Why Nobody Wants to Join the Russian Military

[@fynfynsidian1870]

A friend bought a box of Russian MREs, so food meant to the soldiers at the front, was sold (graft) to someone in America. I told him it is curious way to support Ukraine by starving the enemy at the front

[@icarusproject]

Well played!

[@tolmie1141]

I wouldn't eat it. 🤮

[@kratzikatz1]

@@tolmie1141 it is delicious.

[@kingping3933]

@@tolmie1141 😙😋😋

[@dwightstone7483]

@@icarusproject lol

[@spidermight8054]

I don’t think anyone believed Russia has a “world class” navy.

[@oggamer735]

Russian people still think they have world best everything. Stupid is what stupid does.

[@hansgruber2509]

The US war machine lost a 20 years war to illiterate goat herders. How does that rank?

[@XxxXxx-fm3wo]

Canada alone would destory it in mere weeks.

[@hansgruber2509]

@@XxxXxx-fm3wo The trans army of girly men. LOL. Afghan goat herders in sandals kicked your ass

[@Jie_Da197]

@@hansgruber2509 you’re acting like the Russians didn’t lose to those same goat herders way before💀

[@tylerpace6517]

Actually, the Germans did suffer a lot of casualties in Poland. The tanks moved slowly with the infantry causing loss of armor. The Poles had many anti tank rifles which could penetrate the panzer 1 and 2. In France the Germans used speed of the armor at all costs. The German army learned from each conflict and improved over time.

[@felixhoefflin9655]

The Wehrmacht (german army wwII) used the New Blitzkrieg tacktig, witsh is exackly the " Bewegungskrieg" for 20th century. Bewegungskrieg is the way germany ackts at war. In france the best United of the Wehrmacht was the Frensh Generals, nomaly thinking: Why is Germany not abel to ackt like we planed to winn the war? The Panzer I and II are actualy german Tank Design in the 1920s.

[@juno6602]

As a Polish-American, I feel absolutely duty-bound to remind the world that Poland held out longer against two armies than France did against one.

[@tylerpace6517]

@@juno6602 I did not realize, yes good job

[@loucool5790]

@@juno6602 France held out for about month. Poland was about 3 weeks.

[@clauscinsci5398]

@@felixhoefflin9655 you might be better of conveying your thoughts writing your text in german and let is be translated by an AI

[@ScottWiecenski]

This is nothing new. When I was in the US Army back in the 1980s we heard that all Russian soldiers were issued brand new kevlar vests. One of the Russian soldiers cut his open to see the kevlar and there was no kevlar, The "Kevlar" turned out to be Pravda newspaper in a nylon vest shell.

[@aripekka7158]

This is what you get when you actualy pay for your army. Something the Yanks have yet to master. Ur entire defence budget is a FREEKING DEBT MONEY, you god damn lamers don't do 1$ of real money on your shitty army

[@thekaisernotkanal1110]

Interesting that you fought alongside the Soviet army as a Yank in the 1980s. What was the name of your Russian comrade and what was the date of the Pravda?

[@ScottWiecenski]

​@@thekaisernotkanal1110Did you actually read what I wrote?

[@thekaisernotkanal1110]

@@ScottWiecenski yes, You Come Across as an honourable hero, who would not post anything in public just from pure hearsay.

[@ScottWiecenski]

​@@thekaisernotkanal1110I only spoke of what we had heard. The 80s and 90s were an intense time. The Soviets and the Americans didn't trust each other and would watch everything the other side did. A friend of mine was stationed in Alaska. He said they frequently found Soviet radio batteries and ration wrappers in the Aleutian Islands.

[@disbeafakename167]

Hey, just a heads up to anyone who may need to know; do not use tampons as a replacement for bandages. Do not stick a tampon in a bullet wound. They are absorbant, and meant to pull blood OUT, not keep it in. They leave behind small particules of cotton behind, and that is an excellent bed for infection.

[@jpmtlhead39]

You must be single,for sure. A Tampon Absorbs and stops at the same time the Blood flow. Otherwise,women would be changing tampons every 2 minutes. And as the cotton goes,do you thing that cotton can be a "danger" because of tiny pieces of cotton that stays inside a wound or a women vagina...??!! Dont you think that the Tampons Manufactures dont think abaut the safety of billions of woman,and produce a product that can be "Deadly"...C'mon man ,get a girlfriend and then you might learn something abaut tampons safety .

[@amandahugankiss4110]

Shhh.. The russians don't know that!

[@HryaknutiLisak]

@@amandahugankiss4110 There was no evidence of tampons usage in combat zone, the video was taken at the start of the war and was a simple stupidness that never saw life on the battlefield.

[@HryaknutiLisak]

@@amandahugankiss4110 This particular video is basically a compilation of embarrasing moments related to russian army. Some of these vids were taken at the start of the conflict, author just mixes everything into one big compilation without minding the fact of when it happened and is it still like that. For some reason these stupid "Russian orks" still occupy ukranian land.

[@HryaknutiLisak]

@@amandahugankiss4110 This channel is actually a pretty good representation of what is senseless and merciless propaganda is. It obviously can't compare to russian media but still extremely disgusting and unexpectedly believed by people

[@SQuirellsOnNIkieZ]

"You know the situation is bad when even the missiles want to return home" is the best quote that came out of this riddiculous war yet!

[@somefellowontheinterweb]

I loved that boomerang missile as someone so far away from the conflict/war/'SMO'

[@MrReymoclif714]

Hilarious!

[@cerberus50caldawg]

@@MrReymoclif714 I am sure the guys who launched that thing are still laughing from the ethereal realm they now inhabit! 👻

[@Cloudmaster1511]

aye. best thing is when the savage warmongerer is SO incompetend, that he just nukes/obliterates himself

[@ijustwanttogosailing8248]

Footage of missile circling back is actually from Saudi Arabia as they were fighting off one of Houthis drone strikes at Aramco refinery near Riyadh.

[@dWFnZWVr]

On the topic of corruption in the Russian military. Due to the nation’s size, the military is split into various districts, each with its own autonomous governance of their districts’ military branches. Each district is responsible for providing and equipping their branches. Corrupt officials often pocketed large sums of money allocated by the federal government for supplying the military. What we’ve seen in Ukraine is troops pulled from poorer regions of Russia, where corruption is entirely unchecked vs somewhat. There are some Russian troops with little to no suitable equipment because of this, and on the other hand there are some who are fully kitted out in comparison. Considering most officials are just as bad as each other, money allocated by the federal government to ‘modernise and invest in the military’, has instead been spent on yachts and stocks in oil enterprises. They’re all guilty of greed in varying capacities, so no one official can take the high ground and point the finger, or there’d be no one left to govern the districts. Now the country is trying to adapt and ‘fix’ these decades-long military inadequacies due to underfunding. And that is Russia.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Russia is nothing but a white trash trailer park.

[@gilbertroberttuahuru4715]

Wow 😳 wee unbelievable this like, the presentation, analysis, excellent.

[@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10]

Russia is a COUNTRY, not a NATION.

[@icarusproject]

Good callout. Thanks for the added context!

[@TKUA11]

Praise God for Russian corruption. They will get medals someday from Ukraine, to all the corrupt officials.

[@bedrock6443]

When you mentioned Russia advertising its military to the world this sticks to a quote from the art of war by sun tzu. “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Putin does know how to do intimidate. Whether he acquired this by reading or experience is unknown.

[@kruger4444]

He is a KGB man, so he is well-learned in ways of manipulation, intimidation and subterfuge.

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Yep! and Donald Trump was well educated on this and knew the Russia was weak that's why Putin didn't attempt anything during his presidency. Hell it wouldn't surprise me if russian and chinese agents deliberately set up Covid and meddled with votes to put a weak candidate like Biden in office so they can do what they couldn't do with Trump.

[@aaroncruz9181]

Problem is that Russian military could suck and still make a comeback.Thus it largely boils to who controls the military A Patriotic 'Facist' Or a Corrupt politician. Western Media will use these terms interchangeably depending on their performance. Good = Facist Bad = Corrupt Perfect = Medvedev Controls the Nukes.

