Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ...
by red-iron-pine on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:24AM
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Storming the trenches implies they're actually there to fight and win.
In most cases they're there to get shot at enough while drones watch and tag enemy positions for artillery strikes.
In peer- or near-peer conflicts arty accounts for a high, often monumentally high, number of casualties -- easily 75% or more. The prisoners aren't expected to win, that would require lots of training, trust, gear, and planning; they're expected to draw fire, and the VDV or main-line regulars will clean up the rest.
In most cases they're there to get shot at enough while drones watch and tag enemy positions for artillery strikes.
In peer- or near-peer conflicts arty accounts for a high, often monumentally high, number of casualties -- easily 75% or more. The prisoners aren't expected to win, that would require lots of training, trust, gear, and planning; they're expected to draw fire, and the VDV or main-line regulars will clean up the rest.