7 THINGS That Will Destroy Russia's Military
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it was widely believed to have the world's second-strongest military, second only to the United States. However, the ongoing conflict has exposed significant weaknesses in Russia's military capabilities. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken famously remarked that Russia's military might is now seen as "the second-strongest in Ukraine." This video delves into the key reasons behind Russia's military struggles, from significant troop losses and low morale to outdated equipment and systemic corruption, all contributing to a crumbling military façade.
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The Russians can truthfully boast they have highest flying tank turrets in the world.
There the best at tank turret toss
And now the biggest underwater
Black sea fleet.👍
They're also unbeatable in in the out-of-control fuel depot fire category.
@@iankendal3852 🤣🤣
no olympics for them, but many new world records...
1. corruption
2. corruption
3. corruption
4. corruption
5. corruption
6. corruption
7. corruption
You forgot,
8. Corruption
@@Mr.DontKnow9. Drunkenness
@@Mr.DontKnow10: Corruption
11 drunk corruption
12. Corruption
There are eight problems really, you forgot to mention vodka 🤣
And more vodka…
@@colinhall8998 i mean, it works as coolant for them... ( nothing could go wrong) (many russian pilots died from being drunk mid-air and sneaking coolant)
@@100SideDiceI'd totally fly drunk in a simulator, doing it irl is actually suicide
More specifically, alcoholism. Ten years ago I used to chat with Russian women and they always complained that their men were useless unemployed drunks. However, can you blame them? At the time, Russia under Putin was banging the war drum and as this video points out, they dont have a lot of war veterans due mostly to acute lead poisoning. They read the writing on the wall, not a lot of motivation for them as a result, might as well be drunk.
You forgot corruption
My advice to the Russians; start learning Chinese. Beijing will be your new overlords and you'll be doing as they say.
CCP will take the Eastern part. Sakha, Siberia, etc.
Russia will become the new Chinese puppet/vassal state.
At least China is developing science, building factories. Russia only extracts gas, their entire economy.
nah chinee has their own problems to deal with
Yup. Winnie the Pooh is a VERY greedy bear...
I was in the romaniam army.
Things i remember: commanders stoling our food and practicing at shooting range once a week, 3 rounds, semiautomatic fire with the AK 47. Once in 1.3 years, 5 rounds with a marksman rifle (PSL).
Our LMG (1 in the entire unit) could only fire 1 round at a time then open it and manually move the band.
In the event of a NATO attack they might have been best to negotiate 'free passage' for a moderate fee.
Unless they had 6 months warning and the determination to resist.
@@20chocsaday Watch out for the pickpockets though!
I served 15 years in the British Armed Forces. Every month, I fired my rifle on the range, practiced tactics, first aid and most importantly, contact drills.
Half a million young men dead, that is a shameful indictment of our species. And that is only on one side, let alone civilians.
Let a dictator have his way, and that is what you get.
‘Casualties’ does not mean dead - fatalities are estimated 50k-75k - still pretty grim, but not so headline-grabbing
Corruption = Incompetence = Inefficiency = Failure = Injustice = Human Suffering
Sounds like the Biden administration
And yet they are still winning.... 20% of ukraine is under russia control. Ukraine is currently a failed state that cannot afford to defend themself.
They are in life support and only being alive because NATO is protecting them. If ukraine had to fight alone this whole war was over a long time ago.
Human Suffering = The Dark Side.
@@notofthisworld5998Not hardly, comrade, cope harder.
Russia has lost and the republicans are self destructing.
It is amazing that Russia has suvived without NCOs??
What sucks is that most of the young men on the front line never wanted any part of this
Unfortunately they have exactly the same neanderthal mindset as their incompetent commanders because they don't know no better. You must remember this people has never known democracy, only autocracy. What saved Russia in WWII was that they were fighting for their homeland. Thankfully this is not the case in Ukraine whatever Putin tells them.
never do !
That is true of all conflicts.
@@bulwinkle after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor there wasn't hardly a man in the US that wasn't begging to be accepted by the military to go overseas and fight for this country. And I'm sure that was also the case for the revolutionary war and others around the globe. So no, it's certainly not the case for every war.
Russian soldiers lack the will to fight. Russia can not win this war.
Putin asked his general 'where is my billion dollars that was supposed to buy tanks/planes/vehicles/equipment for my soldiers? General says oh you used it for you 1 billion dollar mansion. Putin says 'oh ok, good I thought someone else may have stole from the military budget before me.'
Mister the Russians buy and make their own equipment. They buy very little from the out side .
@@user-mo4mf9ox2l and its good stuff , takes a drone with a gernade to blow up a tank !
@@user-mo4mf9ox2l you still need to pay salary and pay business owners for raw materials on long contracts - who signs of these contracts and what percentages goes to the middle guys - are their proper audits within Russia I don't think so. The list goes on and on translation very short = corruption.