[@KolyaUrtz]

no, russia is 2nd best. No amount of your lies can make it not true. Russians are best trained and among best equipped. Among strongest and smartest men.

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

@@KolyaUrtz Russia is good, but your Putin supports Caucasus Turkic people more than his very own Slavs, In fact he’s put brother Slav against brother Slav (Russia Ukraine) to kill one another. Greetings and best health to you my brother, from a Slavic Macedonian.

[@VidVoyager4559]

Every time I think about Russia, I think back to the Chernobyl TV show a couple years ago and one of the most iconic lines that stuck with me since I heard it. When Gobachev is talking to the scientist and he says "Our power comes from the perception of our power." And this sums up Russia's military might in my opinion.

[@sercastamere9853]

This doesn't seem to be the case with China, however, which is why it's very concerning that they may start officially supplying Russia with tech and weapons.

[@TorianTammas]

​@@sercastamere9853 Why should China do that? They know that they need the West for their economy andtheir exports. A few million Chinese without work and food might lead to civil unrest. China does not care for Russia at all.

[@TheBeerangus]

@@sercastamere9853 I won't be surprised if China's military capability is also optimistically inflated.

[@LIBERTASJJ]

chernobyl is Ukraine dear rocket scientist. think about it ...

[@jejethejeplalq821]

Right and the power of all other countries is real and not at all from the perception of their power. "cough" Iraq War "cough"

[@JudgeLazar]

In reference to the block of wood at 0:03 That was not issued to a Russian soldier. That footage was recorded just after the Russians were forced to retreat from around Kyiv. It was a decoy to take up time and energy of EOD teams. In that same video a bomb is found inside of a rations box left in a civilian home. Many people were killed when they returned to their homes as a result of booby traps set by retreating Russian troops. Many objects were deliberately left behind that appeared to be explosive devices but were actually just decoys, as I said, to waste the time of EOD teams because they have to carefully examine objects that could be explosives before they can confirm whether they are or not.

[@icarusproject]

Interesting insight. Thanks for calling that out!

[@doggydude2668]

Didn't the Germans do the same thing in WWII? That shit sounds very familiar...

[@mitch7216]

LOL youre on crack

[@doggydude2668]

@@mitch7216 GestapoTube found your comment not very nice

[@doggydude2668]

Btw how do you even know this?

[@redhood5074]

The "WW2" helmet shown at 2:26 was the Sfera/STSh-81, actually introduced in 1981, which is old but not 1940s old. Other evidence however has shown the Ssh-68 in use, which is a cold war development of WW2 design, especially with LNR & DNR troops.

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

A minute in, this video smacks of "filler" images for demonstration purposes. Might be more about the narration than factual visuals. Good spot, though. These things should be called out.

[@MrBoomersfriend]

Keep the lies coming while you force the West to kill Ukrainians and nothing. My only consolation is pretty soon NATO will be down to just Americans that can fight and when that happens I’m going to enjoy it with the Russians do you

[@garyyanyan4566]

Don't belive everything u hear on u tubesometimes it's has more bologna than Oscar Mayer

[@icarusproject]

Thanks for pointing that out!

[@xyphyofthewest8208]

You are correct about the Sfera Helmet, but a interesting helmet I’ve seen is the Kolpak-20, which reuses the SSh-40 Shell with some aramid layers inside. There’s some videos taken online about them. In one of Patrick Lancaster’s (A Pro-Russian Reporter) recent videos, one of the interviewees has one. (Would like to note: Another interviewee in his video has what seems to be PASGT-Clone Helmet)

[@AGhostintheHouse]

There was a video from Ukraineleak that showed a Russian soldier sleeping in a foxhole getting hit in the face with a grenade. You could clearly see that his face was completely gone, he can no longer see, smell, speak, eat and maybe can't hear anymore and he was very much still alive. I can only imagine what this young man has to go through for the rest of his life. That video has long since been taken down.

[@importantname]

The russian military is extremely impressive, especially when on parade. They are brilliant at marching whilst singing and smiling. Remember next time you watch a military parade - it is not a sign of fighting ability.

[@Biden_is_demented]

Is that the reason why Russia alone is beating the snot out of Ukraine + the entire NATO alliance? Weren´t they saying the russians were running out of missiles since May? And that Russia´s economy would self-destruct in a month, and yet they are recording a 2% growth in 2022, while the UK and Germany are in a recession? Or perhaps that´s the reason why Russia has a 6 to 1 kill ratio, and UA has suffered around 200k KIA, while Russia has 40k KIA? Indeed, they seem like a great "parade" army. I always have a blast reading the comments in garbage channels like this. The amount of copium is hilarious, and the ignorance displayed is just mind numbing. That´s what you get when you get your news from CNN! 🤣🤣🤣

[@importantname]

@@Biden_is_demented impressive on parade - like ballerinas - terrible at war.

[@markovangelo]

Why are the ukrainians on the retreat right now America has gave the Ukraine over a hundred billion dollars not to mention all the supplies and money and support Western Europe has given Russia has a GDP smaller than Texas but the ukrainians are in retreat funny how that works.

[@markovangelo]

@allright715 You should see the Indian parades

[@JamesScott-kg7rk]

Russia is cleaning Ukraine's clock. Don't believe propaganda like this.

[@eric2500]

I'll never forget the sweet old lady who gave the Russian solder sunflower seeds so as she told him " when you die you will contribute to something beautiful."

[@CaDzA818]

Both sides are crazy they shoud just stay neutral and any of these would not happen.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

The aircraft carrier isn't even at sea, still being repaired after the dry Dock sank when a crane fell on it damaging the deck.

[@stoopingfalcon891]

Am I thinking correctly we are talking about the Kusnetsov?

[@juhajuntunen7866]

And has some fire December. More to repair.

[@potatoradio]

It's about the most cursed ship afloat. And rivals the imperial Russian expedition to fight the Japanese in bad luck, incompetence or fate.

[@potatoradio]

Ironically I think the Chinese and Indians wanted money back after buing its sister ships.

[@ReZel80657]

@@potatoradio The indians bought a highly modified kiev class which is an older design than the Kusnetsov

[@ankrapek12]

i LOL at the videos title, they said they would mobilise 300k troops but didn't even have to give out notices, people volunteered for service!

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

As an American, I was deeply impressed how the EU was able to cut Russian energy dependence in only a year. Awesome to see when the times get tough you stick together!

[@guythat779]

uhm, that's not the case, my rent is still much higher due to electricity prices

[@erikh.1883]

@@guythat779 Mimimimi.. 😂 You'd be the kind of person who ordered wooden blocks instead of real explosives to be made, so you can have a warm, cozy, comfortable life. Kudos to your resilience. 😂

[@guythat779]

@@erikh.1883 what the hell are you talking about, if you got something to accuse me of say it straight

[@jalifritz8033]

@Von oost no we’re not

[@randomyoutubecommentersecu7639]

@Von oost If you've still got some german blood in there you surely wouldn't mind making things harder for russia and providing things to pile up casualties for them. I know we're loving it here in Eastern Europe even if prices jumped up...Old grudges don't fade and revenge is best served cold. Make them hurt.

[@bryansmith1920]

I'm an ex UK squaddie from 1977 till 1986 due to Thatcher's gov. cut backs I bought my own replacement boots because of kit restrictions Two pair of boots are needed by a squaddie one for work days one for parade days It also became the norm to buy better wet weather/cold weather kit than issued Very much reminded me of bygone days weir troops at night would rob the dead of that days battle

[@purplenurp5590]

thats the same in any army, first thing you do after getting out of basic is buying better boots

[@davidw460]

Cementing his place in history 😂😂😂

[@stevenpollard5171]

Buy better boots especially before going to Nam. Corcoran boots with steel sole inserts were the thing to have!

[@Kerys23a]

You deserve kit restrictions for using the word squaddie

[@eric2500]

Add in the corruption factor as discussed in the video and the difficulty of getting something quality in Russia for any price and it might become a very big problem.

