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Originally Posted by Kurttis Thomas
Ok here's what I have to say the russsians ahd an almost endless supply of men and material the Germans did not I think that up untill 1945 the German soldier was still better trained and better equpped as inquality of weapons and machines than the Russians but they simply didn't have enough to meet thier needs I think really the russian cammanders did very little tactical thinking about what might happen to their men if they took some ation because of the blind faith and obidieance to Satlin They lead divions of I nfantry to massacare in minutes over and over and over and you get it and then finnally the Germans would give and retreat. They ground down the Germans with supriority in numbers.
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Well KT you have included almost every myth propagated during the cold war about the Russians during WW2. The fact is the Russians were out producing and out fighting the Germans at almost every turn. Late war German equipment was, despite the huge fan base it has, over engineered crap. They had good guns and optics but that was it. The chassis and running gear were rubbish. I heard it summed up nicely once, on the eastern front the life expectancy of an AFV was approx 3-6 months, the Russians built tanks to last 10 months, the Germans built tanks to last 10 years.
Also, the Germans were better trained?? Tell me how the 13 and 14 year old boys were better trained? Or the 'Foot and Stomach' battalions? The fact is old men and boys were being sent to their slaughter by the German high command.