If Vlad is gonna flood Ukraine with the kinds of "troops" I saw in the back of that truck, most will end up streaming into western Europe begging for food like refugees in a couple of weeks! The truck was filled with men pressed into military service from reserve units using obsolete and worn out equipment. I saw old men there in their 60s and 70's and a kid who flashed a peace sign along with other guys who were clearly not soldiers.
i did to...and imo it's a puff piece (basically saying look at all these men young and old willing to go to war for mother russia or should i say the united russia party), the apc that drove by in that, wasn't decorated with the Z
Dunno, I heard Vlad was gonna throw in the kitchen sink, if he does, it will be a nightmare for them, if this is an indication of their quality, these are useless mouths to feed. I believe the Z might be applied as the move into the country, it will take a lot of time to assemble this force and their officers are probably alcoholics. Dropping vodka on them would be more effective than dropping bombs!
Millions of plastic 1 liter bottles of 180 proof vodka on little parachutes dropped like cluster bombs...
that shit makes them bulletproof, those russians with the deep voices are just built differently.Dunno, I heard Vlad was gonna throw in the kitchen sink, if he does, it will be a nightmare for them, if this is an indication of their quality, these are useless mouths to feed. I believe the Z might be applied as the move into the country, it will take a lot of time to assemble this force and their officers are probably alcoholics. Dropping vodka on them would be more effective than dropping bombs!
At 180 proof I’ll bet they’ll do more cooking than drinking.
Most of these reservists would suck it down like mothers milk, there would be an ethanol shortage in western Europe FFS. When these guys drink they do it to the point of inebriation.
Inebriation is the classic cure for the realization that “crap, this is Russia”.
Vodka will become expensive and there a many alcoholics in Russia and perhaps many dry throats in Ukraine... Seriously, large stocks of alcohol that their troops have access too would be a major problem for their officers and cause some units to go completely to shit.
Forty years ago Soviet aircraft deicer was straight alcohol made by hydrating ethylene. There was a lot of evaporation from the refinery to the flight line.
I remember reading the Aquarium years ago by a former GRU spy. When he was a young officer in the red army they couldn't figure out how their troops were getting drunk all the time, until someone squealed. They filled the trucks cooling systems with alcohol and used to crawl under the truck and open the radiator drain valve at the bottom and let it pour into their mouths! These vehicles used ethylene glycol and water for anti freeze normally and I don't imagine they were well flushed...
The antidote as always was more ethanol. It bunged up the enzymes that made glycol toxic.
‘Russian soldiers have zero need for alcohol as they loot what leftovers from stores , villages , etc.
true, Ukraine has it own "special military Ops" and it called the Legion all volunteers they're ranks are up to about 40k right now and growing
Think “ The Stig “ of pilots ( unknown only to few ) that could secretly run sorties and really add to the defense of Ukraine.
i completely agree......and Ukraine could use it......they got some bomb runs that need to be done on rails and a few ships too in the black sea....
That is a hazard with drunk Russians, but in some places and cases it could be used as a weapon to degrade their units.