[@davidm3118]

This reminds me a lot about China's defeat in the 1895 Battle of the Yellow Sea. The Chinese Government - under European advisers - spent a sizable amount to create a modern Navy, centered around several British and French designed warships and a local arsenal capable of making modern naval ammunition. Corruption ensured that only a few of the warships were actually built - without adequate armour-plate - and that the crew were very poorly trained. The Chinese "officers" gained their positions through influence, and never bothered acquiring any knowledge of the naval arts, the only capable crew being a handful of European contractors (mostly British and Scots) who were "kept out of the loop" regarding their own ships. When called on to fight the Japanese, it was discovered that the propellant charges and explosive shells were filled with sand , and the European manufactured armour piercing munitions were in such a poor state that most were useless. At least I understand in the subsequent disaster, the Japanese did pick up survivors...

[@icarusproject]

Super interesting! Never heard of that battle before. Will definitely be looking for a documentary on that :)

[@JackFrost008]

well thats a shame for them.

[@TheRezro]

@@icarusproject Minor nitpick. You confused Anszlus of Austria with Poland. Hitler sized Austria without firing a shot and with massive local support. What was kind off true in case of Crimea (even if "local support" was from deep Russia). Invasion of Poland resulted with massive losses to Wehrmacht and was successful only because alliance between Hitler and Stalin. Furthermore it result with official deceleration of war from side of France and UK. It is why Russian propaganda compare war on Ukraine with invasion of Poland, with claims of Russia fighting NATO. At least as far as they false narrative goes.

[@dooddirl1]

So China and Russia are as inept as each other..... That ineptness is reinforced today, showing that it's no surprise that they haven't learnd their lessons... You can't learn from previous lessons while inept. 😂😂😂😂

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

I'm sick of all the propaganda, Russian and NATO. I just want to know the truth, the facts.

[@frenchthot]

this kind of videos won't be the facts, speaks to soldiers directly from different locations.

[@Baron_Munghausen]

"Money make the world go round". That's the truth.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@Baron_Munghausen that's one thing wars are good at - making money for shady people with no scruples or mortality.

[@aaroncruz9181]

Ukraine's population largely in part of repeated mobilisation, aren't willing to fight for a government that lies to them.

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

@@aaroncruz9181 doesn't that also apply to Russia too?

[@ronaldsantosjapan]

Correction: Tampons were not issued to Russian soldiers to stop up wounds. (They were told to buy them themselves or to get their girlfriends to send some.)

[@raymondclark1785]

Not that different from us using condoms on the barrel of our M-16's Some of you misunderstood my comment, Russians asking for Tampons and us asking for condoms, both raising red flags at home. I guess raising a red flag for a Russian is a good thing

[@icarusproject]

That's honestly so much worse.

[@slej2502]

@@raymondclark1785 At least not using condoms to stop wounds

[@gingernutpreacher]

@@raymondclark1785 condoms on a barrel is not the same as wound filler that doesn't fill them because it's to small and will be a issue getting them back out please look it up

[@heibk-2014]

@@raymondclark1785 seen a bunch of these videos on. KZbin not having any good suppplies or weapons imagine if the usa 🇺🇲 was fighting like this it would be an embarrassment

[@DragonsinGenesisPodcast]

When covering their sole aircraft carrier, you forgot to mention that it’s been in dry dock for repairs since 2018 and repairs have reportedly been cancelled… meaning they don’t have a boat. They have a pile of scrap metal shaped like a boat.

[@TsarOfRuss]

Where is Ukraine's navy that the British government have been training since 2014 ??? lol.. Yup, Russia sank it all or seized some of it too

[@TheZamaron]

Dude I fuckign love Kusnetsov. It's the equivalant of fighting a war and getting and old war vet who's in his 60s or older, dressing him up in uniform and putting him in some propaganda staged fights, then when done useing him having a handler guide him back to rest for months, or putting him in a wheelchair or moterized scooter, trying to say "Hey look, even our old heroes are joinong the action." It barely functions and is mostly brought out for propoganda. Krusnetov is basically elder abuse, the poor thing.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RareSense]

@@TheZamaronone word Biden….. should be in nursing home…. lol you guys are so delusional thinking that Russia isn’t winning the war.

[@Hh-yv8hu]

Для противостояния матушке России, западные страны создали целый военный блог, но говорите что Россия слаба😂

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

january 2022 : russia claimed to be the #1 military in the world. january 2023 : russia is shown to be the #2 military in Ukraine.

[@icarusproject]

Good one!

[@XxxXxx-fm3wo]

Those Russianz live in their minds in Sovet Union still. Dreamers!

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

@@icarusproject i try.

[@irenemulindwairen4138]

No 2 is too high. They are the bottom of the pile no wonder they call them "Z".

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Variations of this have been cropping up for a while. They always bring a smile to my face.

[@galvk]

There is a shortage in German army. Nobody wants to serve when war is too close.

[@icarusproject]

Correction: When referring to the German invasion of Poland, I was actually referring to the original invasion of Czechoslovakia, which was allowed to slide by the other European nations. It was the invasion of Poland that brought the international pushback in WWII. I was working too quickly got those two mixed up in the script :)

[@PashaSlavaUkraine]

Kurwa jk jk :)

[@ryanreedgibson]

We know. It was the Munich Agreement of 1938 where PM Chamberlain ceded land that wasn't even British in an attempt at appeasement. Basically history repeated itself but with Bush/Obama with Putin. Putin is a bully who only understand force.

[@soneda]

Dont forget to pin your coment to kee it stay at the top. Well, at least hitler's blitz succeded taking over paris and force france mainland into submission. but putin's blitz failed to take over Kiev, even with Belarus help.

[@johnallen7807]

In fact Hitler could and should have been stopped by the French when he marched into the Rhineland.

[@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10]

Countries

[@SuperPhilthyrich]

That’s incredible to hear Russian oligarchs spent more on their yachts than on the military. When I heard billion dollar yachts were being seized, I momentarily pondered where the money came from, but gez, it never occurred to me that they’d actually siphoned that money from the military budget.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

It’s almost like declaring war on someone when you have done no prep work, finance, or training is a bad idea or something 🤔

[@tonykulikovsky]

The money was stolen from all the people of Russia. Just ask Putin how many billions he has stashed away, and just where did it come from, because it's not from his salary

[@yogi1kenobi]

Do you really believe this fake crap

[@alexcadle1369]

It seems Russia became high on its own supply😂. Propaganda, and corruption indeed.

[@tenpotkan7051]

I still remember how Igor Zenkevich, in his video on Object 704, remarked about how early cold war tanks were conserved for possible future use "as if that was ever going to happen before they become obsolete". Apparently, now is the time and the word "obsolete" is relative.

[@AlexClo-x7k]

Why waste expensive advanced mutions for a minor conflict with a minor nation when a major conflict is looming. Just because they are throwing their worst and oldest soldiers and tech into the maul of the Ukrainians, doesn't mean they don't have Major Mechanized capabilities. Don't let yourself be fooled into think that the people who beat Hitler at his own game, are anything else than formidable. They threw their entire population and capabilties at the Wermacht and took back a dozen countries from the Nazis, we sent 8 million troops from 12 differebt countries to France and barely manged to win. They lost 3x more people than we even sent to war in Europe. And they did it with a completely destroyed country. It takes 22 support troops for every warfighter in the west, in russia it is 3/1... You do the math.

[@tenpotkan7051]

@@AlexClo-x7k the USSR still hasn't recovered from loosing so many men in the Great Patriotic War and to add insult to injury, they also lost quite a bit of their territory together with the local populations.

[@berlineczka]

@@tenpotkan7051They didn't lose 'their territory', they lost some of the territory they conquered (as USRR or as the Russian Empire) beforehand. They lost the territories they occupied, not which were theirs.

[@tenpotkan7051]

@@berlineczka How can something be part of the USSR yet not be a part of the USSR's territory?

