Russian Force Structure for Large Scale Combat Operations

Russian preparations for the Conduct of Large-Scale Combat Operations are typically discussed in terms of how Russia has conducted combat operations in Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and Syria. These discussions focus on information operations, the use of subterfuge through the 'polite people' or 'little green men', and particularly, the use of Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) as Russian military force projection. What is seldom discussed is how Russia envisions the conduct of large-scale combat operations. Dr. Lester Grau and Charles Bartles will present their understanding of Russia's preparations for large-scale combat operations, how these preparations are substantially different from those in Soviet times, and how they view these preparations in terms of brigades/divisions, army groups/army corps, joint operational commands/fronts, and the Russian General Staff.
This event is made possible by the Carnegie Corporation of New York
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe to our channel: cs.is/2dCfTve
CSIS is the world's #1 defense and national security think tank. Visit www.csis.org to find more of our work as we bring bipartisan solutions to the world's greatest challenges.
Check out the rest of our videos here: cs.is/2dolqpj
Follow CSIS on Twitter: / csis
On Facebook: / csis.org
And on Instagram: / csis

[@josephthomason447]

Just phoning in from the future to say, you guys got some stuff right, and some stuff wrong, but thanks for thinking about this stuff ahead of time, it's coming in handy!

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@Joseph Hello fellow time traveller. 😋 This video just came up in my feed today, 29 March 2022. I’m just starting to watch. Which one is Col. Sanders?

[@joseortiz7855]

Magnificent report on this topic please keep us updated with more daily briefings !

[@dimavologdin5170]

Mike Kofman please make more discussions. Also you can have your military blog.

[@dimavologdin5170]

Russian people are thriving for discussion.

[@johngrefe2232]

crazy how highly we thought of VDV / AIrbone 2.5 years ago just for the result to be completely disappointing.

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

As it turns out corruption and kleptocracy guaranteed that new missiles and standoff missiles don't work very well. So bad they had to load the cruise missiles into T-95's and hope they ignite after dropping. A very large portion of anything that is more technical than a dumb bomb was seemingly made by idiots. That means the VDV have no armaments other than dumb bombs and that requires low level flying, and that would result in hundreds of aircraft sacrificed. they only found out about the missiles during this war too. In my opinion this is a really worrying development. It begs the question, if their army are bad, and their airforce are bad, and their navy, or what's left of it are bad.... then what on earth makes us think their strategic missile systems and nuclear deterrence is any better? For all we know some of those missiles are held together with spot welding, and the upgrade money is now a fancy impounded superyacht.

[@marcase2003]

Grau and Bartles wrote a terrific report, and they offered some additional titbits with their somewhat rambly presentation (Army corps under maritime command, that was new). Kofman, as usual, was brilliant. Good presentation overall, enjoyed this. Thanks to CSIS.

[@konradmuzyka3287]

Army corps is under maritime command.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Is the report available to the public? On the CSIS website?

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@konradmuzyka3287 Sovereign Citizens are subject to Admiralty Law. 😂 Just kidding. If you don’t get the joke, you don’t want to know.

[@joelhammer3538]

'tidbits'😂 Koffman is a narcissistic moron and has been proven wrong about literally f**king everything👌🏿

[@ecpgieicg]

starts at 20:47

[@michaelogden5958]

I'd love to hear this panel discuss basically the same points, but related the situation in 2023. Slava Ukraini!

[@Spitfire_Cowboy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5qamZ9uas6kh80 ☝️

[@janezjonsa3165]

Again, Mike is awesome as always, snappy on the spot. Talking from his hip, his mental holster, shooting Colt 45.

[@JASHVEER22]

Mr lester grau im a big fan of your trilogy books on soviet aghan war.thanks

[@intelcom4964]

this is awesome good info all the way

[@alistairmcnaughton1933]

Worth a watch given the news in Ukraine January 2022.

[@Dadecorban]

In order to amuse myself I want to point out that Kofman was wrong about Ukrainian martial law in what was a very amusing argument a few months ago.

[@joelhammer3538]

He's a discredited Z-fluffer. He was wrong about everything.

[@rob_one4511]

This presentation was pretty accurate for how they have been operating since 2022. Fair to say the Russian changes have made them the most lethal and competent competent land force in the world.

[@kalunkatodorova3685]

Красивата гледка пред очите му , го кара да бъде сигурен в това което го прави щастлив мъж!

[@jackietate4047]

I'm curious about how the Russians are reacting to the logistics issues seen in the Syrian war. And how is their view on the initial period of war effecting their logistics procurement?

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Has the last month (24 Feb 2022 to 29 March 2022) answered your questions?

[@fvo911]

Thanks, I have learnt more from Americans about my army than I could learn about it by myself being in it lol 😆

[@Vitaliy_Gera]

У нас ещё есть штрафбат. Там машины для убийства)))

[@protohass]

The guy in the thumbnail looks like Matt walsh

[@rogerlevesque4773]

Maybe because they have all allied forces on their borders they are little concern because they never leave remember their ( Russians) at home in their country

[@tedzehnder961]

No where was Crimea.

