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By no means an expert but my understanding is that if you can't make the logistics work for a military operation then the chances of failure are very high, mayb
by JJMcJ 4y ago
By no means an expert but my understanding is that if you can't make the logistics work for a military operation then the chances of failure are very high, maybe even literally 100%.
- chasd00 4y agomy 10 year old, out of the blue, told me once "artillery wins battles but logistics wins wars". Heh he's really into a couple youtube history channels.
- trhway 4y agoWatch the Kherson region now - Russia has a 25K strong army on the right side of Dneper river there, and thanks to US supplied high precision missiles (HIMARS) Ukraine has practically disabled the bridges leading there, so that Russian army has only minimal supply using ferries. The railway from Crimea to those bridges and ferries had also been constantly stricken (frequently the strike would be at a large military supply train riding there) In general, across the front, we see David vs. Goliath fight with supply logistics being the Goliath's spot that David is targeting - Russia has 5-10x of old style un-precise artillery advantage, and their main approach is to flood Ukrainians with ocean of fire, and that requires tremendous amount of supply, while Ukraine having only about 40 of those HIMARS launchers has been methodically taking out key Russian targets among which large Russian ammo and fuel depots to the 50 miles depth (the range of those missiles) thus straining Russian supply of the frontline.
- Aeolun 4y agoWe have a very recent example that proves this point.