[@annormal1414]

Eh. Confirmed 350k+ of new volunteered recruits is nobody now? I see coping is rather hard here.

[@G3NK5T42]

Exactly! These people know nothing about Russia, Russians, the Russian Military, or this conflict. It's honestly cringe that videos like this get made and gullible people actually believe it.

[@Outlaw0-4]

Yea they aren’t because there not properly trained nor are they going to get good equipment, stop boasting about 350k+ people being sent into a meat grinder, god bless their souls but they aren’t making it out.

[@Voided_Jam]

​@@Outlaw0-4i feel like 350k volunteers is better than Ukrainians pulled off the street and conscripted keep coping

[@reaperclutz7170]

​@@Outlaw0-4 the funny part about this statement is it's the Ukraniane who aren't trained and getting killed

[@Kolljak]

A soldier's weapon found dumped in Kherson by the river when their unit tried to swim across. was a Chinese pellet gun. we are unsure as to why he was armed with it but yes, they did find it in that pile of gear left behind. The model of rifle was a Norinco B3-1 or QB-57 Pellet Gun from China.

[@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime]

Meanwhile ukrops being dragged out of their houses, leaving crying families behind. If you don't comply with SBU they just beat the shit out of you and throw you into the meatgrinder butt-naked. If you do, you have to buy your own weapons and ammo with tripple the price, cuz they aren't interested to sell it to someone who's going to be mincemeat real soon. All those spare weapons and ammo go straight to the black market.

[@kkwun4969]

he probably looted it from a ukranian house to give to his little brother, i have a hard time believing that russia ran out of mosin nagants and PPSH-41s.

[@ddegn]

A pellet gun would be useful for hunting small game for food. It wouldn't make as much noise a battle rifle and it a pellet gun would leave enough of the squirrel to cook and eat.

[@clobberella]

He was probably stealing it for his kid back home

[@hsimpson7267]

He is the cook, hunting squirrels for dinner

[@alexsmith7313]

An interesting distinction to make about Russia’s historical “prowess” is that America was supplying a large amount of artillery shells, replacement artillery barrels, tank shells and fuel. We’d make them on the west coast, sail north and then west over the Baring Strait to avoid more southerly Japanese patrols, and then drop them off in Siberia to be shipped over rail to The Eastern Front.

[@evilkat8143]

Ты чë сказать-то этом хочешь? Вторая мировая, как и первая это война коалиций, а не стран. США поставляли оружие, в Россия поставляла солдат. Знаешь, таких людей, который подставляются под пули и артобстрелы, чтобы победить врага.

[@garettdoornwaard4822]

Now tell us about how America was helping Germany before WW2....one of the reasons you yanks joined late. Now youre doing it again with neo nazis in the ukraine. Wakey wakey, neigbor.

[@davidthompson3729]

They really only used your trucks. Most planes went to other boarder. tanks, some were front line, not all. The rest is bullshit, the UK got the same...... Crayons are your friends

[@tonyelwood6687]

Excellent video. My experience in the USAF mirrors the theme here. Maintenance and training were costly, but our military and civilian leaders ensured that we were prepared and equipped for real battle. When I see "experts" complain about the amount of tax dollars invested in our national defense, I wonder if they ever flew an F-15 or used night vision goggles or stood next to another soldier trusting they both had the skills necessary to fight effectively together. For every hour of flight an F-16 requires 17 manhours of maintenance. An F-22 needs 30 to 40 manhours. An F-15C costs $23,000 per flight hour while the F-35 costs $28,000 per flight hour. The cost to train a fighter pilot in those airframes runs between $5 and $11 million per pilot. So, owning a $2 million dollar Steinway doesn't mean much if your piano is out of tune and the pianist never had lessons.

[@broccolidiego2053]

I would think that most people who said that too much money was invest into military didn't think that the cost of training and maintenance was cheap. But rather, in a peaceful world, why bother investing so much money into something that is not going to be use while some other problem are being left unsolved like climate change. However, the war between Russian and Ukraine proved that those money were not wasted after all.

[@ethanelliot4559]

@@broccolidiego2053 indeed, the biggest reason people use to complain about the amount of money we use on our military is by comparing the amount we spend in comparison to other countries and claiming that we can cut back "if only" and then invest that money into something that creates more US debt than we already have. Due to the lack of global news in the US, it's very rare for anyone to even be aware of ongoing or potential conflicts, nor how they might affect our everyday lives.

[@metalgear6531]

@@ethanelliot4559 The vast majority of US government debt is money that the government owes to itself.

[@metalgear6531]

I'd argue that things like healthcare ARE a defense expense. Notice how we're having a recruiting crisis partially because no one is healthy enough to qualify for enlistment?

[@Comm0ut]

@@broccolidiego2053 The world is only somewhat peaceful because of US military hegemony, but the US primary education system is completely broken and a modest majority of Americans only read (which confines their thinking to) below 8th grade level. Without the US armed forces the US economy would tank because the dollar would not be the global reserve currency. How did you manage not to know this? I know. US primary education.

[@rane2324]

How do we know this isn't propaganda?

[@Damoney1111]

Because he literally showed proof

[@nicocraft31]

​​@@Damoney1111Oh wow I'm now blind because of the evidence here. Think for a sec, if it's all fake, and Russia's Army is about to explode like a soldier stepping into a mine, how is it possible that Ukraine hasn't win yet?? 😂😂 Grow up, kid. (Btw I'm not Russian or anything, but yeah)

[@nicocraft31]

​@@Damoney1111Besides, what proof?? Western press? Don't make me laugh.

[@tanaziolopez1936]

​@@Damoney1111none of the footage shows anything

[@Damoney1111]

@@nicocraft31 hmm how do will u prove that the footage is fake? Literally Russian uniforms tanks equipment And also Ukraine hasn’t won yet because Russia keeps throwing useless stuff at them to stop an advance that’s the real state of the Russian army literally T-64 and T-55 pulled out of museums + equipment from the Cold War and WW2 literally like 80 yr old guns.

[@sergeikuranov7033]

A little correction. This only "aircraft carrier" is relatively new in russian fleet (from the late 80-s). Still it's probably one of the most unlucky battle ships ever.

[@TsarOfRuss]

"We don't need to have aircraft carriers, we just need to know how to sink one" - Iran

[@potatoradio]

@@TsarOfRuss Iran kludged together a helo carrier - supply- landing ship that supposedly is ok all things considered. Think it's trying to circumnavigate the globe with a small flotilla.

[@aconite72]

Ask any sailor how unlucky it is to change a ship's name and they'll tell you it's incredibly taboo. Kuznetsov didn't just change its name once. It changed it FOUR times (Riga > Leonid Brezhnev > Tbilisi > Admiral Kuznetsov). Unlucky is right.

[@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10]

It's not a Battleship

[@kwhp1507]

It’s probably the oldest carrier on the planet with extremely low miles lmao.

[@francisssali2550]

"You know the situation is bad when missiles wanna return home"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BernyAV]

The missile shown doing a "U" turn was a Patriot missile in Saudi Arabia. In the same video, another missile exploded right after launch.

[@МихаилЧерников-п2т]

9 month later, Russia gained 410 000 soldiers who VOLUNTEERED to sign the contract. This video aged like fucking milk

[@Einnstadten]

I saw an analysis of these views from a Portuguese channel before. But this video is also clear and simple.

[@icarusproject]

Nice! What channel?

[@MaxHolleyBC]

Russia encountered this same problem in world war 1, as they didn’t have enough rifles to supply their soldiers. Not to mention the issues with clothing, food, and ammunition.

[@carljohnsoncj9371]

And ww2 there were units that used bows

[@chrissierra-5633]

WW2 was the same but then they got their asses saved by the american economy

[@jpmtlhead39]

The same in WW2

[@HryaknutiLisak]

​@@jpmtlhead39During ww2 soviet production rate was actually extremely high, Just nice to remember that soldiers who took Berlin wore soviet clothes, used soviet guns, drove soviet tanks and fired soviet ammo

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@HryaknutiLisak only 6 years ago that Rússia finish to pay to the USA all the Food, Ammunition,Trucks,Tanks,Airplanes,etc,what whitout that Russia like England never could defeat the Germans.

