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Originally Posted by Woodsy the Lar
Ive been reading this thread for a while now and no-one has mentioned that the Russian officers corps are not at the standard of the cold war,the standard of the purges would be more right. The other problem is 88% of the Russian ground force,basically everything not in TCHECHEN is waiting for spare parts.
If China goes north in summer it would im absolutly sure reach Siberia, holding it is another matter.
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I actually had your oppinion before. Now after I have studied the question more in detail I realized that China has VERY little chance invade... it may attack and fall back. But invading would be problem.
Russia still keeps quite a force in far east... look at number of artillery/MLRS it has there.... add strong air force... Its FIREPOWER exceeds anything China can put against them in that region.
Moreover, Russians will always know if China wants to do invasion YEAR before anything happens. Without occupying Mongolia there is only one way to attack Russia - in eastern part of the boarder (which is but in two by Mongolia).
that is list of forces in Siberian millitary district while Far Eastern exceeds it....
Siberian Military District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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District Forces Today
The 41st Army was formed from the headquarters of the former Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk while the new district’s headquarters were established at Chita (the former Trans-baikal HQ). It is likely safe to assume that the 41st Army controls all the field formations of the previous Siberian Military District, while the 36th Army, at Borzya, and the 29th Army, recently upgraded from the former 57th Army Corps at Ulan-Ude, control the forces in the former Trans-baikal District.
The IISS lists the district as having a total of one tank, two motor-rifle and one machine-gun artillery divisions, two motor-rifle and one air assault brigades. The 2nd Tank Division, previously active in the District having moved from the Leningrad Military District in the 1960s, disbanded in 2001-3. Also, while the 21st Guards 'Tagenrog' Motor Rifle Division, withdrawn from Germany to the former Siberian Military District, was apparently partially re-equipped with the T-90 MBT in the mid 1990s, in 2000 it was apparently disbanded.
Cossack Separate Motor Rifle Regiment, Borzya
29th Army, Ulan-Ude
5th Guards Tank Division
245 Motor Rifle Division
11 Air Assault Brigade
36th Army, Borzya
131st Motor Rifle Division, Sretensk
41st Army, Novosibirsk
85th Motor Rifle Division
74th Motor Rifle Brigade, Yurga(Constant readiness
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