aezmvp said:
LMCane said:
Gaius Julius Bevo said:
They mustered up a bunch of middle-aged and elderly men. Gads. Humor me, gents. Is there any good use out of these Russians other than cannon fodder? Can they be tasked with something meaningful that they can yet accomplish?
according to many reports the Russkies are just bringing back former military veterans - for those guys there is some value add as they understand tactics and technology and how equipment works.
if they are just pulling 40 year old guys out of their civilian jobs and handing them an AK-74.. then no that is just cannon fodder waiting to be hit by a drone.
I don't think based on what has made it to the West that their mobilization apparatus is functioning that well. Also the vast majority of those with prior service are 1 year conscripts who get very little in the way of military training during that time. This isn't like the Israeli model, those conscripts are basically grunts with contract soldiers (those serving for multiple years) and junior officers doing the work of NCOs and such. It's just not the same as what Western armies are training.
I agree with you.
theoretically, calling up former military veterans would be similar to what we have done in "stop loss"
but realistically, it's likely that the FUBAR Russian system is just grabbing as many males as they can get their hands on.