[@herrhaber9076]

"You know the situation is bad when even missiles want to return home" Oh you made laugh quite a bit there :)

[@discomfortzone1]

Dude, this channel not only copied the video from another channel, he even took their freaking jokes and now is taking credit for them. That is shameful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnzMenyVZ9aUmM0m26s

[@herrhaber9076]

@@discomfortzone1 Thanks for pointing that out. Though let's be honest, such a good joke everyone will want to use it :)

[@domestosteron]

Quick correction at 2:26 The Sfera helmet is not from WW2 but rather the 90s, it is hower the worst helmet you can get since they have no suspension. Anything that gets deflected has a serious chance of snapping the user's neck and killing them.

[@ProfessorxVile]

Correction about the tampons: they still weren't issued to the soldiers by the Russian army. That officer in the video was telling the troops to get their girlfriends and wives to send them because the army has nothing to give them except guns and uniforms.

[@peterkerr4019]

speaking to an ex SAS soldier in his 70s, & they carried tampons for wounds as they were much lighter to carry & very effective.

[@roland228]

@@peterkerr4019 Army medics have been trying to get soldiers to stop using tampons instead of dedicated equipment supplied in their first aid kits for decades. Tampons being what to use for bullet wounds in situations other than when you have nothing else is a stupid urban legend that needs to die.

[@spugelo359]

@@peterkerr4019 Doubt they were "very" effective. Sure those can slow down bleeding but sure as hell not stop it. And putting things INSIDE of your wound is bad idea for the long term since you might get infected or a disease. Bad enough wound and you'll bleed to death all the same without proper first aid that modern soldier's equipment should include. There is a reason why proper first aid doesn't involve shoving things into your wound, but stop the bleeding from outside instead or stopping blood flow to that section of limb.

[@jamesflaherty59]

Royal Marines carry tampons to make fires and plug wounds. Good piece of kit actually.

[@PlayboiMaui]

This is just sad, I heard China would be even more inefficient due to their corruption as well. There also corruption in our military, but our NCO's and training would kick the shit out of these guys

[@yogi1kenobi]

Lol all america goes to war for is profit..Russia is just protecting borders threatened by nato..more noble than $$€€

[@yogi1kenobi]

When is last time if ever USA won a war..but its military industrial complex always win $$$$

[@mayorhaggar1275]

Slightly heartbreaking for the Russian soldiers who are just caught up in all this and don't even know what they're doing.

[@danielbarber8457]

They know what they are doing

[@katie-st8nx]

They have conscription, it's not like most of the front liners actually has a choice

[@robertgallagher7734]

Remember when this started the Russian soldiers weren't even told they were marching into battle- and when they called their families & told them what was going on they weren't believed.

[@GetsugaTensho85]

I am not sorry for anyone on that side of the border! The only reason dictators and dictatorships thrive is because they are allowed to. They are paying for their own stupidity. May God have mercy on their souls.

[@nt78stonewobble]

In general I think the whole thing is a terrible waste of money, resources, energy, time and of course, not least, blood and lives. I do have empathy for the russian soldiers and civilians, who probably didn't really want a war (maybe an easy victory and some glory), but the behavior cannot be tolerated and therefore I feel more with the Ukrainians. The victims...

[@nedimvehabovic5419]

2 years later and they seem to be winning with pellet guns…

[@warfarenotwarfair5655]

When did Russia take Kiev?

[@fl0wered]

​@@warfarenotwarfair5655Ah yes, your favorite self made "Kiev in 3 days". Where's promised counteroffensive or Crimea in summer?

[@Felon229]

They aren’t winning 💀

[@naffox4259]

Yeah tell yourself that

[@LEK-we2hh]

Putyin said we take Ukraine in 2 mouths

[@captainscarlett1]

Russia, and the Soviet Union, always operated on the principle that quantity has a quality all it's own. Their problem nowadays is that they don't really have quantity either. Their quantity of tanks don't work, their quantity of soldiers don't care.

[@dmitriyivanov9854]

Can you remind me, please, about the greatest victories of the american army, which is well known for its quality and quantity? The last one in my mind is the terrific succes in Afghanistan. The talibans got weapons and equipement for 7 billions dollars. Huge respect, bro!

[@ai_art_director]

@@dmitriyivanov9854 prob cuz the shitty afghan government couldn’t create a proper army after all this years and money?

[@Vistulism]

@@dmitriyivanov9854 yeah and Russia doesn't have quality, therefore quantity doesn't matter

[@CesarClouds]

@@dmitriyivanov9854 The US decided to pull out.

[@dmitriyivanov9854]

@@CesarClouds yes, evidently. But to leave weaponry, munitions and supplies enough to win a lokal war? Not the brightest decision...The taxpayers must be very pleased.

[@erlandnettum6680]

When I was in the army in Norway in 1992 we opened a can of German field ration meat from 1943 and ate it. It tasted good. It was som lunge meat. We did of course have modern field rations, this was some stuff from WW2 we found in the stores so we tested it for fun.

[@keeshoogtevrees6526]

Bratwurst?😂

[@legoboy7825]

Yep, I have eaten issued MREs from 13 years ago, which was older than the "Russian" ones in that video and they're fine. The date on the package is not when they go bad. Hilarious seeing everyone freak out about "10 year expired MRES!!" or the video creator saying they'll get food poisoning

[@ironboy3245]

Steve1989mreinfo would like to get their hands on that food

[@dmitriyivanov9854]

And how exactly did it help the Germans to win the war????

[@erlandnettum6680]

@@dmitriyivanov9854 Who said it did? It was, in my head at least, a fun anecdote.

[@kevinthepaladin235]

They spent more on their personal Yachts then the Navy. Lmao

[@kombai214]

This aged as fine as wine 🍷

[@robderich8533]

Radio Yerevan was asked: "Is it true that Russia has a great army?" Radio Yerevan answered: "In principle, yes. It actually looks great on paper and RT."

[@blackvicekings8632]

Lol it is clear that armenia is angry at russia for not helping them

[@robderich8533]

@@blackvicekings8632 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_jokes

[@Giganibba511]

@@blackvicekings8632 XD right random armenian guy XD

[@blackvicekings8632]

@@robderich8533 im kinda suprised that they were even able to do these jokes

[@kevinhealey6540]

I knew a Russian guy who was in the Russian army back in the 80s. To make his problems worse, he was stationed in Siberia. He said that they were poorly fed and at times everyone had to scrounge for themselves.

[@goodday126]

It's not just a process failure like people believe. Denigrating your own people is part of Marxist control doctrine. That's why Biden shut down oil production and pipelines on his first day, and went on to create a bunch of other hardships for Americans. Having a large number of destitute people makes it easier to control them with government power, and in this case to buy votes with government cheese, which has worked so well for them.

[@goodday126]

@bobbiebob575 bob They went from a brutal serf economy, directly to a brutal communist mafia economy. Then on to straight up mafia as a form of government. Most of that involving killing or destroying any kind of merit centered society. 5 generations born into one sickening plight after another. I don't see how they can ever recover from that, certainly not in the foreseeable hundreds of years.

[@ProfessorxVile]

If he got that instead of being sent to Afghanistan, he lucked out. At least he didn't have to worry about being captured by locals and made into a "puppet".

[@CodeCowboy64]

Accurate. I was there in May. I heard lots of recorded cell phone conversations of Russian soldiers talking to family at home begging them for equipment.

[@nzuncovered1845]

You mean those fake phone calls? They were clearly actors, you got to be a fool to believe that propaganda. Nothing will change the fact that Ukraine are losing and will lose to Russia

[@Logan-il1rw]

At least the Russian’s military ads aren’t about a girl named Emma

[@Logan-il1rw]

@ICMFX thanks, I forgot that part 😅

[@mpingo91]

8:07 It's worth checking the data on the aid that was delivered to Russia under the Lend-Lease Act. To cite just one thing: 60% of the cargo on its way to Berlin was transported on American trucks using American fuel.

