Tom Peters wrote: ↑24 Mar 2023, 05:53
Cult Icon wrote: ↑23 Mar 2023, 15:39
The Russian project to convert their peacetime army to a large-scale warfare army with divisions is slated for a 2026 completion date.
According to the Ukrainian military over the past year they have converted 3 units into divisions and deployed them in Ukraine in positional warfare on the Svatove-Kreminna front:
3rd Motor-rifle division
144th Motor-rifle division
2nd Motor-rifle division has been in the rear for months.
These divisions are meant to defend Russia against NATO and perform decisive operations in Ukraine.
I guess those T-54 are slated for these new "divisions". Those will work real well against the NATO boogeyman.
Cult Icon wrote: ↑23 Mar 2023, 15:39
But before this project is completed, the war may be over with a peace deal through China as the Ukrainian army is worn down past the point of return in a few months.
You have been saying that for a while. Just like Bahkmut has been falling for 6 months.
Cult Icon wrote: ↑23 Mar 2023, 15:39
So Russia wouldn't need to use thousands of tanks and divisions at all. If there is no peace deal over the longer term there will be a ground offensive with many divisions.
Sure, those T-54 will come in handy given that RU has lost thousands of tanks and apparently has run out of T-90/80/72/62.
Mad Dog
To create new divisions in a short time, a large number of combat training equipment will be required. It is unreasonable to use new military equipment in the training process to train crews and conduct a large number of exercises at different levels: platoon, company, battalion, regiment, division.
A fully trained division must conduct at least four divisional-level exercises (division on the offensive during the day, division on the defensive during the day, division on the offensive at night, division on the defensive at night).
In one such exercise, the tank will pass at least 250 km.
Such a number of exercises is necessary at the regiment level.
At the regiment level exercise, the tank will pass- 120-150 km.
There should be twice as many battalion-level exercises. There are even more exercises at the company and platoon level.
To create in a short time the declared number of new divisions during the training period, 1500-2000 tanks will be required.
A T-55/54 tank is a very good solution for this.
In the Russian, and then the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, there was such a saying:
"Война - хуйня, главное манёвры" = (approximately and without using an obscene expression , you can translate as follows) = "The war is bullshit, the main thing is maneuvers" (Here the word "war" is synonymous with the word "shooting").
This is the first.
Secondly, there is a great need for special armored vehicles, for example, bridge-laying trucks, tow trucks, tanks for clearing terrain, platforms for installing anti-aircraft guns, for example, type 23 mm ZSU-23-2 or 57 mm S-60, etc.