I stumbled across a video on here about Putin's mansions/compounds ... he has *many*
I was growing up in Czechoslovakia during cold war and I can say with confidence that all Warsaw Pact armies including Soviet Army was potemkin village mirage supported by huge number of inexperienced, untrained conscripts and fat and stupid "professional" officers that were constantly drunk. It was a great job with early retirement with huge pension and bonuses. If NATO invaded it would be walking in the park. Warsaw Pact soldiers would happily exchange their guns for "West" Walkman.
The photos I've seen of ČSLA troops do not suggest martial vigor, but they get serious extra credit for creating the wonderful Mlok "salamander" camouflage.
(My Czech great-grandfather left Bohemia for the US, after serving in the Austro-Hungarian army, thankfully, before WW I.)
In supporting Ukraine, NATO has depleted its ammunition reserves, leaving it with only enough to sustain combat for 2-4 weeks. Thus, not only is Russia a *house of cards* But so is NATO.
@@sergeant64 NATO running out of ammo? Unlikely as almost every NATO country has some arms/ammo production.
@@markwarnberg9504 That's true. Just not enough to sustain a near peer war. Nobody has production capacity just lying around for decades on the off-chance they're going to need a million shells a month. So with or without Ukraine NATO, just like everyone else, would find themselves with a massive shortage of everything in a matter of weeks. And that would last for as long as it takes to create a war economy. Every country is a paper tiger after a couple of months of intensive near peer war, except the US which could probably manage 6. This is the reason why Ukraine is struggling. Russia was given time to hunker down and move towards a war economy, whilst Ukraine's suppliers are still playing at it.
Goof
For the last 600 years we in the West seem to flip between belief that "Russia is an all mighty steam roller" and then following something like Klushino in 1610, Austerlitz in 1805, Tannenburg in 1914 or the 1939 Winter War in Finland we swap to thinking "Russia is a joke". In actual fact we should probably follow the advise of the British Stateman who said "Russia is never so strong as we think and Russia is never so weak as we think.
So Russia is Mid af
I think this is spot on.
sadly this becomes irrelevant when the not as as strong not as weak state has a zillion nuclear warheads in store. and putin is such a jerk that he could probably use them sooner or later
But their naval defeat by the Japanese taught Fisher that 12" guns were a good main armament for battleships.
The admiral who made his entire navy look backward.
yeah also Poland so brutally wounded by 123 years of non existance on maps almost devastate them in 1920
Vladimir told his doctor,: ‘Every day I wake up, I look in the mirror, I want to throw up. What’s wrong with me?’ The doctor replied: "I don’t know, but your eyesight is perfect."
I heard that in Groucho Marx's voice.
@@MMuraseofSandvich It's Rodney Dangerfield
BLABLABLA QUIT THE CRAP, PEASE,
@@MoniqueangeliqueLumpkin More on.
@@MoniqueangeliqueLumpkin Seen Nile.
You know what's cool? The top comments have begun to be dominated by regular humans and not Russian bots. We're winning the information war, folks! 👏 👏
Putin underestimated the Western Nations overwhelming support for Ukraine.
Underwhelming.
This conflict could go nuclear very quickly, Russia has a huge nuclear arsenal 😮😮
@@AndrewWilkin-n4i I bet none of them even work, Russia wouldn't last 10 minutes against America, I'm surprised Ukraine hasn't even reached moscow yet considering how Russia is literally the weakest military in the world
@@AndrewWilkin-n4ioh 😮 their rockets will probably explose at launch…
Definitely want to support the most corrupt Nazis in Europe.
Russia is a kleptocracy. Kleptocracies and military belligerence don't mix. The trickle down, horse and sparrow, effect really does work here. When you go to trot out your war horse you find the barn empty, the horse, everything stolen and gone and the only thing left is a couple starving sparrows.
Great proverb, very true. Thanks.
*They are not a Kleptocracy. Their form of government is actually called "INDUSTRIAL FEUDALISM".*
And a maffia state, exactly
@@johnsluggernice term
Despite that , But still they have the several iskander m ballistic missiles produced monthly and the guided gliding fab bombs that are not so easy to repel...
They still have vast wealth and they are buying missiles from Iran that has something like upgraded Soviet missiles .Russia could not to be underestimated despite its huge losses , so Ukraine has better find ways to destroy the Ruzzian aircrafts and air defenses as much as they can ...
YA KNOW WHAT I'VED NOTICED in 2022 when Russia first started this war there were lots of Russian Fan boys in the comments talking trash where have they all gone?
You'll find them all hiding on channels like WION and Hindustan Times, any Indian pro-Russian channel is where they lurk still spewing out the same BS they did 2.5 years ago. Those are the channels I go to to troll them!
YT channels are like clubs. You need to figure out the right club for you. This is a Ukranian club they've gone to join Russian clubs.
@@danielstapler4315 This, they are out there and being paid
They're still out there but a ton of them got drafted lol
They had to go fight. RIP
All they have to do is leave Ukraine. Its so simple!!
NATO needs to back out !! They started the war
Russia is a paper tiger for sure.
