Russian Ground Force Structure Explained

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[joshbaumgartner]

'literally spent 100s of hours mapping...' - a man after my own heart!

[cg._slowburning]

Russia is the largest country on earth so im not surprised you cant map it all. it covers 11 time zones. so dont worry keep up your work its great stuff

[jannegrey]

Good Job compiling this map. I know how hard of a task it is, so it is appreciated.

[theobserver]

3:46 - this specialization could explain poor combinated arms (with air force) in Ukraine. And losing officers become even worse due to losing specialized experience of that officer, making replacement harder

[Immerteal]

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[SgtAndrewM]

you do alot more work than main stream media

[oxidelicious]

I love looking at maps like this and seeing US or Russian bases in some random obscure locations around the globe. And what units are stationed there. Thank you and Project Owl for all the hard work looking through all this.

[wyskass]

That arctic base and the triangular building with the 3 domes looks intriguing. It looks like an airport terminal.

[inspectorclouseau]

I to love spending hours on google maps searching for militairy bases. Great video!

[factfilenews]

Excellent piece of Open Source Intelligence.

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[olegkosygin]

1:43 it wasn't the invasion that left the Red Army unprepared. It was Stalin's purges that did so. In his paranoia, he's executed of exiled practically every single one of USSR's competent generals and officers, instilled paranoia and suspicion into the soldiers and army's civilian support staff.

RKKA was THE largest army in the world by the time Germany invaded. They had the most tanks, the most modern tanks (aside from electronics, which had to be sourced from Germany), most planes (which got bombed on the day of the invasion because they were literally next to the border) they had great defensive positions, they had lots of manpower and lots of very well-trained shock troops and field officers, lots of reserves to mobilize... but the idiocy and fear of Stalin that the replacement commanders suffered from have caused them to waste it all in stupid ideologically-driven counterattacks. Mekhlis, for instance, has famously refused to let the competent general prepare defensive positions, claiming that it would compromise morale! Stalin had people executed for reporting the imminent invasion to him.

To stabilize the front, Stalin had to pull generals from death row he's sent them to.

That moron has done more harm to Soviet defense than anybody he's had murdered.

[rougehawk]

8:05 thats the Kwajalein Atoll if anyone was wondering :-)

[innerlight]

The absolut main problem of the russian military is, they have no NCO's (non commissioned officers) which acts as a experienced interface between the normal soldiers and the officers.

Germany/Prussia had these ranks, and that is one reason why the german military was so successful in the last 150 years.

[danstotland]

Wonderful, thorough exhaustive work. Bravo! I suspect that the CIA has, already, offered you a senior position.

[will.]

Got to love your dedication towards OSINT

[Proxy]

Yo covert I love ur vids man, I’ve been watching for about a year now and the amount of research and dedication you put into each video are absolutely insane. Keep doing what ur doing and I hope to see ur channel grow In the future.

I’d like to know exactly what the the US is sending the Ukraine and is planning to send and how it affects the war in the east. My parents are afghan, and I can see small similarities on how the javelins, laws, and stingers capabilities have destroyed Russian airborne forces and tanks all across Ukraine.

[aloh]

The slide at 47 seconds...

Wow, that is a serious amount!!

[powkung]

I was expecting more commentary on how the structures work, not just "these are what those are formed from"... the battalion recon groups are a very interesting topic, the Russians use offensive recon, probing defenses and light duty operations to test reactions, which the chain of command can then use to pick preferred attack points