[@Gambit771]

Don't forget everything the Brits gave them

[@michaeldobson107]

"I don't need a ride. I need ammo!" Literally the most bad-ass quote coming from a modern day leader ever. lol.

[@scottsmith9137]

The philosophy of looking strong rather than being strong also bleeds into modernization attempts like the t-14 Armata tank which has a long list of problems but notably doesn't have much in the way of backups for the various systems because it was not designed to see combat, just to look big and strong.

[@BobStallmanArchUser]

these videos aged really well....

[@tonyv8925]

Well, when Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) on front line battle tanks is filled with clay, sand and rubber, they will not survive even 50 year old RPG anti tank grenades. Corruption on a national scale. Geez!

[@LuvBorderCollies]

Armored vests with cheap foam inside as "armor". Sad thing is one of Putin's buddies made some nice money with that fraud. He can always say...."I learned graft from my leader" and be truthful.

[@caring-assoul_]

You’re mistaken. It’s obviously explosive russian rubber and sand that they use😌.

[@roberthaworth8991]

I saw an early-war vid where an abandoned Russian tank was found to have been fitted with CAMO-PAINTED EGG BOXES instead of ERA. The cardboard boxes that hold a dozen eggs, found in a typical civilian supermarket, happened to be shaped enough like ERA blocks that they "passed" visually once painted.

[@santinocapelli6523]

@@Silver_Prussian russian bot bruh

[@armrarr]

by only looking at how morale is being handled in a army, says enough about it's leadership and how a war will end.

[@Tokerskyzabijak]

Rubber is meant to be used in some NERA and NxRA designs. Those have no explosives and work perfectly well against HEAT and to some degree against APFSDS. Compared to ERA they generally provide less protection however they are lighter, can be mounted in multiple layers, are safe to nearby infantry and tend to offer somewhat better protection against tandem HEAT. Its mostly rubber sandwiched with metal plates, polymer is used as well. M1 Abrams lower front plate is a good example of such armor. Also ERA explosive filings are valuable and are stripped off damaged tanks right away by both sides. Those can be repurposed for demolition charges, booby traps, mounted again on other vehicles or even sold on black market by civilians.

[@zaco-km3su]

NERA is inferior to ERA in protection.

[@Nediac800]

I don't think anything works against APFSDS tbh... That's kinda the whole point of the round.

[@MajGenAHarris]

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you may just have a surface level knowledge of NERA or you were told this by someone you had confidence in and took it as truth. You got a few things wrong though. First, NERA and NxRA are the same thing. Just a little correction of grammar there. Second, just rubber in an ERA block would do absolutely nothing to stop any type of tank round. Third, though rubber is used as a part of NERA elements, it isn't just rubber and metal. Modern NERA is most often composed of ceramics/composites and steel with an elastic backing (for lack of better wording). The US even uses depleted uranium as some of the composite material. I'll explain the second point a little further here. NERA works by having materials of different hardness and other characteristics layered together to disrupt the jet from HEAT rounds. It does so by creating differences in the shockwave going through the materials. NERA is only more effective against said HEAT rounds and is worse in comparison to just RHA against kinetic rounds like APFSDS. Also as a little aside, the point of tandem HEAT rounds is to defeat ERA. NERA of any kind would have no effect against tandem HEAT other than the already stated better performance against HEAT rounds of any kind. You are probably correct though in terms of the reason why there was only rubber left. If I remember correctly, the most often seen video is from after the Ukrainian forces had stripped the tank. Another point, the rubber plates that you see are just part of the ERA assembly process. Used most likely to seat the explosive better in the housing.

[@TorianTammas]

@Tokrus - Really then where are the piles of reactive armor? Surly after your tank got gmdestroyed you luckily survive then you get your tools and remove tiles from the tank. Reactive armor does in many instances just not exist. Either it was corruption or wrong advertisement and they never had any to begin with. As we see with the blowing up of the turrets it does not matter anyway.

[@imsobaasik8709]

​@@TorianTammas ERA does survive the explosion of the tank.. and can be taken out of the blocks and used again.

[@John2r1]

MREs actually have a 7 year shelf life at 75°F or less. If stored in colder freezers they can actually last up to 30 some times 50 years. So the MREs might be fine. But if given the option i wouldn’t rely on Russian MREs .

[@sooseli13]

Ty for making me feel safe love from finland

[@n2t460]

"you know it's bad when even the missiles don't want to leave home" 😂

[@Hella333]

if only that was true.

[@Theunknownsoldier-bf7vd]

effeminate

[@Theunknownsoldier-bf7vd]

​@@Hella333Thanks

[@Badger_god123]

Exactly as i read this comment, the guy in the video says it

[@richarddecker9515]

The real problem is Putin is short

[@CombatMosquitoTrainer]

This is very true. And a bit of Mongol in old moonface.

[@greymatter6834]

Short selfish stupid. Great for leading orcs around by the nose however. 🚽🇷🇺🚽

[@hodaka1000]

Short ? Mad Vlad is four foot fifteen

[@markwingate560]

Not when he is wearing his high heels 😂

[@include-bit]

@@hodaka1000 wich it pretty damn short

[@ThisAcountIsNotUsedAnymore_1]

Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier, chilling in your stolen T90, and you look over to see a Soviet Russian T34 from WW2 just chilling there, fighting in a battle.

[@stralplane]

imagine going on a counter offensive with all the US and NATO planning and intelligence and taking only 350 ish square killometers of un consolidated space from a massive territory more than 3000 square killometers, imagine that you bozos

[@ScoundrelzNTwK]

Russian soldiers celebrating by counting American Dollars and giving American Cellphones........why wasn't Ivan using a Russian cellphone? (It's the size of a small horse)

[@richardm3023]

In fairness, those American cell phones are actually Chinese.

[@ScoundrelzNTwK]

@@richardm3023 The intellectual property is American, the chip designs are American or Korean or TSMC. Chinese assembly

[@richardm3023]

@@ScoundrelzNTwK I know.

[@richardm3023]

@@Silver_Prussian we do use American stuff. But many components are made elsewhere. For example, I just bought a brand new Hyundai suv. It's required by law that at least 50 percent of the parts be American made, and it was built in the state of Alabama. I also bought my son a Ford, it was made in Mexico with mostly parts from the USA. I even buy things that are from Russia. I own 3 rifles and a bunch of ammunition from Russia. You people are good at making cheap reliable weapons.

[@richardm3023]

@@Silver_Prussian Detroit died because of government regulations, labor unions dictating to the manufacturers, this in turn created a problem of no incentive to innovate or modernize products or production. Then the government started to tell auto manufacturers how they should build their products. Same thing as the steel industry, electronics, textile etc etc. And oh yeah, let's not forget about the politicians in both parties giving corporate welfare for corporations to move production overseas.

[@KyleAdler]

The tanks at 2:28 aren't tanks. Those are 2S19 Msta self-propelled artillery. Wouldn't have ERA to begin with

[@PERRYS_PROPS]

I have no doubt that their nuclear equipment is in the same state of disrepair.

[@archieherrington9955]

As a American I hope so

[@bad1971nova]

The tampon is a known thing in the military as a Lifesaver. You can bet a vet whos been out in combat would know about the trick. It's cheap and it works. It is also perfect size For most small arms fire and or small shrapnel.

[@godfreecharlie]

I guess the "Toxic Shock Syndrome" has been dealt with and is no longer an issue?

[@stevenrusch6341]

The best part about this video is that for once, someone is actually considerate to leave advertisement at the very end of the video. Well done!!

[@u.h.h4915]

🚜✨💛💙✨✨✨

[@therealgaben5527]

Except for the advertisements after the missile joke at 7:00

[@Gambit771]

Apart from the adverts every 3 minutes.

[@ZerglingOne1]

"Being issued food rations with expiration dates from back in 2015" Cloaked figure: "Amateurs." Russian soldiers: "What was that, punk?" _Cloaked figure turns around_ Steve1989MREInfo: "AMATEURS."