Paper bear
Let's not forget the mighty Red Army of WW2 contained over 7 million Ukrainians. Many of it's elite units, front line officers and high ranking General Staff and Marshalls were Ukrainians, including the mightiest of them all, Marshall Zhukov.
And that's why we want them in NATO.
There is a joke about Putin in a seance to contact Stalin:
Putin: The Nazis are outside of Kursk again. What do I do.
Stalin: Do what I did. Put the best Ukrainian troops up front and ask the US for arms.
Wasn't Zhukov Russian? Maybe you meant Koniev, who was Russian too but lead a Ukrainian division?
На начало 1941 года украинцы составляли лишь 23% от численности красной армии. К 1945 украинцы составляли лишь 12%. И маршал жуков мой земляк, родился в России, калужская губерния, сейчас Калужская область. Так что прекращай принимать фентанил
Менше баяришніка треба пити, щоб з людьми спілкуватись, рюцьке швайне @@davyjones5509
Lol Russian army is the 2nd strongest army in Ukraine now also in Russia......
Ruzzian army, 2nd best in Ruzzia lol
Hahaha!!! 👍
USA is 1st in USA, but after 20 years we can definitely say that's the second in Afghanistan!
This joke is killing in Mariupol
@@alessandro3139 why ? because they took Afghanistan in 72 hours and were there for 20 years and recently left it with weapons to make sure the chaos continues in middle east with taliban in charge ? dont you think it was done on purpose ?
I would not count Putin out too easily. A leader like him is willing to sacrifice everything to stay in power.
He is in position for life. But replaceable, and he knows it.
*THAT* is not any kind of 'leader'!
@@dalehill6127 It has been said that he got where he is by following the crowd.
But are the people under him willing to sacrifice themselves?
The Clone or the old Fagot???
Russia lost more tanks in two weeks in Ukraine than in 9 years in Afghanistan. And the Afghan war helped bring down the Soviet Union. And that was when the Soviet Union has millions more young men than Russia does today and much more material. And the Afghans never had F-16s. The Russians are screwed.
Russia learned from the past mistake. Now their shovels very effective. Eastern Ukraine will become Russian Federation forever. It makes the west got really mad & angry
And now when you done doing crystal go and do a fact check this lowlife Russian army that everyone laughed at still holding all the ground it took from Ukraine and about to lunch another attack mean while the "major" Ukraine attack grind to a hold
Russia has lost much more in Ukraine than it did in Afghanistan but will be totally humiliated if it doesn’t win against Ukraine. They have already been humiliated but not ready yet to admit it.
@@MrJamespeyton "Humiliated" by defeating country backed by millitary alliance of 50+ countries, okay bozo.
@@J--12I bet you also think Russia could beat nato well atleast Putin does but how would he be able to beat them if he can’t beat Ukraine that only has use of some of natos weapons?
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Case in point their third rate Army.
You know it isn’t going as planned. When the “second” most powerful country, is asking North Korea for help 😂
Not asking, BEGGING for help.
@@playwars3037Pootin is in Mongolia now, he will be begging for Mongolian's help soon.
N. Korea produces more rocket's than the USA does & Russian isn't getting them for free
China , N. Korea Russia & Iran produce 5 to 1 more weapon's than the West.
@@Ghenghis_1
If those former Soviet Republics were smart, they would take advantage of
Russians weakened status.
North Korea does have the 4th largest military in the world though, and largely the same Soviet era stuff that Russia is using. They have plenty of stuff to sell russia
maybe they should work on you know...indoor plumbing first?
We don't need no stinking indoor plumbing. We are Russians. lol
The eighth crack is the loss of trained crews of tanks and other armored vehicles, pilots, and combat hardened sergeants. None of these can be replaced in any short time-frame.
Part of the issue is the common misunderstanding about Russian vs Soviet. For the longest time, the two were used interchangeably, and the need for correction was slight. Now the difference is staggering.
The Soviets were not genius tactician, they weren't skilled tactician, the idea was overwhelming firepower in a surprise attack and move quickly. The whole system is wasteful, but can be effective if the cost isn't considered. And remember, Putin is from the intelligence side, so he didn't get dirty in the barracks and harassed by senior enlisted personnel. Add to this the staggering corruption at every level, and it's a wonder the units were able to mobilize at all.
Georgy Zhukov disagrees.
Putin was not from intelligence side actually, he was never accepted into Russian version of CIA - the GRU. He was forced to finish his career at some forgotten KGB office in occupied East GErmany
Soviets were not bad; the SovietUnion was far larger than Russia, incorporating Belarus and Ukraine and the baltic states. This makes a difference. Corruption was probably also less than today in Russia.
@@xornxenophon3652
They are the same. It's just that the war has changed - a lot.
If they have a military parade with only. 1 tank WWII relic then you know its army is in dear trouble.
A single casualty is a tragedy, over half a million casualties is Putin's idea of a successful special military operation.
You choose to believe the Uk9figures for losses of manpower and equipment. Mostly American donated equipment that is obsolesent or obsolete.
