thousands per year. Currently, it'd be shocking if they could build a few hundred tank in a year - more likely, they'll struggle just to built a few dozen, if even that.<br /><br />Even in the old Russian Empire under the Tsars, there was a huge emphasis placed on mass production of both rifles and cannons / artillery, and even when their equipment was behind their rivals technologically, they still managed to manufacture and field frankly obscene amounts of it. Russia's biggest problems historically were always logistical - physically getting already extant materiel to the front, rather than not having BUILT said materiel yet.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com