Danllan
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Information was a very valuable and dangerous thing in the USSR and that mentality has continued into the Russian army too. They do have NCOs, but the huge difference is the amount of trust placed on them and responsibility given to them.I do hope that's right but I hope it's not just wishful thinking.
I thought he seemed ok but I know nothing of medical conditions and can't say I've ever studied him.
One question I'd like to ask you as your ex military.
How badly affected will the Russian army be for the loss of all these senior officers ?
I believe they don't have the non commissioned officers like we have and it's more senior officers and men.
Your thoughts, also a comparison to the British army would be most interesting.
If I have a Section Commander - a Corporal - and I want him to do a recce to location X, I'll tell him that, give him the int' available / necessary and leave the rest up to him. In the Russian army that sort of thing would have to be lead by a junior Officer, because nobody else would be trusted with the int' to do it, or have the necessary training to organise and command it.
Add in the facts that my Section Commander will have a Lance Corporal under him leading a fire team and that this Lance Jack will be able to take over command if needed, and you see how much flexibility and redundancy we have and they don't.
And that ability for an assumption of command goes on to the top for us. A flippant reply to your q about Generals could be that it depends on how many good ones they have left, and in the Russian army that would be true to an extent. But, really, to have an effective army you need teamwork, and good teamwork requires trust - and trust really only comes form seeing people doing something well. Point is, a 'new' Russian CO could be really good, but if nobody has experience of how good he is, they simply aren't going to have that trust.
I covered the comparisons, man for man rating - official that is - in an earlier post, but on the performance we've seen so far you are looking at about 3:1 in our favour. Plus we have significantly better kit, at least a generation, often two generations or more better than them. And infinitely better morale - and morals.