Ukrainian casualties supplied by that well known comic V. Zelensky.
@@KennethOram-ei9ff ... yet still better than the Russian equipment.
No figure can be taken at face value, since both countries twist the numbers. That is why the best alternative is to look at neutral estimates, which was done here.
@@KennethOram-ei9ff the Russian losses are the KIA, MIA, WIA and POWs. The AFU figures are the same as the western estimate when you combine all these. We actually got a higher figure of around 600.000 casualties with sources from Russia from burial surplus and excessive hospitalisation. Combined with the actual figures of POWs.
Even the most outdated weapons from the west still outperform the newest Russian equipment. Just have a look at the old M-270, Patriots from the US and the Gepard, Leopard 2, CV-90 and so on from Europe. They outperformed everything but artillery and minefields. And now our F-16 MLU is kicking you in the teeth. They were bought well before i entered the RNAF and now they and i and they are both retired. But they still kick your bottom.
@@KennethOram-ei9ff Surely Zelensky is personally doing both counting and reporting, just like Putin is in the ditches doing the same on the other side.
I understand that you prefer numbers given by a man that throw everyone disagreeing with him out of windows.
The Soviet Army is the Potemkin Village of militaries
The Soviets wished they had T-90s, Drones and RPGs at Barbarossa
Soviet army doesn't exist for 32 years
@@christiandauz3742 What's that old saying? "You go to war with the army you have - not the army you wish you had?" Well, that's what's happening now and the army they have now isn't all that great...
@@wilberwhateley7569 so true, but they decided them self when they did go to war, and for sure they didn't have the Army they thought they had.
@@PulkaSkurken Yup - and that's the leadership's own fault...
It's mind boggling the commanders have no idea how to use their mechanized units.
Those helicopters are very deadly but only when used properly. The T-90 tank is a decent tank, only in certain situations.
Instead of waiting for or preparing those situations, they clumsily toss them in.
Ukraines best ally are the Russian commanders
They haven’t embraced the concepts of combined arms and maneuver warfare.
The T-90 was outdated as soon as it started production.
T-14 Armata the same.
But yes in the right situation they can still damage other tanks.
It still has a huge cannon.
@@GekkeHenkie1313
That big gun on the Russian style tanks was in a cheaply printed magazine in a hardware store when the UK tank gun was 105mm rifled.
I have never seen a similar magazine since.
*Finland in ww2 is laughing*
*Finland today in 2024 is still laughing*
Ну а что им ещё делать? В зимней войне проиграли, во второй мировой войне поставили не на ту лошадь и так же позорно проиграли. Нация неудачников.
The Finns will be still laughing with or without a reason. Good laughter prolongs your life. They aren't enemies for Russia unless they really want to be ones.
@@davyjones5509 Soviet lost winter war. They were supposed to take whole country but struggled
@@b4nterontilt245 Маннергейм подписал капитуляцию на условиях СССР, граница была отодвинута от Ленинграда. Выкинь свой учебник.
@@davyjones5509 They took 10% of teritorry. Soviet wanted all of it. They failed just like you fail now in Ukraine, managed to capture 9% of land in almost 3 years and even lost some of your own
Brilliant and profound analysis of Russia's mentality and its brutal history.Brilliant individuals and a miserable society,without morality or empathy.
This is an echo chamber, not an analysis. Repeating stereotypes that are very far from reality usually leads to an incorrect assessment of the enemy's potential.
Lions for Lambs .. such a waste of humanity
Lying to your enemy is one thing. Lying to your own troops results in them lying back.
Russian government and military officers told conflicting stories to their troops. Some said that Ukrainians would greet them as heroes. Some said they were only going on exercises.
"Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness"
It makes me wonder how many of Russia's nukes are even operational...
Er...um... one and a half...but only on a Wednesday afternoon
Do we really want to find out??
Those stats for Orc losses are madness.
Yeah but they might be over reported since Ukraine/US is posting them
@@Acrillianso if it is not true why don't Russia report their losses...no they can't because they don't recover their dead invaders
It’s a estimate true stats can’t be truly verified until the conflict ends and even then it’s a rough estimate
@@Acrillian It is an overall estimate from various sources. More likely to be closer to the truth than anything posted by ruZZia.
@jesterj8526 I mean like few months ago a smart orc actually calculated a rough estimate based on the hidden Russian losses he's seen and he put it at a lot 400k
I'm Canadian. Several years ago we were told that we had some 500 (please correct me if I'm mistaken) Canadian forces personnel were working as trainers in Ukraine. As a civilian I did not what that meant. Since the war began I have a better idea. The trainers were instructing in NATO tactics, flexible structures and soldiers who think for themselves and adapt to changing conditions. Would Russia take on NATO? Vladivostok would become a NATO base.....
It could be a 180 degrees outcome also.
"Would Russia take on NATO? "
Most certainly yes even if 139 million Russians died in the attempt out of the 140 million. That would leave 1 million dedicated communist Party Members !
