RE: Russia and Ukraine
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2025 at 1:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The 31st mech is reporting that they've repelled a massive russian assault. 90kia, 50wia, 60vehicles destroyed. FPV drones, artillery, and remotely placed land mines. It's an interesting inversion from the expected combat conditions faced by infantry and dismounts back in the day. 20 years ago a fast moving assault over open terrain provided the best chance of success, whereas fighting in city streets was maximally unsafe. The worst case scenario was seeing your opponents face to face in cqc. Today, and for russia at least, an attempt at a textbook mechanized assault is essentially a death sentence, the worst case scenario is never seeing your opponent, and fighting from basements and rubble provides you with the best chance at survival.
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