Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The Russian army has to rely on modified civilian vehicles purchased with soldiers' own money, because military trucks are in such short supply. According to a Russian soldier-warblogger, units have to wait between 5 to 12 months to receive trucks. ⬇️

https://x.com/CaolanReports/status/1988081980110406143

2/ Probably as a result of heavy losses due to Ukrainian attacks and a slowdown of production at Russian manufacturers, trucks are now scarce in the Russian army. Light vehicles and motorcycles are not supplied by the army, forcing soldiers to buy them themselves.

3/ 'Vault No. 8' comments:

"It wasn't until mid-2024 that the regiment finally received a few Chinese buggies out of the 1,500 sent to the Special Military Operation."

4/ "With an average of two passenger vehicles (running only, not counting those undergoing repairs) per unit (separate company/battalion), the arrival of approximately five to seven buggies was, on the one hand, received positively, but on the other,…

5/ …didn't make a decisive contribution. Well, how else can one comment on this when, for example, a tank battalion has one civilian Bukhanka and one running Niva (the other undergoing repairs), and one Chinese buggy arrives?

6/ "Several Ulan buggies arrived this year. They are in use, but in the near and middle rear areas.

The waiting list for regular trucks is, in some positions, 10-12 months, while in most cases it's five to six.

7/ "But after 3.5 years of military service, passenger cars still haven't been added to the standard inventory of motorised rifle units. The same goes for motorcycles and carts [quad bikes?].

8/ "Basically, it's business as usual. They were needed back in 2023, they were needed in 2024, they're needed now, in 2025, and they'll be needed in 2026. But for the most part, the issue is being resolved with, "Go fuck yourselves. And don't relax." Well, that's how we live.

9/ "So what's the point of complaining and saying we had something like that 35 years ago (not in mass production, just as a model)?

10/ "And saying that light vehicles were rightfully forgotten twice. Things won't get any easier for us THERE, and enough time has passed to make all sorts of decisions.

11/ "Just look at the speed of decision-making on all sides in World War II. The war lasted from September 1939 to September 1945, but most of the adjustments in the USSR, the Reich, and the USA were made in 1942–1943. By the middle of the conflict.

12/ "For the Red Army, it was in the second year of the war [i.e. 1943]. We have had almost four years of the Special Military Operation." /end

Source:
t.me/vault8pro/53407