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[JWintjes]

Unlike with some other countries that reflexively drop to one knee whenever "our own fighting men" are mentioned, the Russians do not shy away from the hard fact that it is sometimes one's own cannon fodder which are the the most inconvenient in a combat situation. Such realism is one benefit of having a peasant/serf system until 1918.

Hey, I completely agree with you - certainly there are situations where it's a distinct advantage to have 155mm HE on your own lines as "special encouragement" instead of an extra day off afterwards...

Jorit

[Guest]

Unlike with some other countries that reflexively drop to one knee whenever "our own fighting men" are mentioned, the Russians do not shy away from the hard fact that it is sometimes one's own cannon fodder which are the the most inconvenient in a combat situation. Such realism is one benefit of having a peasant/serf system until 1918.

Hey, I completely agree with you - certainly there are situations where it's a distinct advantage to have 155mm HE on your own lines as "special encouragement" instead of an extra day off afterwards...

Jorit

Nothing encourages brave Russian troops to storm the enemy more than the serried ranks of Motherland�s bayonets pricking their backs.

[Werner]

Nothing encourages brave Russian troops to storm the enemy more than the serried ranks of Motherland�s bayonets pricking their backs.

A much diminished Russia that has trouble housing and feeding their soldiers, who lack a zampolit to assure them of the political necessity of the operation and what happens to those who let down leaders like Comrade Stalin.

Going three months without pay might keep a young man with no prospects in barracks, but on the battlefield the same man is likely to be less cooperative.

[JWintjes]

Going three months without pay might keep a young man with no prospects in barracks, but on the battlefield the same man is likely to be less cooperative.

But that is exactly where the bayonets come ine - you see, that's the beauty in it...

Jorit