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In reply to the discussion: Russia Relying on 'Mass Over Quality' As Moscow Faces Rising Losses: UK [View all]Salviati
(6,011 posts)29. Another problem with that strategy is that they're still paying for it from WWII
That strategy killed so many russian men in WWII that they're still seeing echoes of it now in the demographics. Every 25 years or so there is a drastic decline in the birth rates, There's currently one going on about now, and there was one going on during the generation that is currently about 18-30, so just about the right age range to be drawing from for their military now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia
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BumRushDaShow
May 4
OP
I believe they had the same problem in Afghanistan, didn't they. Moral back home caught up to what they
LiberalArkie
May 5
#23
Old Chinese military tactic. . .you'll run out of ammo before we run out of people.
AZLD4Candidate
May 4
#13
It's simple, Pooty said, he'd be taking over Ukraine by chasing out the Nazis in 3 days.
SalamanderSleeps
May 5
#15
Too bad Putin isn't suffereing the same consequences Nikolai II did after a similar performance in World War I
DFW
May 5
#16
And the Russian Troops will die, or get severely wounded, or will surrender by the tens of thousands
Botany
May 5
#19
All authoritarian militaries fight this way; commies, dictators, Islamists, you name it
oldsoftie
May 5
#20
anybody really paying attention to the russian military since the soviet collapse knew they were a paper tiger.
KG
May 5
#24
What happened back in an earlier time when men were leaving Russia so they wouldn't be sent to Ukraine?
CarolinaNC
May 5
#32
the Republican congress has facilitated Russia's advances but holding out on funding.
maxsolomon
May 6
#38
"does Russia have enough cannon fodder to keep up this strategy? probably. "
BumRushDaShow
May 6
#39