All according to plan. Putin is a very smart guy.

Russia is conscripting troops, so maybe we'll get lucky and Abra will get rounded up.

300,000 additional soldiers to try to salvage a war against a country of only 44 million.  NBD.

 

 

 

 

13 hours ago, Abracadabra said:

According to Erdogan, the "rightful owners" include the Tartars. 

good luck on the front, clown. 

 

oh wait, i forgot, you're a coward. 

 

Just now, mayanh8 said:

 

So much winning.

 

35km queue of people trying to flee Russia.

Just now, mayanh8 said:

 

35km/21mi long queue of people trying to flee Russia.

 

6 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

 

Lets see, 144 million, divide by 2 = 72 million males

65.52% of the 72 million is in that age range so 47.1744 million.

I haven't seen what % of the reservists are women, but I did see one stat that 10% of the military are women back at the beginning of the century, so lets assume of the 25 million reservist, 22 million are male.

 

So question for the group here since I don't know how they operate..... so if they really have 22 million male reservists, that's a big chunk of the male population in that age range.  Do they basically say "if you are man between the ages of 18 and 30, you are automatically a member of our army reserves"?

6 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

 

35km queue of people trying to flee Russia.

Pfft, that's only the distance going from Philly to Trenton.  NBD

How soon till Putin bombs that whole traffic jam and says Ukraine did it?

14 minutes ago, paco said:

Lets see, 144 million, divide by 2 = 72 million males

65.52% of the 72 million is in that age range so 47.1744 million.

I haven't seen what % of the reservists are women, but I did see one stat that 10% of the military are women back at the beginning of the century, so lets assume of the 25 million reservist, 22 million are male.

 

So question for the group here since I don't know how they operate..... so if they really have 22 million male reservists, that's a big chunk of the male population in that age range.  Do they basically say "if you are man between the ages of 18 and 30, you are automatically a member of our army reserves"?

I don't think there are 25 million reservists. I think it's more like 2.5 million.

It’s all according to plan. Putin knew this would happen. He thought of everything. 

Just now, mayanh8 said:

I don't think there are 25 million reservists. I think it's more like 2.5 million.

So its like the R-words pretending they had a sell out streak despite the fact only 5 fans show up to the games.

1 minute ago, paco said:

So its like the R-words pretending they had a sell out streak despite the fact only 5 fans show up to the games.

I think the guy mistyped on his tweet...

Russian Reserve

The Russian reserve has over two million former conscripts and contract servicemen on paper, but few are actively trained or prepared for war.[11] Historically, only 10 percent of reservists receive refresher training after completing their initial term of service.[12] Russia lacks the administrative and financial capacity to train reservists on an ongoing basis. According to a 2019 RAND analysis, Russia only had 4,000 to 5,000 troops in what would be considered an active reserve in the Western sense, meaning soldiers attending regular monthly and annual training.[13] Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has repeatedly stated that the Russian Armed Forces hoped to have 80,000-100,000 active reserve members.[14]

In 2021, the Russian military started a new initiative to remedy its lack of a ready reserve, the Russian Combat Army Reserve (BARS-2021). BARS-2021 aimed to establish an active reserve by recruiting volunteer reservists for three-year contract service.[15] BARS-2021 operated on the same principle as US and NATO reserves, where reservists actively train and are compensated. The concept of BARS-2021 was that volunteer Russian reservists would regularly participate in monthly exercises and maintain their mobilization readiness while maintaining their civilian jobs.[16]

Local administrations began distributing information about enlisting into the Russian reserves throughout late August and early September 2021, offering significant financial incentives.[17] Eligible reservists included soldiers younger than 42, junior officers younger than 47, colonels younger than 57, and other senior officials younger than 52.[18] Reservists would continue training two or three times a month throughout peacetime and form their own military units. The Southern Military District (SMD) announced a goal of having a 38,000-person reserve corps of service veterans, up from 400 people.[19] There is limited information on how many reservists returned to military service; Novokuznetsk data shows that the city planned to gain 220 reservists, but reported only recruiting 20.[20] The Central Military District (CMD) reported conducting a BARS-2022 program from January 24-26, 2022, during which the CMD gained 9,000 reservists.

The Russian Armed Forces sought to create exclusively reservist units but likely did not accomplish its goals due to low engagement.[21] The Russian Defense Ministry hoped to recruit more than 100,000 reservists starting in August 2021, but it is unlikely the Kremlin was able to achieve its goals on such a short timeline.

As dumb as this war is for Russia, the U.S. did Vietnam so…

they need to get rid of Putin somehow and try to act like a normal country for once.  Lol

16 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

I think the guy mistyped on his tweet...

Russian Reserve

The Russian reserve has over two million former conscripts and contract servicemen on paper, but few are actively trained or prepared for war.[11] Historically, only 10 percent of reservists receive refresher training after completing their initial term of service.[12] Russia lacks the administrative and financial capacity to train reservists on an ongoing basis. According to a 2019 RAND analysis, Russia only had 4,000 to 5,000 troops in what would be considered an active reserve in the Western sense, meaning soldiers attending regular monthly and annual training.[13] Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has repeatedly stated that the Russian Armed Forces hoped to have 80,000-100,000 active reserve members.[14]

In 2021, the Russian military started a new initiative to remedy its lack of a ready reserve, the Russian Combat Army Reserve (BARS-2021). BARS-2021 aimed to establish an active reserve by recruiting volunteer reservists for three-year contract service.[15] BARS-2021 operated on the same principle as US and NATO reserves, where reservists actively train and are compensated. The concept of BARS-2021 was that volunteer Russian reservists would regularly participate in monthly exercises and maintain their mobilization readiness while maintaining their civilian jobs.[16]

Local administrations began distributing information about enlisting into the Russian reserves throughout late August and early September 2021, offering significant financial incentives.[17] Eligible reservists included soldiers younger than 42, junior officers younger than 47, colonels younger than 57, and other senior officials younger than 52.[18] Reservists would continue training two or three times a month throughout peacetime and form their own military units. The Southern Military District (SMD) announced a goal of having a 38,000-person reserve corps of service veterans, up from 400 people.[19] There is limited information on how many reservists returned to military service; Novokuznetsk data shows that the city planned to gain 220 reservists, but reported only recruiting 20.[20] The Central Military District (CMD) reported conducting a BARS-2022 program from January 24-26, 2022, during which the CMD gained 9,000 reservists.

The Russian Armed Forces sought to create exclusively reservist units but likely did not accomplish its goals due to low engagement.[21] The Russian Defense Ministry hoped to recruit more than 100,000 reservists starting in August 2021, but it is unlikely the Kremlin was able to achieve its goals on such a short timeline.

So if it is 2.5 million, they are pulling about 13% of them on a war that was only supposed to be 2-3 weeks long.

 

 

 

'How to Break Arm' Becomes Top Google Trend as Russians Face Conscription   

46 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

 

35km queue of people trying to flee Russia.

 

Maybe they will fly Trump in to secure their border, plus he may need asylum anyways.

4 hours ago, mayanh8 said:

 

 

Don't fret @Abracadabra, I am sure flights in are OK and you can go take up the fight for mother Russia.

6 minutes ago, paco said:

'How to Break Arm' Becomes Top Google Trend as Russians Face Conscription   

our resident russian power bottoms current situation

 

If Tom Cruise was in Middle Earth would his favorite author be Elrond Hubbard?

16 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

When will someone just kill this guy, so Micheal Bay can make a terrible movie about it?  

They should make a movie about @Bill

Hmm, maybe that coalition isn't as strong as Abra thought

 

US in talks with India about rethinking reliance on Russian arms and energy