Originally Posted by Skybird
In Colonel Reisner's words:
"Here is a spectacular exmaple: the attack on the Russian depot of Toropetz where it is believed that over 30,000 tons of ammunition and a total of 750,000 artillery shells were destroyed. Even though these events are spectacular, they still do not have a saturating effect. That means you would need a lot more of these attacks to actually produce measurable results on the front. "
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And also pay attention to the last minute, his remarks that really mark a very worrying situation in the West, at least in Europe, regarding the total stagnation in developing drones and especially drone defences. This is a threat that Russia now masters and projects - and that the European forces and I think regarding relevant quantities also the US forces are currently not capable to counter, or to compete with. Unfortunately I think this new weapon is deciding the forseeable future battles. We got a first taste of this during Ukraines first summer offensive when Western tanks and Leopards got immediately recognized when they moved out, and got mowed down like grass by artillery and drones, and were chased by these into the minefields that cost them fourther. I think we have dangerous illusions on that NATO ground forces are superior to Russian ground forces in case of a big war. I think the danger is much, much bigger. And many historians have pointed out that militaries are very vulnerable to one and the same mistake being done over and over again: to think that after they won a war, the next war would be fought with means and technologies of the previous one, turning it into a win as well. And how often was this wrong, at a terrible cost!
Wars of attrition primarily need big numbers, not necessarily technological superiority. The Western strategy here is absolutely and very, very dangerously wrong.
And nobody wants to hear this. Especially, but by far not only, in Germany.
Reisner remains to be the by far most competent, short, sharp and sober explainer of the war events in the German-tongued realm, and I also do not know anyone in English who does it as competently and sober like he does. Most of the others just dream, fanmtasize, do propaganda tp boost morale, and babble wildly (interestingly many of these by now have fallen silent: they obviously were wrong too often and either get no more invited, or do not trust their own assessments anymore). Respect and thanks, Colonel! You would have made a brilliant Vulcan.
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