[@johnrust592]

I went on a group hike years ago in Flagstaff, Arizona. The route took us near a mountain where a B-24 crashed during the 1940s. The debris was inaccessible and pretty much all we could see was the sun reflecting off the pieces of the bomber.

[@riddhemarcenas3089]

Cool story? Lmao

[@daz3434]

There are so many stories flying around its hard to tell the truth from lies. Do you honestly think a soldier will go to war with pellet gun come on really.

[@bengtmalt2319]

Well , yes, since he has no choise in Russia. He will probably also get lied to that its only a military excercise so therefor no real weapons will be needed. And also - due to lack of information from noncensored media, they dont really know much about anything going on beside the russian propaganda. Its hard for us to really understand the russian mentality in these matters, so again, yepp - a russian soldier could certainly engage, without better knowing, in a battelfield with a pelletgun. Sad but true.

[@DemocracyOfficer2485]

Trained my entire military career to fight Russians when I could’ve done it drunk, fat, and with the gear I own personally

[@rroneuspyludoneus8162]

Can’t believe I’m betting on a fudd beating a Russian armed with a nerf gun.

[@DemocracyOfficer2485]

@@rroneuspyludoneus8162 ?

[@Palilalia22]

Same, Finnish Tank-lady. My baby is Leopard 2A6.

[@hermannbose7347]

@@Palilalia22 I guess every third American is better prepared with his private arsenal

[@JC-wc1nu]

Lil kids got better aim in USA than grown russian soldier. That's freakin sad.

[@1gient]

The paper tiger forgot that water still hurts after convincing itself of its own strength that was supposed to convince its enemies. It doesn't help that there's silverfish feeding on the tiger.

[@Brikiboi69]

Good description.

[@Haurath]

Just a quick FYI, tampons actually are proper (though very old) medical gear. They were originally invented as battle field bullet hole plugs. Women learned later that they were good for plugging other things also.

[@crazzy3363]

Got to give props to the russian army… their dedication to tradition is astonishing… using ww2 Era strategy in a modern setting takes real dedication (and some war crimes… ok lots of war crimes)

[@kirillkostyunin9194]

Finally! You finally get it!

[@johnbradshaw7525]

The "tanks" mentioned at 2:29 are in fact 2S19 Msta 152mm self propelled Howitzers. These vehicles wouldn't be fitted with Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA).

[@thechunkylovemuffin]

Russia also invaded Poland as well. The Germans invaded from the East and the Russians invaded from the West. At that time, Germany and Russia were allies.

[@Matt-yj1lz]

Imagine going into war with a wood grenade a pellet gun amd childrens walkie talkie all while dressed in foam lmao

[@leemday5731]

I was totally baffled by that massive first convoy miles and miles of trucks and tanks they were sitting ducks in fact it was just funny the only thing missing at the front of the convoy was a big red bus and and cliff Richard singing were all going on a summer holiday!!

[@Commanderstevo]

The russians attacked at the worst possible time, when they could really only use the roads, they didn't tell their soldiers they were going into a full blown war, they even downplayed, underestimated or just flat out didn't know the situation the troops would be facing, so those early convoys from belarus towards Kyiv were travelling in a sort of "parade" style which made it very easy for small teams using ATV's, NLAW/Javilin to hit the front and rear vehicles and bog the russians down for hours, days even. More and more this picture is coming into view of the russians just being generally stupid and ill prepared for what they were undertaking, whole thing is rotten from top to bottom.

[@marka4891]

Is the Admiral Kuznetsov (their only carrier), actually able to leave port even with a tugboat escort? Last I heard was that the ship had a great big hole in the flight deck and was undergoing repairs and was also desperately behind on maintenance.

[@YourGodStalin]

About the food rations, their current ration state in the Russian military is better now than it was in 2008, in 2008 they were found to still be issuing rations given to the Soviet Union from the US during WW2.

[@matiasfpm]

Thats a new level of FORBIDDEN TUNA 😂

[@dazmc7744]

Nice lads ❤ thanks 👍🏻

[@Destiny15]

Ok, I know this isn’t a funny situation but just imagine being a Russian citizen and being drafted to the military being told that you are going for training then you wake up seeing a “welcome to Ukraine” sign. 😭

[@horvathsogranfume658]

and all u have is a nerf gun & no food

[@homeygdoggydogg]

Don’t forget this is western propaganda meant to keep you convinced that “we’re very close from destroying the Russian army so don’t be upset when we send another $50B to Ukraine!”

[@horvathsogranfume658]

@@homeygdoggydogg im happy to spend it, russia has gone too far, money doesnt matter at this point.

[@shahzadchaudhary560]

@@horvathsogranfume658 Yup, you've been fooled. BTW, multiple times russia has persued for peace before and since the invasion and it has been US and NATO that's prevented peace talks.

[@horvathsogranfume658]

@@shahzadchaudhary560 nah dawg, ur a russian bot, putin is gonna get gaddaffid 🤡🤏🌻💀🌻💀🌻💀🌻💀🌻💀🌻💀🌻

[@richbuilds_com]

Modern MRE's are usually "edible" (not poisonous) for up to 10 years after their shelf date so long as the package isn't compromised. I doubt the Russian ones are edible straight out of the factory.

[@anders1621]

I had a Russian MRE pack once.. It was actualy very good. Alot better than the MRE they gave us when i was a conscript in 1999, that shit tastet like dogfood. We would bring snacks and caned food on exercices and dump the MRE in the garbage can when the Captain was not looking. And we ALLWAYS broght a beer and booze... Even the sergants was in on it, some times. Once we were so drunk on a NATO exercise, that our driver pased out behind the wheels in a jeep and hit a tree 🤣🤣

[@BWBDCan]

I hear about Russian troops and the weapon issues. The thing that comes to my mind every time i hear it. "One of you will be given a rifle, the other bullets. If the one with the rifle is killed, the one with the bullets will pick up the rifle."

[@misskyu3899]

Call of Duty first mission at the Russians in Stalingrat after the boat exploded

[@BWBDCan]

@@misskyu3899 enemy qt the gates is where I got it from, call of duty probably got it from the movie.

[@jonathanglzplz894]

​@@BWBDCanAfganistán 1 Americrak 0 😂

[@tamaras3611]

If you want to know about the number of cartridges and guns from the Russians , sit in the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and then you will find out the whole truth . And sitting on a couch miles away from a war zone, it 's easy to carry a blizzard. Sorry for the quality of the translation. Fuck , don 't carry bags .

[@Евген-и5с]

Congratulations to all present - you've been crap in the ears! In Russia, in such cases, they say - "Pisdet is not to load sixteen tons of number nine coal"

[@ThermalLance-hg4rd]

"You know the situation is bad when even the missiles want to return home." This made me spill my coffee.

[@maureens7853]

Bit unfair saying that Hilter invaded Poland without much international pushback, Brirain and commonwealth countries declared war the next day.

[@JH-lo9ut]

Yeah, and then very little happened. At least for a while. It took almost eight months before fighting actually got going in the west. It was called "the phoney war" in western media.

[@soren7550]

To be fair, using a tampon on a bullet wound is an easy way to stop (or at least slow) the bleeding. Granted, the alleged second most powerful military in the world should have a better medical kit than a box of tampons, but still.

[@roland228]

Tampons are not as effective for that role as dedicated dressing and gauze from a first aid kit. One would only use tampons if they have nothing else to use.

[@spugelo359]

@@roland228 Might as well shove a dirty sock into the wound if you didn't eat it already 😂

[@paladinsix9285]

In the 1980's in the US Army, some units would carry tampons, and maxi pads as a Supplement to our issued field dressings. There are only 1, maybe 2 Medics per Infantry Platoon. Often 1 soldier per Squad had a small medical kit with a half dozen dressings, shears, and some other stuff. Tampons/maxi pads, were a field expedient. Dressing for the serious wound, then control the bleeding from secondary wounds with a maxi pad and 100mph tape. Field dressings are removed at the BAS (Battalion Aid Station) or CaSH (Combat Surgical Hospital). USA typically gets their wounded to expert care in the "Golden Hour" so whatever works to keep folks alive until they get to a surgeon.

