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Old 03-24-2008, 19:38 PM   #80 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bad Karma View Post
The draft army of the former Soviet Union had poor morale, poor training (mainly due to budgetary problems), poor communication, (many tanks didn't have the capibility to communicate with each other), and poor intel (their own maps were printed to be misleading, their tank commanders often got lost).
I saw none of that in their invasion of Afghanistan which is on par with the American invasion of Iraq. They built their own roads!

Just an FYI, Firral is a Russian Naval Infantry Captain.

And I've always said it's not their tanks I worry about. It's their damned artillery.
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