Русский корабль - иди нахуй

[George 487]

[Bevo 13440]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

He also gets into the fact that Russian command structures differ from American command structures - in the US military, many decisions are made independently by lower ranks, whereas with the Russians, they are more centralized/top-down, so their field-grade officers (majors and up) are making decisions that American junior officers (captains/lieutenants)/NCOs would normally make. This exposes higher-ranking Russian officers at the front more oftent, leading to more deaths among those ranks than you get with Americans. I'm not going to post more, as it's a long thread.

This would indicate that it is extremely difficult if not impossible to use US ratios in Vietnam to calculate Russian losses in Ukraine. Probably a lot better proxy is to use the ratio of Russian officers lost to infantry lost in the Russian operations in Chechnya/Georgia/Afghanistan. And, hopefully, the ratios of Officers to Infantry losses in each of Russia's most recent wars are pretty similar which would indicate that the trend might be in the same range in Ukraine. But, even if this is calculated, one has to keep in mind that Ukraine is able to strike deeper behind enemy lines where more and higher ranking officers can be found because it has more advanced weaponry such as HIMARS, Storm Shadows, drones and Western detection systems.

[BamaATL 16299]

One more to add to the list, Kyiv is reporting commanding officer of the VDV killed outside of Robotyne today.  

https://kyivindependent.com/isw-commander-of-eli/

 

[Gatorubet 29796]

She looks like she’s related to that NRA whore Russian chick who was banging the GOP olds.

[Player 4575]

She looks like she’s from Longview.

[Viper 11956]

 

 

[Schulz2.0 28657]

 

[Schulz2.0 28657]

 

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17309]

8 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

That guys gonna trip and fall out a window in 3...2...

[Viper 11956]

 

 

[Parliament 14025]

13 hours ago, Nivek said:

Vodka runs can’t wait.

Don't I know that...

[WhatTheBuck 28620]

8 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

She looks like she’s related to that NRA whore Russian chick who was banging the GOP olds.

Maria Butina. I was thinking the same thing. (She’s a member of the Russian parliament now, btw.)

[BamaATL 16299]

1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Maria Butina. I was thinking the same thing. (She’s a member of the Russian parliament now, btw.)

I bet Maria got more than one pearl necklace during her adventures here.  

[Gatorubet 29796]

[SydneyCarton 47488]

14 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

And those oil platforms the Ukrainians took back are looking increasingly important.

So, outside of the fact that it's an obvious expensive loss of an investment Russia believes they will one day control, if those platforms are so important what stops Russia from blowing them sky high with some of their jets? Certainly they're not worried about an oil spil in the black sea, and I'd assume those patforms aren't actually functioning right now to produce oil. So if they're tactically important for continued Ukraine strikes, why not just blow them up? 

Just now, Gatorubet said:

You know, I love that movie. And LaPierre is too much of a ghoul to be compared to ole' Vlad. 

[Schulz2.0 28657]

29 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Maria Butina. I was thinking the same thing. (She’s a member of the Russian parliament now, btw.)

Russian spy

[Mantis Toboggan, MD 1495]

She looks like she’s from Longview.

EEBF (East Europe Box Face)

[atomheartbevo 89078]

9 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Russian spy

And we will import many Russian widows for middle-aged Americans to marry and have kids with...

10 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said:

EEBF (East Europe Box Face)

She's got it in spades.  

[Gatorubet 29796]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21766]

10 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

I hate to pick nits, but if you're going to use those ratios to make calculations, then you should at least get your basic math correct.

[Trey3216 15308]

36 minutes ago, Mantis Toboggan, MD said:

EEBF (East Europe Box Face)

I already declared it in this thread once.....

It's Eastern Bloc Face  

[Horn Dog 9473]

3 hours ago, Viper said:

 

 

Uncle Victor.. is that you??

[BamaATL 16299]

 

[Pig Bellmont 8637]

11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I wondered what Matt LeBlanc did after Joey was canceled, looks like he went to Russia, but unlike Steven Segal, he actually manned up and put on a uniform.

Tell me you’ve never seen Episodes on HBO without telling me you’ve never seen Episodes

[The Dog 43492]

 

[The Dog 43492]

 

[Brisketexan 103660]

Just now, The Dog said:

 

Chechnya devolving into an armed power struggle would be a real chef's kiss for this Russian fuckup.

[Parliament 14025]

Man I hope he's OK...

And who is the psychotic dipshit who'll replace him?  I presume we have our CIA spooks over there stirring shit?

[Orange&White 5506]

4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

What a shame.

 

 

To clarify, I mean that it is a shame that he did not die sooner.

[Chad Fuck 17309]

6 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

SOMEBODY CALL HIS DOCT!!...oh, wait.

[SydneyCarton 47488]

I'm sure his replacement will be his kid. 

[Rimbo 25255]

50 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

[Bevo 13440]

51 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

He has liver failure, right?

[Brisketexan 103660]

8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I'm sure his replacement will be his kid. 

That's surely what his ATTEMPTED replacement will be.

There will be competing claims.

[Chad Fuck 17309]

That's surely what his ATTEMPTED replacement will be.
There will be competing claims.

Indeed.

And based on what we’ve seen of the kids, I’m guessing if they rise to power it’s as someone else’s puppet.

[Ghost of LL 15255]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Chechnya devolving into an armed power struggle would be a real chef's kiss for this Russian fuckup.

Would there possibly be any other type of power struggle in Chechnya?

[Brisketexan 103660]

1 minute ago, Ghost of LL said:

Would there possibly be any other type of power struggle in Chechnya?

I dunno.  Could be some sort of "goat-off" or something.

[Ghost of LL 15255]

5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I dunno.  Could be some sort of "goat-off" or something.

I don't think they're really worried about getting the goat off.

[Deej 76220]

13 hours ago, Player said:

She looks like she’s from Longview.

[Trey3216 15308]

16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I dunno.  Could be some sort of "goat-off" or something.

The goat off is in Meridian 

[kevwun 15342]

Putin poisoned him, right?  I'm trying to understand exactly why.

[General Specific 3155]

 

In Russia, you don’t return radar systems. Radar systems return you!

[General Specific 3155]

She looks like she’s from Longview.

I has confuse, which is she again?

[0xdeadbeef 1616]

7 hours ago, Viper said:

 

 

There are two type of guys here on Surly: 

1. The ones who would pull the pin and throw a sound grenade if they had one
2. and liars 

 

[Viper 11956]

2 hours ago, Bevo said:

He has liver failure, right?

yeah his liver failed to metabolize all the poison Putin put in his tea.

 

1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:

I don't think they're really worried about getting the goat off.

goddamnit

[MillerEP 30277]

 

^Russia is a Zombie-Nation exhibit #455567

^This will go over great, I'm sure!

[Gatorubet 29796]

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Many, many sad goats. 

[atomheartbevo 89078]

34 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

^This will go over great, I'm sure!

So Putin's 3-day operation is going on nearly 570 days or so, and they just announced the mobilized will serve until the war is over.  Going to be a lot of surrenders, a lot of fragged officers.  And probably another round of people trying to escape.

 

[Ghost of LL 15255]

38 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

 

^Russia is a Zombie-Nation exhibit #455567

^This will go over great, I'm sure!

If Russia were a society of free people, this would cause popular sentiment to swing against continuing the war.

But since Russia is a society of slaves, . . . .

[Chad Fuck 17309]

So Putin's 3-day operation is going on nearly 570 days or so, and they just announced the mobilized will serve until the war is over.  Going to be a lot of surrenders, a lot of fragged officers.  And probably another round of people trying to escape.
 

Good.