@@aeroearth You wont be able to see it unless you hide somewhere in Africa.
@@GeorgeFurious Timbucto is is then !!!
A country with so much farmland, so much water and so much people waiting to be given some land chooses to lose all its youth in a useless war.
Such a stunning tribute to the absolute power of communism.
Even the obvious weaknesses of the russian military must not lead us to support Ukraine less!
That's the truth!
Correct.
After Ukraine then Poland then Austria then Czech Republic then Romamia then Estonia, Belorussia, Latvia, Hungary, Slovakia and at least half of Germany - AS ALREADY STATED by Comrade valdimir putin.
@@aeroearth Thanks for pointing that out! 👍
Don't forget the two Russian Electronic Warfare Systems that Ukraine captured.
These were next generation systems only just entering service, and the first, a brand new, intact, undamaged and complete (with operators manuals) self propelled unit was captured after its crew abandoned it when it ran out of fuel.
The CIA were particularly interested in the capabilities and vulnerabilities of this new system, so Ukraine gave it to them!
The second unit was captured soon after.
Each independent system cost forty two million dollars to buy, and Russia lost two of them in perfect working order!
In material alone, Russia has lost many billions of dollars, that nearly new submarine Ukraine sank a few weeks back cost over 300 million dollars, and it had only just had many millions of dollars in repairs after Ukraine hit it with two rockets!
They waited until it was repaired and ready to undergo sea trials, then they sunk it!
No country in the wirld can sustain the losses that Russia is taking and hope to continue pursuing their war.
500.000 deaths is tragic! I do feel sorry for some of these soldiers who were forced to fight a senseless war...
I suspect that it's almost the same issues for China
Same. Lots of fanatics who are constantly told how great they are, but not likely an actual effective military force.
Not quite, no. They are more organized and coordinated on their corruption. Plus let's face it, if you are facing two million badly trained and armed soldiers, well... you are still facing two million of them.
Worse for China. PLA has less recent combat experience compared to Russian military (Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, etc.). PLA also has corruption and recruiting problems too.
Russia
2022: 2nd best military in the world
2023: 2nd best military in Ukraine
2024: 2nd best military in Russia
2025 2nd best military in history
@@parapara8572 nipe 2025 no more Ru military. If the AFU isn't defeated by then the RF will fall apart into all types of small countries. And looking at the facts coming out of the war they are incapable of defeating the AFU.
@@parapara8572 by 2025 the Ru army will be gone. No more reserves.
@@parapara8572only your own like. Poor boy.
@@bigwillyj4083 i actually didn like but alr
I am an ex UK serviceman who served during the cold war! We had nothing but respect for our adversaries the other side of the big fence. I am so saddened to see these young Russian boys, probably the sons of my adversaries, suffering so miserably in Ukraine! End this stupid war, now.
This is extremely depressing when you consider the fact that even in 2024, poor Russian citizens are considered as cannon fodder like it was during the Soviet era…
It's a historic Russian thing.
The handful of "people" running Russia would have absolutely no respect for the Human Rights of the Russian "peasants" over which they have absolute, unauthorised, control.
Corruption vodka corruption vodka corruption vodka and some more vodka
Got several thousand gallons of Vodka put aside for when Comrade kamala harris is "selected' to be the next USA "president"
(where "selected" is the process that might LOOK like an "election" but the non communist candidate is roundly defeated - at 3 am in the morning ,when every one is asleep..........................)
A strong experienced Senior NCO Corps is absolutely essential to an effective fighting force, these are the men who nurture both junior officers and junior NCO's and train the soldiers who will do the business when the time comes.
Russian NCOs are just enlisted with more time in service, not internal managers like western forces. Instead of acting like a parental figure of authority, they often haze and abuse junior enlisted.
“In the heart of the Russian people boils a strong, unbridled passion for conquest - one of those passions that grows only in the soul of the oppressed and is fed only by the misfortune of the people. This nation, aggressive by nature, greedy from the hardships endured, with humiliating submission at home in advance atones for its dream of tyrannical power over other peoples; the expectation of fame and riches distracts her from the dishonor she experiences; the kneeling slave dreams of world domination, hoping to wash away the shameful stigma of refusing all public and personal freedom.” (Marquis Astolf de Custin from the book “Russia in 1839”).
Ooops!
A Russian saying is quantity has its own quality. Russian tactics since WW1 is overwhelm no matter the losses and win. Talking to several German WW2 vets one said we killed Russians 10 to 1 until there weren't any more Germans. In the 21st century with Russia being saddled with world sanctions this tactic is obsolete.
Soviet Union planned to use Warsaw Pact country forces first in a fight against NATO before deploying Russian troops. Today, Russia is relying on poor ethnic minorities from Siberia and their own people.
@@weirdo1060 They have a history of using cannon fodder, like convicts and dissidences to tire out the enemy. Which means the troops don't want to fight jus look at Ukraine.
