Looking forward to Hegseth implementing the Russian-style 'stacking dudes on dudes and jumping over flaming logs' style of training that we've seen work so well for the Russians in Ukraine. ::taps ear:: I am being informed that two flaming logs took out a Russian T-90M. - ThreadSky

bretdevereaux.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Looking forward to Hegseth implementing the Russian-style 'stacking dudes on dudes and jumping over flaming logs' style of training that we've seen work so well for the Russians in Ukraine.

::taps ear::

I am being informed that two flaming logs took out a Russian T-90M.

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boomies-n-zoomies.bsky.social•12 days ago

Less sarcastically, I kind of assumed that seeing the “ultra manly” VDV getting basically wiped from the earth in the first 72 hours of combat finally make people realize what bullshit that all was, and I am quite distressed to see it literally take over the DoD.

pjgcrow.bsky.social•12 days ago

Elan will allow us to take the trenches I swear.

ranamar.bsky.social•12 days ago

My next thought along those lines is, "Le feu tue."

tobellz.bsky.social•11 days ago

the cult of testosterone cannot fail, it can only be failed

dalassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Reading the Art of War but missing how much of it is “make sure your army is fed”

deadlyflowers.bsky.social•12 days ago

Also missing how much of it is "don't get into a war."

boomies-n-zoomies.bsky.social•12 days ago

As Bret points out in the linked piece, the fascist and proto-fascist regimes that managed to not get destroyed in a war did so mostly by avoiding war rather than winning one.

dalassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Warfare for Dummies*

*Noble sons who have never commanded a thing in their life and might very well end up encircled and starving

barleslee.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m pretty sure Sun Tzu said something like “tell 6.5 billion human beings that you hate them and want all their stuff, while alienating 75% of your own citizens”. Or maybe that was Mao. I can’t tell them apart.

dalassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

I think it was Clausewitz or Machiavelli.

barleslee.bsky.social•12 days ago

Those guys got it.

nerdyattorney.bsky.social•12 days ago

All the more reason to make sure you are trained and ready to jump over them.

megaweapon5.bsky.social•12 days ago

The T-90 would have been retrofitted with advanced flaming log defenses but the funds were stolen to buy London real estate.

I’ve just been told that DOGE employee “BasedFranzStangl69” cannot account for the whereabouts of the flaming log defenses funds for Abrams tanks.

richwilliams74.bsky.social•11 days ago

Just yesterday a T-90M2 Breakdown was burned down by a 500$ FPV drone.

jackfuckingbauer.bsky.social•12 days ago

jtatlife.bsky.social•12 days ago

All the milbloggers who spent 2022 pointing out the demonstrated relative importance of
1) 200 lb bench presses vs.
2) diligently working through MAC maintenance schedules of a 5 tonne truck (as per FM34-25-1)
are holding their heads in their hands today

surcomplicated.bsky.social•11 days ago

BTW you should really add a note to your "fascists suck at war" piece, right at the part where you bring up Baathist Syria, specifically concerning its final regime extinction.

castorwheels.bsky.social•12 days ago

Even in Starship Troopers the novel this approach immediately leads to military catastrophe

getastandingdesk.bsky.social•12 days ago

Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics, morons talk testosterone.

opulenceihazit.bsky.social•11 days ago

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