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I don't know anything about russian rail network, but I heard it being mentioned in passing multiple times in the articles since the war started. Is their milit

I don't know anything about russian rail network, but I heard it being mentioned in passing multiple times in the articles since the war started. Is their military logistics rail network actually great? And why? I am not trying to debate this, I genuinely know nothing about the difference in importance of rail vs air vs whatever else when it comes to military logistics. I found the mentions of the russian rail interesting, so at this point I just want to know more about it in the context of current events.

PaulHoule 4y ago
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Railway_Troops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Railway_Troops Long before the Bolsheviks the Russians have seen railway logistics a key to defensive or regional war. Inside their boundaries they can move troops and supplies highly efficiently. It may even help in an invasion of a neighbor that has a compatible rail network that can be commandeered. Rail can move a tremendous volume of stuff at low cost, when they tried to invade Kiev they had to go by road and had a terrible time with sustainment. The U.S. ability to communicate by air and sea has global reach (why I said ‘one of the best’) but in its range you can’t beat the low cost and high volume of rail.