The average Russian soldier is almost on par with the average American soldier in terms of training and competency. But since the US military went full blown SJW faggot, Russia might have a slight edge soldier for soldier.
absolutely not. The average russian infantry man is a draftee that has only the sufferings of dedovshina and the drive to fulfil his basic needs in mind, dreaming of the day that he can finally be relieved from the hellhole that is the service in the russian armed forces.
This 18 year old oleg is getting jack shit for his service, is there soley because he wasnt smart/wealthy enough to dodge the draft and unmotivated to go die for his asshole superiors which dont see him more than expendable rifle carrying sack of meat and bone.
His actual exercises will be limited due to the budget being stolen on the way down by corrupt supervisors, and unlike the professional contract minority(, he will not enjoy modern equipment, resorting to the same nineties reserves in conservation storage.
[UWSL]The vast bulk of Russian army is draft and reserve based.[/UWSL]
the average US infantry man is contracted and voluntary drafted. While the quality of recruits have dropped for the past several decades, he will still be more motivated and recieve much more budget wise on individual level drills while maintaining a stable kit of modern equipment and proficiency of using modern electronic battlefield communications and assessment tools.
As for beyond individual soldier I will present just some short facts about what happed to the Russian armed forces in terms of organisation, cooperation, and operational capacity during the invasion of Ukraine :
Russian airforce failed to achieve complete air dominance. More than two weeks in, turkish UCAVs are still flown by ukraine to strike russian supply collumns.
Russian air defence fails to provide adequate coverage for ground forces.
Russian air force does not operate frontline aviation due to pilots inexperience and lack of functioning cooperation channels to provide accurate close air support with command being wary of blue on blue casualties.
Russian mechanised battalion groups dash has been poorly coordinated, causing terrible congestion at critical choke points.
Russian logistic supply has not been able to keep up with a modern mechanised unit advance, resulting in a plethora of abandoned vehicles due to lack of gasoline or spare parts/repair facilities.
Russian logistic supply has not been properly secured. Many convoys are being ambushed and destroyed.
Russian communications have been unencrypted and opened to tapping by as much as local civilians. Russian army enters the 21st century battlefield with 20th century COMSEC.
Russian airborne units being dropped on objectives without subsequent conventional force being able to arrive and reinforce them in a timely manner, leaving to high casualty rates. Poor coordination.
Russian air brigades and light recon units attempting assault of urban areas without armored support, naturally taking high casualties.
Russian armoured units probing urban areas without any infantry cover and paying for it in extra burning tanks. Both of these further suggesting poor combined arms performance.
Several high profile staff casualties suggest poor HQ security and intelligence loss leaving vulnerable to spec ops kill teams.
The conflict in Ukraine has unveiled a lot of unpleasant realities about the readiness state of the Russian armed forces. It has a lot of bitter lessons to catch up to, and rapid adjustments to make for which im afraid it has no time or funds(of what remains after the defence budget is being shaved off by corruption).
