Wendover Productions: The Failed Logistics of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

[George K]

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

that is good background for me. Thanks!

[George K]

@taiwan_girl Wendover does a good job analyzing stuff, including the efficacy of air-travel, why things cost as much as they do, etc.

There were insights here that I'd not heard before (such as the limit of supply based on distance from depot and presumed speed of travel).

I also found the difference in philosophy of supply between the US and Russia interesting: "Send us what we need" vs "We'll send you stuff on our schedule."

[taiwan_girl]

I guess i can understand why only (on average) 10% of the military is involved in the actual fighting. A lot of "behind the scenes" stuff, including logistics

[jon-nyc]

Excellent video.

[jon-nyc]

Each Russian army has a logistics unit with ~480 transport vehicles.

To put that in perspective, during WW-II the US supplied the Soviets with 600,000 trucks over 4 years. That’s over 400 new trucks per day on average.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Wendover Productions: The Failed Logistics of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine:

Excellent video.

This outfit always does a good job explaining stuff, like why airliners don't fly faster, etc.