Except there are 140 million Russians, 300 million Americans and 300 million Europeans. So in a war of attrition who is going to loose ???
@@aeroearth In the US today over 40% of Americans side with Putin, depending on which way the wind is blowing the US could be a wild card. I never thought it would be so. I'm glad all my relatives that fought in WW2 aren't around to see so many siding with the people they fought against.
Seems like very good research paired with excellent analysis. Kudos.
And to think as a kid during the Cold War, I was scared of a Russian invasion of Europe and America.
Russia also had the armies of Poland, East Germany, Ukraine, and others. Those countries all joined NATO ASAP for a reason…they were never going back.
To be fair, Russia's ability and power did peak during that time and was not exactly a paper tiger then.
There are many more cracks than just the ones mentioned. Moving one corrupt officer from a position and installing another corrupt officer in that position doesn't make any difference. And the list goes on.
Logistics has always been the Soviets weakest link. Yes, I said it. Changing lapel pins doesn't change much.
Stalin's logistics were a joke. Russia's is no better.
US has improved systems (Pull instead of push) and technology (Modularity). Russian military still uses old push system and outdated formats from Cold War.
0:30 - and today it's "second army in russia"😂
LOL
wait till china invades in siberia.
They are a powerful country
I have to wonder if the only reason China has not stepped in to invade Russia is because China doesn’t have the ability to do it either.
They can't pull their forces away.
They fear Cheng kai-shek might return from the death.
They don't need to invade. Putin is powerless to stop Chinese merchants from buying what they want at the prices they set.
Why would they invade Russia there is nothing to gain
I think so! China's military is probably just as weak, and they'd have to fight across Siberia!
China wants Russian resources without firing a shot. Instead of wasting military personnel and weapons for invasion, China would use its economy to pressure Russia into exploitive deals.
I served 10 years Army with 2 years in Germany as a 16 E-10 : Radar Operator on a Hawk missile Base . Our mornings started with dailies on the radars , followed every 6 hours with ( 6 hr. checks ) another set of checks performed on the radar. Once a week we did a weekly and once a month a , that's right , a monthly . These were to be performed from an instruction sheet that would be initialed on that day , every day ! Our radar mechanics were on those radars all hours of the night and in all kinds of weather and we were right there with them . Our 5 ton trucks and later my Humvee ( Stinger Gunner ) were also checked before taking them out an bringing them in . The dreaded 2404 ! . They were cleaned and topped off with fuel when brought back ! EVERYTIME ! This is what we spent 90 % of our time doing . We didn't eat until our M-16A1 Rifles were cleaned and properly stored ! We didn't shower until those vehicles were topped off ! My Hawk crew in Germany , replaced 10 tires on my 2 1/2 ton cargo truck because they needed them replaced , period ! This was not buck passing , this was for our very lives and those Germans who trusted us and still do ?
Putin: I sent 700k to the frontlines for the SMO.
World: You mean 925 thousand strongs for the meat grinder. 😂
He started with about 170K at the beginning.
Wouldn't want to spread rumors, but if Russia's putting a lot of its production into rebuilding it's Armored Fighting Vehicles inventory; what would happen if the Ukrainians started knocking out Russia's Railway locomotives all of the sudden? 😏
They have been.
@@Richard-e5mnot much because of Usa restriction on deep strikes
@@parapara8572 They've been killing them with locally produced drones.
As a tourist in Tallin, Estonia in 1996 i was shocked to see my friend Billy Mcloed barter a Russuan Tank Commander's outfif for 3 bottles if vodka. Hard to believe but true and Billy was feted in his home town of Arbroath, Scotland, as a returning hero.
Prefer single malt Scotch, thanks. Preferably from Islay.
Excellent analysis. I would add a few notes, however, particularly the lack of ncos.
Without good NCOs you have nothing!
Good NCOs act like internal managers. Russian NCOs act like bullies who exploit junior enlisted.
Didn't someone once say (of the Soviet Union) "Kick in the front door and the whole rotten lot will come crashing down"?
Yes, that was Adolf Hitler in his book "Mein Kampf".
I'll never get tired of saying that Russia is the second best army in Ukraine. Now they're the second best army in Russia.
They couldn’t have beat the Germans if they even remotely valued their own soldiers lives let alone if they had to fight a country fighting one front. Always been over played, equipment is garbage etc.
Without western support, Stalin could not have beat the Germans. Stalin admitted as much.
Если бы американские корпорации не снабжали Гитлера то война закончилась бы гораздо раньше
the second strongest in russia now ukraine as moved in to russia
...drafting people who are too old to fight...sounded like a good idea
Following Hilter's doctrine send 12 to 14 year olds off to fight battle against hardened soldiers with zero prospect of their surviving to satisfy your own, utterly selfish, ideological whims.
Decentralization is a no no for a dictatorship. Dictators do not trust their own.
The best army is the one so feared it doesn't need to be used.
