This Russian Mobik unit suffered a 50% attrition rate in 10 days?!?
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That is a 5% a day loss rate on an active, but secondary to Solidar/Bukhmut, front.
Casualty🧵
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That is a 5% a day loss rate on an active, but secondary to Solidar/Bukhmut, front.
Casualty🧵
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https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1614206991551074306
US/NATO ground doctrine considers 2.5% losses in any single engagement something you change tactics and use stand off weapons to reduce the position before trying again.
5% a day is 62.5% the USMC daily casualties of at Tarawa/Betio.
Army's collapse from that level...
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5% a day is 62.5% the USMC daily casualties of at Tarawa/Betio.
Army's collapse from that level...
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...of sustained losses, historically.
Also, historically, 30% losses in a short time require ground units to be refitted because they are combat ineffective.
50% losses in 10 days?!?!🤯
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Also, historically, 30% losses in a short time require ground units to be refitted because they are combat ineffective.
50% losses in 10 days?!?!🤯
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See the chart from C.G. Blood's US Navy report "SHIPBOARD AND GROUND TROOP CASUALTY RATES AMONG NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL DURING WORLD WAR II OPERATIONS"
Tarawa was 80 casualties per 1000 troops for 3 days.
Those Mobiks have done 50 per 1000 per day for 10 days.
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Tarawa was 80 casualties per 1000 troops for 3 days.
Those Mobiks have done 50 per 1000 per day for 10 days.
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This sort of loss rate confirms for me the stories that the Russians are reviving NKVD style 'back stop units' that shoot retreating troops and especially penal units.
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https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1612348451659960321
Anyone saying Russian casualties are roughly _EQUAL_ to Ukraine's - I'm looking at you, US intelligence agencies - are incompetents deserving job termination.
Everyone who isn't a member of US intelligence can see this fact.
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Everyone who isn't a member of US intelligence can see this fact.
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This translated Ukrainian video from @wartranslated makes that clear.
1st, Ukrainian troopers are trained as lifesavers, check off the "Platinum 5-minutes."
2nd, Ukraine evacuates wounded w/in 1 hour, check off the "Golden hour."
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1st, Ukrainian troopers are trained as lifesavers, check off the "Platinum 5-minutes."
2nd, Ukraine evacuates wounded w/in 1 hour, check off the "Golden hour."
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1614198606839549952
The Ukrainian medic/doctor in this video is talking about _company level_ medical aid stations/evacuation points.
US/NATO medical standards only have those at battalion level.
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US/NATO medical standards only have those at battalion level.
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Given the relative lack of helicopter medevac inside Ukraine, due to long range Russian SAM's.
This additional medical aid at low levels is the only reasonable way Ukraine can be achieving Americans in 2010 & later Iraq casualty ratios (1-to-7 to 1-to-10 KIA to WIA).
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This additional medical aid at low levels is the only reasonable way Ukraine can be achieving Americans in 2010 & later Iraq casualty ratios (1-to-7 to 1-to-10 KIA to WIA).
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Ukraine has more manpower than heavy weapons.
So putting a larger than NATO standard percentage of that manpower with civilian SUV's into battlefield medical care and evacuation of those who are armed with heavy weapons is a very smart manpower choice.
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So putting a larger than NATO standard percentage of that manpower with civilian SUV's into battlefield medical care and evacuation of those who are armed with heavy weapons is a very smart manpower choice.
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Russian Mobiks are meat for the Ukrainian sausage grinder.
Ukrainian soldiers are valuable citizen-soldiers whom the Ukrainian state cares deeply for and will do its utmost to see to it that they survive.
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Ukrainian soldiers are valuable citizen-soldiers whom the Ukrainian state cares deeply for and will do its utmost to see to it that they survive.
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It's also why Ukrainians have literally bulletproof Western helmets and body armor w/ceramic inserts plus adequate combat engineering.
Ukrainian soldiers fight from improved fighting positions whenever AFU can arrange it, as far back as 2015.
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Ukrainian soldiers fight from improved fighting positions whenever AFU can arrange it, as far back as 2015.
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https://twitter.com/D_Tox_/status/598025648922337280
And despite all of that the medic/doctor @wartranslated translated from in that video stated Ukraine was taking frostbite casualties.
How much of that 5% a day Mobik casualty rate are cold injuries like trench foot and frostbite?
I've posted on that
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How much of that 5% a day Mobik casualty rate are cold injuries like trench foot and frostbite?
I've posted on that
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https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1609303352935911424
...and since then, retweeting this translation of other Mobiks complaining about having no winter boots.
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https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1610011443092496384
While others have reposted a
Special Kherson Cat video of a captured Russian Mobik wearing women's boots, because the Russians had no mens winter boots to equip him.
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Special Kherson Cat video of a captured Russian Mobik wearing women's boots, because the Russians had no mens winter boots to equip him.
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https://twitter.com/LuxJude352/status/1614177881235529728
Let's be clear. For every Ukrainian trench foot or Frostbite cold injury.
Mobiks are taking at least 10.
It's the difference between Ukrainian citizen-soldiers and waves of Russian “myaso” [AKA meat, cannon fodder]
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Mobiks are taking at least 10.
It's the difference between Ukrainian citizen-soldiers and waves of Russian “myaso” [AKA meat, cannon fodder]
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