nomad_556 OP t1_jecvksj wrote
Reply to comment by refreshing_username in TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556
What’s interesting is that Russia’s military has a very curious dichotomy. One of my college professors was deployed many times as a logistics officer, and has a masters in history. She’s very well qualified to talk military history and while I was studying she pointed out an interesting trend.
Russia’s military is very poorly structured for attack. They don’t have a great Air Force or navy. They don’t train for assault, and their doctrine is old. Aside from WW2, modern Russia hasn’t really ever attempted to invade a foreign nation on a large scale (except Ukraine, which has been an abject failure).
What they are REALLY good at is defending their land. They have a ton of armor, a ton of artillery. Almost everyone who’s tried to invade Russia has failed. Hitler failed, napoleon failed, the Japanese almost succeeded but couldn’t quite (Russo-Japanese war prior to WW1).
It’s why Ukraine is going so poorly. Russia simply isn’t great at invasions. But they’re damned good at protecting the motherland (although they’d probably fall eventually if attacked by nato, it would be a long and bloody war).
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