I'm no expert, but you cannot help but question why the Ukraine invasion has gone on for so long. My initial perception of the Russian military had them conquering the Ukraine in a few months, if not weeks. It will be 3 years this winter, and no sign of an end to the conflict. Can Putin really expect young Russian men to maintain the will to fight through another winter?
Putin believes that war is continuing because of western aid. He hopes for new western leaders in upcoming elections who will reduce support for Ukraine.
I for one thought Ukraine would've fallen 24hrs after she was invaded and boyy I was wrong and frankly extremely impressed with Ukraine army
They were Significant 3 years ago
Today , they HAVE LOST
EQUIPMENT & HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS
PLACING THEM WELL BELOW THE TOP 10
Russia as a whole has been in decl8ne since Stalin.Gorbechev knew he was the last president of the USSR!He hastened it's decline because he tried to diversify the national competition of the free market.Every single Russian was taught to do as they were told & not to ask questions. They have to be lead around by the nose or they would get lost.Thank God I am an American!
Russia had a chance to rebuild a functional and equitable economy after collapse of USSR. Unfortunately, many poor people sold their shares of privatized businesses to oligarchs which exacerbated the problem.
Whilst many seem to be shocked by the apparent weakness of the Russian army, it shouldn’t come as any surprise. Chechnya should have taught people this. But from Russia’s pyrrhic victory in Chechnya we should know that Putin will not care what it costs to get what he wants. I felt like the only person at the very start saying that this war would last for years, whilst most were claiming weeks or even days. It is foolish to overestimate the Russian army and VKS, but it is also foolish to imagine the cost in lives will have the kind of effect hoped for.
For years former advisors to Putin who defected have said he wouldn’t respond to compromise unless the compromise is to give all he wants. He does respond to threats though, especially when they are not empty. If he were told now that he either leaves Ukraine fully within a week or NATO will join in the side of Ukraine, Crimea would be back in Ukrainian hands by the end of the week. His nuclear threats are empty since so much of the Russian nuclear arsenal is so far beyond the decommission date and terribly stored that it would be useless for anything other than as a threat. Putin knows he couldn’t take on Poland as well as Ukraine, even if Belarus joined, and it wouldn’t just be Poland he had to face. He knows that such a war would see an end to his power and he’d rather keep power in Russia whilst ceding Crimea and the Donbas region back to Ukraine than risk taking on NATO. He made enough empty threats in Syria and has done so many times since in Ukraine. It’s time to stop taking his threats seriously and to instead be the ones to offer up a serious threat that would be followed up on. I do not believe he would stick around to find out. He would face a war on two fronts, with frontlines thousands of miles long. He is psychopathic and narcissistic, but not stupid. I truly believe NATO could end this war in days without firing a single shot. This has been the case since I witnessed firsthand the invasion of Donets’k along with that of Crimea where I wasn’t. The appeasement of 2014 led to this escalation in the war that never truly ended back then. More appeasement will just see him make moves in Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Kazakhstan as soon as the dust settles. Play him at his own game and win with the immensely stronger hand.
Couldn’t have said this better.
@@ChristopherBentley-lt5rk Thank you for your kind words. I only wish I could be silver-tongued enough to convince politicians with their own agendas, and the vast number of people who see more than 3 words and decide to let me know it was too much for them with a “tldr” message. Given that fact, you could quite possibly say it better and perhaps I should come to you for advice. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. It means a lot just to know that people care about the facts and not just the highlights.
European Union has better technology than russia.
1)U.S.A
2)European Union: If they were one country.
3)Japan
4)South Korean
5) russia
6)China
Problem is that the EU got a defense with different countries. It’s very hard to defend with such a military. It’s because of the logistics for troops that are trained with different type of artillery for example.
Besides our politicians are disfunctioned in this system.
@@RisEOfPhOeniX182 Most are nato countries wich use the same calibers ( for ex, nato 5.56 rifle or 155 arty and 120mm tank canon
I always thought of South Korea to be close to Europe
nah, they dont, russia have tons of nuclear missiles enough to set the entire world on fire.
When did USA get better technology than Western European countries. Not to mention those who are behind US technology are europeans and Elon Musk South Africa..
Hitler also thought that the Russian military was weak and look at what happened. Don't underestimate the Russians.
Brilliant analysis of Russian military weaknesses. Due to the heavy losses of both manpower and materiel, I think that Russia is about to culminate soon (when Russia throws everything towards Prokrovsk and fails). This will set conditions for Ukraine to initiate a powerful counteroffensive in Spring 2025 (exactly the year when Russia is predicted to run out of everything).
In your wet dreams😂time will show. History is the only judge of what will happen.
forget about another counteroffensive, kursk adventure is stalling
I like how they do these WWII reenactments during their parades… oh, wait…
WWII had multiple tanks donated from western countries. Russia only had one tank at a recent parade...
Those that underestimate Russia as a military force usually end up with egg on their face, unfortunately, in this case.
@danielbuxton4493 You know the history. Hats off.
Since Kursk, Russia has the second strongest army in Russia.
