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Originally Posted by Oberon
If I had to guess I'd say that the procurement process probably started in the aftermath of operations in Chechnya and Dagestan, using the lessons learned from there.
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Not really, procurement before GPV2007-2015 was very limited and the idea was to have a small elite crew (in the VDV and constant readiness units). The 080808 war has shown the need for all round high quality Armed Forces.