[@DD-fg8tl]

Hearts and minds of the people

[@kalunkatodorova3685]

Kofman както обикновено, беше 100% перфектен man. И се радва на това, което вижда и което прави...?

[@gezalesko3813]

Thats so funny. Listenig to people's twisted thinking who know nothing but their bubble world...

[@DD-fg8tl]

Tactile where now is the most likely place to catch HIV or a super STI , red light District

[@laarbpad2107]

Too many “uh” not so easy to realize you are doing it unless you record yourself. Driving me crazy. Instead of, “uh,” try taking a pause/ breath.

[@mountainbiker348]

The Russian invasion to Ukraine proves that Bartles is the guy who knows what he is talking about. Kofman sounds like a guy who talks scary stuff just to keep his job. 😂

[@bradz9413]

Jerahhhmy

[@DD-fg8tl]

Why was so much emonia stock pilled on near the harbour that blew

[@joelhammer3538]

Ammonia. Maybe the people who stored it were illiterate morons?

[@RandomCoffee101]

Neocons be mad

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

My mother never let me go out with a moustache that lopsided. I don't seriously think these guys can keep up with open source information fast enough to really understand what's happening. Talking about military districts means nothing when the Kemlin calls.

[@ThanxBeToGod]

You think they don't have a grip of millennials working for them?

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

@@ThanxBeToGod I have no idea what that means.

[@dimavologdin5170]

Detail your remark please.

[@DD-fg8tl]

Logistics why would Germany open borders for hundred of thousands migrants, having their history and local links with Russia ?

[@lbh2776]

This man know more than any Russian Jeneral or Mr Putin..pfsss..Mr know everything Micheal Koffman..always bullshiit

[@dimavologdin5170]

I think Kofman works sincerely. He knows the most power weapon is pravda.

[@lbh2776]

Sincerely? Or more to downgrade or propaganda perhaps.. He know Russian weapon/doctrine more than General Sergey Shoygu/Putin?

[@RainKing048]

@@lbh2776 probably considering Russia is shockingly not able to perform the basics of combined arms warfare

[@vladimircaeser8284]

The Russian aggression is very powerful and powerful

[@ThePRCommander]

NATO is very powerful. Dont underestimate NATO.

[@RainKing048]

Only the bark is powerful, but the bite is just a tickle

[@donquique1]

Their getting kicked in the arse.

[@shooter7a]

Yes...VERY powerful if the adversary does not fight back. No military on the planet can lay down destruction like the Russian military as long as no on interrupts them. It is a superior system for murdering civilians. For fighting adversaries that have brains and fight back? Not so much.

[@vidcreatorlondon]

The fool with the goatie should get a different job. Total misunderstanding of the Soviet school of thought.

[@liguobu229]

This is food for retarded minds. Turn it off. Russia is way beyond...

[@Hero.Lone-Wolf]

@@liguobu229 Yeah ... Russia flexes its muscle and more than 30 countries including USA literally shitted in their National Pants ...

[@dimavologdin5170]

Mr. Grau is very deep.

[@ThanxBeToGod]

What are the Russian land forces readiness metrics? IWQ? PDY? METL? How do they do it? Saying readiness is high is just rhetoric. One must fully understand how a force's readiness is quantified, moreover understanding just how much candor one can expect from such numbers. Readiness is more than cosmetic appearances. The US is fond of outfitting its troops with the latest gucci kit. Yet the level of skill mastery with organic equipment is a few microns deep. Any land forces survivability or durability are contingent upon the level of skill *MASTERY* EACH soldier has on EACH piece of the particular unit's table of equipment. A poorly trained land unit is like a submarine full of submariners who possess only slight familiarity with the various stations on the boat. Most US Army forces are like this: Extremely well outfitted, extremely poorly trained, fat, lazy, undisciplined.

[@dimavologdin5170]

I think US soldiers trained well.

[@TorianTammas]

They report a high level of readiness as this is what they are expected to do. So everyone believes it. We see in Ukraine that neither readiness nor logistics worked out.

[@RainKing048]

Funny, your supposed description for the US armed forces fits the Russians better right now.

[@ThanxBeToGod]

@@RainKing048 that doesn't mean Americans don't do the same thing. Readiness is all a pack of lies. Russian or American. Right now the Russians are paying for those lies with at least 8 dead Generals and ~10,000 dead Soldiers. Please don't take that to mean that Americans are somehow immune from future consequences stemming from readiness falsehoods. We will pay, just like the Russians, someday too.

[@ThanxBeToGod]

@@TorianTammas So do we. Those false reports cost the Russians 8 generals and 10,000 troops. The American military lies in it's readiness reporting too. We just haven't paid the bill yet.

[@LaRoucheisright]

You people are nuts.