But if you look at the stuff to make stuff, they role is huuuuugely disproportionate to their size and population
Both machines were installed in the 1970s. And that is also a good point
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When you need to make stuff, you will probably buy your stuff to make stuff from a toy country๐ฆ๐น. Because there are not many options, really. The market is small
The Russian artillery industry, for example, has been continuously dependent upon a single Austrian producer since the 1970s. And that is not an exception. That is more or less the rule
When you want stuff to make stuff, you go to a toy country, obviously. They do it
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Russia is forging almost all of its gun barrels (tanks/artillery) on the GFM Steyr (Austria ๐ฆ๐น ) machines imported in the late Soviet + Putin's era. This specific machine you see in the Medvedev's video was launched on Motovilikha Plants back in 1976
Contrary to the popular view, significant superiority in the quantity of weaponry does translate into the military victory. The military output delta is a great predictor of whether you win or not, and the longer a war lasts, the better it works
You outproduce -> You win
One major Russian advantage is the sheer quantity of air defence missiles. Countering the enemy airforce & projectiles, air defence systems cover the Russian ground forces from every possible aerial threat. They also allow Russian airforce to bomb Ukrainians without distractions
Now how can Russia produce so much? Let's follow some of the key production operations in the manufacture of S400 missile at the MMZ Avangard. Part of the Almaz Antey corporation, it is a major Russian producer of air defence missiles
Backed by the manufacturing power of Europe, Putin may very well win this war. The Russian machining park consists of Western (mostly EU ๐ช๐บ) tools imported in 2003-2023. With spare parts flow & tech support uninterrupted, Russia gonna steamroll over Ukraine as planned ๐บ๐ฆ
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Ballistic missile producers continue to receive all the necessary supplies and maintenance
(You may go through this thread to get a first impression of how the Russian military manufacturing base looks like, on example of Votkinsk Plant)
The funny thing with the GFM Steyr is that it is not even a large business. In 2021, its revenue was estimated at only 32,5 million euros. In 2022, it rose to 69,8 million (for obvious reasons). Yet, the Russian artillery industry is critically dependent upon this single company
First, the existing park of GFM Steyr machines requires a steady supply of parts and expendables to keep them running. Consider this one single SXP-55 radial forging machine operating at the Motovilikha Plants, a major artillery & MLRS producer
13-14th cc. - the Turkic State
14-16th cc. - the Circassian State
1517 - the Roman Conquest
Neither political realities, nor the political imagination of pre-modern polities had anything to do with an idea of nation state. Which was not even a thing before the French Revolution
Pre-history of pretty much any nation state is fictitious and largely made up. We describe very bizarre (from a modern standpoint) political orders and imaginations in a way they would make for a teleological nation state narrative