Thread by @JBelcourt73

Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a term some of you might have heard of before. It is an event that changes the established way of doing things on the battlefield on its head. For example, the battle of Cambrai in WWI was the first massed armor attack in history. After the

war the Germans would improve on it by adding more mechanized infantry and flying artillery. The Americans would build on that by making the entire army motorized. So by 1945 we had system most of us grew up with. Big heavy fast divisions that fought with combined arms.

The Russians (Soviets) adopted this same revolution but with a twist. Where western formations stressed the maneuver for advantage, the Soviets stressed fires. They planned to attack "a outrance" and so kept a fires based army that Genghis Khan would have understood. Stay put and

get smothered by fires, move to engage and get smothered by fires. Hell, Soviet recon/security elements could pass for Mangudai. History has shown over and over again that massed fires work. Can anyone name someone other than Phillip of Macedon or his son who beat a steppe tribe

with an infantry army? Let alone a tribal confederation like occasionally emerged out of Asia to set the world on fire. The steppe horsemen used bows to smother their foes much like the Russians use artillery. Maneuver was always to get the bows/artillery into the best position

for volley after volley of death. Now however, that age old tactic may finally have run into an RMA that it cannot overcome. Long range often drone directed precision fires using smart munitions. Some legacy military systems like tanks will catch up and remain viable. Protecting

from top attack munitions, kamikaze drones, modern FLIR systems are all questions of technology and tech marches on relentlessly. Tanks have the value and power to absorb the soon to be required systems with relative ease. We already see this in the newest version of the Abrams.

However, the most valuable support systems on the modern battlefield cannot. Trucks are horribly vulnerable and cannot be hardened without getting into a vicious loop of new systems = trucks carry less = needs more trucks = more trucks get lost = need more trucks..... Ditto for

depots and marshalling areas. Partisans with modern ATGM's and HIMARS/M270 delivered GMLRS are wrecking the Russian way of war by starving it of the arrows (shells) it needs to go Mongol on a foe. These systems are doing to the Russian Army what the musket did to the steppe

tribes. For my own nation there is an added benefit. The Lend Lease Act signed by @POTUS is allowing the US to draw down existing stocks of weapons to support Ukraine. The allocated funding is allowing the military to replenish these drawdowns with the latest and greatest

versions of the systems that are ushering in this new RMA. So @JohnBoozman @SenTomCotton @RepFrenchHill continued support for Ukraine is not only good for Ukraine, but it makes America stronger. This holds true for our NATO partners as well. Tanks Poland sent to Ukraine are being

with Abrams as an example. So, when you reach out to your elected leadership, remind them that supporting Ukraine is good for your own nations defense in both not having to fight Russia directly, but also in by becoming better able to do so if required. If you have any questions

jump on to the @MriyaReport (give them a follow) there are usually military professionals on there who can answer your questions and help you stay informed. If you want to help Ukraine win, kick a few bucks to @MriyaAid or @georgian_legion. If you want to do more than just

contribute financially consider joining NAFO and helping us combat Russian trolls and disinformation. Because until Ukraine wins on her terms, her war is our war. Slava Ukraini!

#russisaterrosiststate #RussiaInvadedUkraine #genocide #feedthewolves #WeAreNAFO @mfa_russia <--- still losing.