(July 31, 2025 at 7:35 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: The short version is that due to the structure the russian military put all it's eggs in, even fully staffed and well equipped, a btg cannot operate further than x distance from a railhead.
This is something I've read about since the beginning of this full-scale Ukraine invasion in Feb 2022, once Western commentators started tripping about Russia perhaps invading the Baltics. The logistics of the Russian army is light on trucks and light on air defense, and heavy on railheads. That's probably part of the reason why Russia has resurrected the armored-train platform.
From what I've read, a Russian division can't operate offensively more than about 75 miles from the nearest railhead, and probably less that under combat conditions of contested air superiority and missile barrage. Rail is vulnerable because you can't change routes easily, and your bridges aren't going anywhere.