[@uss_liberty_incident]

No, it's not an effective tool to stop bleeding. Stop talking out of your rear.

[@komiks42]

Its not bad way to do it, yea. Whatever can keep you breathing longer is good, but c'mon, we have better stuff than this nowdays

[@testplmnb]

Russia after 50k soldiers joining in 1 month😂

[@babylon5reimaginedseries]

I'm a Registered Nurse (RN) with 18+ years' experience. Using tampons to close bullet hole wounds is an old first aid trick of the trade we use here in the USA to soak up blood in large amounts. And yes, I have a box of tampons in my first aid kit I keep in my truck in case I happen to drive upon an accident (I live in rural Oregon) and need to stop someone from bleeding out while I wait for an ambulance to arrive.

[@RandomGuy9]

But the 5.45x45mm round that both Ukrainians and Russians use leaves a large wound channel that expands once it enters the body. You have to stuff bandages or something like that into the hole. Or a large amount of tampons. But the wounds are more serious that the .223 or 9mm ball ammo you usually encounter in the hands of US civillians. Unless they use hollow points or something like that. I don't what Americans carry. But definitly not 5.45.

[@kwhp1507]

As a retired firemedic I can tell you a tampon in a GSW just reduces the blood to mop up off the floor. It does nothing to stop actual arterial or venous bleeding beyond the “sack of skin”.

[@OLDMANTEA]

Add a maxi-pad and the kit is good.

[@babylon5reimaginedseries]

@@RandomGuy9 Then use your finger or whatever you have. The person is probably going to die anyways why not at least give them a chance?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

This is why I have my own IFAK. I actually get proper first aid equipment so that I don't get this MacGyver crap used on me.

[@jaytea4093]

I've seen a video of Ukrainian soldiers showing off a captured Russian pellet gun, and while pathetic, I think the general consensus is that it was probably being used for hunting rabbits without expending actual rifle ammo rather than as a primary weapon for fighting. Either way though, it just further proves how serious food shortages are on the front lines.

[@komiks42]

My guess is that it propably was loot. That soldier found it in some house he was looting, and decided to take it. Mayby to shoot to birds and rabbits, mayby as suvenir.

[@littlekong7685]

@@komiks42 From reports, it seems the Russian army indeed has been issuing pellet guns to units in small quantities. It is probably for hunting for food, but it also seems possible that some soldier is promoted from rifleman with an AK to camp cook with a pellet gun.

[@bluedistortions]

We have proof Russia does not give new recruits/conscripts any weapon at all. They are forced to use their small enlistment bonuses to get basic equipment. But due to the war, prices are high and equipmemt is scarce. So some probably are forced to get fake guns until they can find a real gun on the battlefield.

[@Verradonairun]

They're putting up one heck of a fight despite having fake equipment, no ammo and incompetent commanders.I'd hate to see what they're capable of if everything were in order.

[@ПолорЄлеон]

It's not all that bad in russian military, the shitshow is not everywhere, sadly. They also have strong sides, and sadly in our Ukrainian military shitshow also happens, we also fight with obsolete equipment, because we use everything we possibly can. Western help is few and far between, comes always late, allies overpromise and underdeliver, for example we still have a deficit of shells. But if you want to know the truth, those are just realities of current war, and perhaps all wars. An important overlooked factor is, well, not necessarily the will to fight, but the national determination. Russia will not stop, and will use anything they can to destroy us. Naturally, we do not want to be destroyed, so we will also use anything we can, despite everything. I don't think the video is bad or untruthful, it's not impartial, but that's fine. It's not a dry objective analysis, perhaps - it's an opinion piece shedding light on weak sides of russian military, which is very important to counter russian information warfare and propaganda, to shatter the image russia built for themselves. And yes, russians are uniquely creative in a very stupid way, they do shit like strapping ERA blocks on unarmoured vehicles and blowing up, for example. Yes, their military is a shitshow, and they are extremely corrupt. But still, they have guns, they can shoot them (usually), and the bullet will kill you no matter how stupid the user is and how rusty their rifle is, here in Ukraine we have a bitterly joking espression about old/rusty shit on both sides, or about allies providing very old vehicles - "it does move and it does shoot". Hopefully, with allies lately mobilising somewhat, we would at least get more shells. Russia has a lot of their own problems (like said in the video; it doesn't even cover 1% of all the shitshow), they can't sustain heavy losses forever. Our freedom, hope and will shall prevail, and all the death and sacrifice will not be for nothing.

[@GoZling]

@@ПолорЄлеон Мне говорят, что у моей страны высокие потери, хотя в ней не гребут людей с улицы и с инвалидностями.

[@supadupa2614]

Fight!? You mean fodder. This is madness. Those poor men and their families being used in these rich men’s nonsense. This is Disgusting.

[@Mr.Pepe225]

​@@ПолорЄлеонyou should be happy that someone even sends you something and stop complaining that it comes late

[@distantroads4072]

Ukraine is equally as corrupt as Russia is! Some news reports estimated that around 60% of the Western military aid was resold on the black market. Which explains why Zelensky keeps pestering governments to give him (mostly) money and weapons. Seen plenty of pictures and videos of cartels, terror groups etc... showing off brand new and advanced NATO weaponry. Bet there are plenty of mansions, yachts and sports cars bought in Southern France, Greece and Florida. Unfortunately, it's always the poor guy that pays for all this bullshit with their lives and limbs!

[@nicolapendic6915]

you should redo the video but by saying "why no one wants to join the ukrainian military" because its exactly the same situation but reversed

[@Dutch_Prepper]

Those explosives replaced by wooden blocks, is more a case of theft, I think.. Could have happened years ago without anyone realizing.

[@thechunkylovemuffin]

Possibly, but a lot of these oligarchs that own these manufacturing plants have been conveniently falling out of windows and committing "suicide".

[@spugelo359]

@@thechunkylovemuffin Did they shoot themselves 5 times to back of the head with hands tied too? Indeed "suicide", case closed.

[@anders1621]

I remember when we outphased the LAW72 to get the AT4. They were sold to other NATO countries.. But some clever idiot swapt some of the live ones for some that was allready used and emty.. He was arrested after he tried to sell it to a Bikergang. Another time a bunch of C8 carbines was stolen from an army depot. They tried to sell it to gang members

[@NothingIsKnown00]

“If you think you’ll be fighting a two week war, only bring two weeks’ supplies.” Modern Russian proverb.

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

If that's the idea they have, no wonder they're struggling

[@AeroTeam73]

Russian soldiers buy all equipment on wish (china) even bulletproof vests and helmets that are only approved for softguns. It is absolutely incredible that Putin does not provide safe equipment for his soldiers.

[@christopherjones6607]

What Russia didn't think..is that the British sas /sbs and American special forces be on the ground when they invaded Ukraine that would absolutely run circles round their top soldiers

[@lukeamato423]

Like that explosive was a block of wood. Russias nukes are one of those cartoon guns with a flag that pops out and says bang

[@smyers820gm]

I know you meant that as a joke but we really need to think about that 🤔. They claim to have over 5000 but that stuff has to be maintained to be functional and they obviously have never maintained shit 🤷‍♂️

[@lukeamato423]

@@smyers820gm I guarantee they haven't maintained them. You know why. Because it was Mainly ukranians who built them

[@smyers820gm]

@@lukeamato423 the scary part is maybe they can’t launch them but what about pulling the warheads and destabilizing the world by selling them to Iran or Syria? Or even Cuba ?🤔

[@lukeamato423]

@@smyers820gm Cuba can't do shit with them but blow themselves up .Iran and North Korea are a different story. But I personally worked on THAAD and satelites we will know before they're going to launch and if they do we can intercept them .I'm not worried

[@smyers820gm]

@@lukeamato423 🫵👍