We instituted the draft in the summer of 1940, and started mobilizing National Guard divisions in October of the same year. Although we had a lot of men who had a year of service under their belts, their training was mainly individual and platoon/company level training. It took another year building integration of infantry, artillery, and armor at the battalion brigade and division levels before we were ready for an attack in Europe, in Operation Torch. Given what I have heard of Soviet era training, the Russian conscripts are likely still undertrained two years after they were mobilized.
Play time is over Vlady!
😂 I love Russia
is russia even in the top 50 now ???
Soon the question will be if Russia still exists
Still number two. Nuclear power makes it
@@Pilotpaulieda, Igor. As if any of those 30+ y/o nukes even work any more, or have all been scrapped and sold on the black market. Corruption, corruption…
@@Pilotpaulie LOL Missiles most likely not to be working because the Russians spend on 1/5th the amount of money (per capita) for a much larger arsenal than the USA.
@@Pilotpaulie: A long explanation about why Russia’s nuclear capability is not what they claim was uploaded by a commenter on another channel. Basically if the weapons aren’t fitted with fresh Tritium after a given period of time the warhead basically becomes a fizzle or a dirty bomb with a small mushroom cloud and just showers the area with Plutonium 238 fall-out……not very pleasant but less destructive than a full blown hydrogen bomb.
Since 2022 they're the second strongest in Ukraine.
Since summer 2024 they're the second strongest in russia
This was also noticed by Germany when they and Russia invaded Poland start of ww2 German officers noticed how bad Russian equipment,and morale /leadership was , this was reported up to higher levels thus Hitler drew up plans to invade Russia.
The amount of assets Russia has lost is incredible. Yet NATO hasn't even arrived on the battlefield.
Nor nato flexing its war economy which should be a big note
Russia is now on war economy
Been there since day 1. And they are losing , badly!
One thing russia's war with the Ukraine has shown the world is that russia does not have the 2nd most powerful army in the world, it has the 3rd most powerful army in russia - after the Ukrainian and wagner.
Man whats this putin guy doing bro. Just quit your job and fix your life and retire. Instead of humiliating yourself with the supposed second largest army that cant even protect its own country.
No retirement for Putin, he starts slacking, he finds himself making exits out of a very high window.
Nikita Khrushchev managed to retire.
A unique leader in that area of the world.
@@20chocsaday He was forced into retirement.The difference with the Stalin era is that he wasn't shot.
2021: Russia has the second most powerful army in the world.
2022: Russia has the second most powerful army in Ukraine.
2024: Russia has the second most powerful army in Russia:)
their military is gone replaced by conscripts at the point of a gun, how good do you expect them to be
Brutal efficiency was never something anyone with two eyes attributed to the Russian/Soviet army. Throwing people and equipment into a meat grinder, losing more than the enemy forces, but still winning, because you have so many is not a brutally efficient use of your resources. They have been doing this forever in any war with a force that was able to fight back.
😂 this Man really put a Russian with a wooden kalasnikov in the thumbnail 😂
In WW2 the supplies from the UK and the USA were just 4% (by estimation) of the entire soviet production and saved the USSR from the total defeat against Germany.
This indicates how poor the quality of their own produced equipment was.
Before soviet officers were schooled by british and american experts in Iran, even the hardest germans were shocked about the appaling incompetence of the soviet troops.
Russia is currently the second strongest military in Russia.
18:16 This looks almost exactly like the map in COD MW when the yanks storm the TV station, not only in floorplan, but placement of desks, doorways, and windows. Its really spot on XD. Thanks for the vid. Slava Ukraini!
Bro you nailed it..... Still worried about corruption monkeys with nukes ..............
When is the last time you purchased something made in Russia?............Yeah me either!!!
We can ridicule all we want, but the fact is they are still fighting and may win sooner or later. If they do, 50 years from now they will regard it as a great victory and totally worth it.
What's going on with the Russia/ Ukraine border has become a war of attrition. Can Russia's sheer numbers of soldiers, artillery, and armor hold out over Ukraines technological edge, tactical innovation, and fewer troops (although well trained.) Time will tell who the winner will be.....
Sadly Russia has sheer mass on its side and an ability to absorb an ungodly amount of casualties.
Russian citizens are completely subservient to Putin and have absolutely no ability to influence the political process. Hence Putin can produce a large amount of meat to put into the trenches.
Ukraine is punching way above its weight but it can’t afford to make the mistakes that Russia can.
Yeah, that only works until it doesn't. Meat grinder tactics are weak.
An outstanding analys. Very good. ❤
Perception is reality
One more reason for the lack of morale is the terrible mistreatment of the ordinary soldiers by their officers. It has always been the doctrine of the communist or communist minded governments to overwhelm the enemy with a huge number of troops but this steam roller doctrine does not work anymore. The Chinese used this tactic in 1979 when they attacked Vietnam but they learned a lesson with more than 20 000 killed in one month even though they outnumbered the Vietnamese more than 3 to 1.
They lost 1 million men vs the US (65000 casualties) during the Korean War.