• panthera_@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    Why would Russia use SAS veterans to train their troops? Russia has its own special forces, Spetsnaz. Spetsnaz would be more familiar with Russian weapons, tactics, and the type of war in Ukraine.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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      7 hours ago

      My guess would be that the more instructors you have the more troops you can properly train. It’s not enough to have couple of Spetznaz guys to train an army. You need a lot of them but you also need them actually fighting on the front.

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        9 hours ago

        Hehe, remembering the joys of Deadliest Warrior now. No clips found on youtube, but that spetsnaz dude doing all the tactical dodging and faffing about while shooting still gets to me. Especially when the US army guy responds that its just more efficient to raise your gun and shoot first. lol

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      11 hours ago

      I suspect the Spetznaz have either been found not as capable as once thought, or largely used up as a resource already