Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Santti]

Uhhh, surely they are not actually riding the horses to battle, right? They are using them with logistics. As in, instead of trucks, they are using horses to move heavier equipment around. And utilizing horses for this is not unheard of - during WW2.

[Iphie]

Uhhh, surely they are not actually riding the horses to battle, right? They are using them with logistics. As in, instead of trucks, they are using horses to move heavier equipment around. And utilizing horses for this is not unheard of - during WW2.

At this point I'm willing to believe that...But no, they are for logistics indeed, but they do come with the added bonus of being edible.

[zealo]

Uhhh, surely they are not actually riding the horses to battle, right? They are using them with logistics. As in, instead of trucks, they are using horses to move heavier equipment around. And utilizing horses for this is not unheard of - during WW2.

Exceedingly unlikely they intend to do any sort of cavalry charges, Russian logistics are just degrading near ww2 and earlier levels if they start using horses like this.

It isn’t really the popular image of that war most people imagine, but both nazi germany and the soviet union relied extensively on horse drawn supply chains back in the 1940s.

[Kallisto]

It isn’t really the popular image of that war most people imagine, but both nazi germany and the soviet union relied extensively on horse drawn supply chains back in the 1940s.

The areas that the fighting is in Horses do well because of all the spring/autumn muds. It doesn't look great but at the same time it can be effective.

[Gabriel]

And cold-war era MRE's, eventually.

"Eventually". More like immediately.

[Corvus]

The Germans and soviets didn't use horses because they wanted to. They did so because, unlike the Americans and British, they didn't have enough vehicles to support their armies. And this is with the soviets receiving tens of thousands of trucks and other vehicles.

[Strawberry]

I'm a reasonable man, as everyone around here can attest to.

Yeah, because everyone here are a bunch of reasonable people lol. Just like in the covid thread.
These threads are good for studying hive mentality.

[zealo]

The areas that the fighting is in Horses do well because of all the spring/autumn muds. It doesn't look great but at the same time it can be effective.

Way less effective than you’d think.

Not only do horses require better care than just feeding on local grass to remain in healthy condition for heavy workloads, their operational range from railway junctions that still form the backbone of transports up closer to the front are a joke compared to motorized transports.

[Hansworst]

You mean a different hive mentality. You blindly follow "experts" with a contrarian opinion.

[KrayZ33]

The areas that the fighting is in Horses do well because of all the spring/autumn muds. It doesn't look great but at the same time it can be effective.

Neither you nor me is probably an expert on this. But why do farmers use tractors instead of horses?
You'd think their is machinery created for this and for a reason - even more so when it comes to military purpose.

That sounds like a lot of copium to me. Having to use horses just means it's getting desperate. It's better than nothing but certainly not a benefit compared to machines.

[Calfredd]

Yeah, because everyone here are a bunch of reasonable people lol. Just like in the covid thread.
These threads are good for studying hive mentality.

Bit weird when you are the one parroting Russian propaganda ("Ukraine deserved to be invaded!").

[Nymrohd]

Bit weird when you are the one parroting Russian propaganda ("Ukraine deserved to be invaded!").

"Ukraine deserved to be invaded for committing crimes against a minority in their borders seeking self-determination" . . . Oh so . . . like Serbia?

[Lanrefni]

Bit weird when you are the one parroting Russian propaganda ("Ukraine deserved to be invaded!").

He's a Serbian nationalist iirc and he's a big fan of Putin and thinks NATO is evil for invading Serbia and stopping the genocide,he can be safely reported and ignored.

[Gabriel]

Yeah, because everyone here are a bunch of reasonable people lol. Just like in the covid thread.
These threads are good for studying hive mentality.

Lmao how's it feeling that NATO expands today? Angry? Good.

[zealo]

Lmao how's it feeling that NATO expands today? Angry? Good.

He will be living inside of a NATO country himself too reasonably soon, dude must be fuming at the prospects of that.

[Xarkan]

He will be living inside of a NATO country himself too reasonably soon, dude must be fuming at the prospects of that.

You think Turkey will change their tune?

[Iphie]

You think Turkey will change their tune?

Eventually, but Hungary is also a fly in the ointment.

[Strawberry]

Lmao how's it feeling that NATO expands today? Angry? Good.

I don't care tbh. If NATO dared conflict with Russia and vice versa it would've happened already.
Everyone's just flexing muscles but no one wants nukes to start going off.

[Saradain]

Great day to be in NATO. Meanwhile, finnish parliament's website under ddos attack. That is the world some rotten berries desire, where you either obey, or face invasion. In Nazi Russia's case, ddos is the only form of invasion they can ever again direct at Finland!

[zealo]

You think Turkey will change their tune?

Yeah, there's an election in Turkey in a couple of months, and there's an extremely good chance Erdogan's resistance to it is purely based on that he's scrambling to convince voters he shouldn't be sent out on his ass. Plus the opposition there has publicly stated they will seek to "reset" relations with the west.

Orban isn't something to be all that worried about, he'll try to extort it to his advantage so long as it carries no real risk to Hungary, but they all know their position isn't anywhere near as critical to NATO as Turkey is, that's why they rushed to get it done once it started looking like Turkey was coming around.