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Russian army soldiers on horseback
The Russian army plans to resurrect the use of horses on the battlefield. The old cavalry regiments have been replaced by their direct descendants for decades – the mobile artillery and mechanized cavalry units. But Russia has less and less operational armored.
Nostalgia seems to be taking the military hierarchies of the two largest powers in the world.
We have been news for the US president, Donald Trumphe announced that he was pondering, who became obsolete for decades.
Probably more by need than for nostalgia, Russia does not leave credits by other people and seems to be preparing for a past.
According to the newspaper, the Russian army plans to resurrect cavalry units operating in full, and its soldiers may soon be joke.
Russian soldiers were previously reported previously reported to use horses and donkeys to carry groceries on the front lines. However, note the Kommersant, the use of animal -drive transport in the Ukraine War has been attributed to sporadic episodes of improvisation on the ground.
But according to the Russian newspaper, Russia’s tests with cavalry units in full operation are “in many symptomatic aspects of the impasse The one that modern technology has come on an electronically overloaded front. ”
Kommersant cites an interview from Russia Today with the commander of a Storm Special Forces unit, which told the state television channel that their troops They are already learning riding.
The training is based on the assumption that The “instincts” of a horse make animals less likely to step on terrestrial mines and more able to navigate in the dark and in off -road conditions.
“The tactic involves Two men riding in a single horse: One leads and the other gives fire coverage. Upon arriving at the scene, both fighters disassemble and take the next enemy bastion, ”explained the commander quoted by Kommersant.
Unlike military vehicles, Horses are extremely agile On off -road tracks, much less likely to activate land mines with magnetic devices, which could provide a real advantage in difficult mobility.
However, The weight of a horse can trigger terrestrial mines. In addition, the horses require training and foodand have a load capacity far lower than the vehicles, so the Russian army is unlikely to employ large -scale combat horses, says Kommersant. “Overall, the attempt to bring horses back to the modern battlefield is widely symbolic“.
“In armed conflicts that became the stage to show technological innovations, when Modern technologies are vulnerableparticipants are once again forced to depend on basic toolsfrom analog telephone lines to cargo animals and wagons, ”notes the newspaper.
There are documented cases of Russian troops with alternative means of transportation In the front line, including motorcycles, electric and even single -attachment, notes the independent Russian portal. However, according to the Russian state media, these means were only used in isolated cases.
Ukraine has also used the imagination and innovative techniques to ensure the mobility of its troops. In August, the Ukrainian troops tested to send back the enemy lines to facilitate the evacuation of arrested or injured military.
