Thread 64504034

How does it compare to be a soldier on deployment from the USA or another country, as opposed to being an infantry soldier in Ukraine right now - IE; Being a Russian soldier?

It seems the Americans had an easy time in Afghanistan / Iraq in comparison, fancy bases, intelligence, air support constantly, nice equipment. As opposed to a Russian soldier sitting in a foxhole for days, weeks, months with limited gear. Often engaging in close quarters combat same with the ukraine soldiers who have a tough time as well.

How would the US army handle such a situation? I am genuinely curious on replies from veterans. It looks far scarier from an outside viewer when looking at the war in ukraine.

>>64504034 (OP)
The US wasn't fighting a peer conflict. I don't think the comparison would be either fair nor insightful

>>64504034 (OP)
In a peer conflict the conditions would suck way more than during GWOT, but nowhere near as bad as for your average mobnik. You could trust that logistics and medevac would be available at all times, at least

By not being so hilariously incompetent as to degrade to the point of trench warfare. Everything happening in Ukraine is only the way it is because the Russians make koala look like rocket scientists and the Ukrainians didn't have the means to achieve air superiority.

>>64504049
>>64504061
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-army-ranger-ukraine-fighting-far-worse-than-afghanistan-iraq-2023-7

>>64504034 (OP)
That picture is from March 2022

>>64504098
>being the underdog in a fight against a superior opponent is hard
How do these professional soldiers not have any understanding of previous conflicts? Do they not read any history at all? Fighting is your career and yet you didn't bother to look back to previous similar situations and draw some lessons from it?

>>64504209
>Do they not read any history at all?
They're american

>>64504219
>Recent r*ssian humiliations
Security Service of Ukraine had detained FSB agent attempting to plant wire-trap bomb in park in Kharkiv

Explosions were reported in Novokuybyshevsk of Samara region

Naval drones have attacked Tuapse port

2 explosions were reported at the substation in Taganrog of Rostov region

Explosions and fire were reported at Dzhankoi 330kV substation in occupied Crimea

Drones have attacked Likhovskaya of Rostov region

>>64504034 (OP)
I'm not 100% sure but i think the rate of executions/betrayal/male rapes are a lot more common and accepted in the russian army

>>64504238
I'm sure there's a non-zero chance that there was a russian commander that disallowed rape, theft, corruption, and other things that degraded morale and professionalism. I'm also sure he was killed within the first week.