How "professional" Russian Army is

[secondchance]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnsmwHb2H9w

 

[SupersonicMax]

Because road accidents with armored vehicle/weaponry never happens in the West...

 

[jollyjacktar]

or zoomies trashing their rides either

 

[SupersonicMax]

Even though the SU-27 crash sequence looks and feels fake, you are right.  San Diego a couple years ago?  A Navy Hornet crashed in a neighbourhood.

I am not sure there is necessarily a direct correlation between accidents and professionalism...

 

[RMJOE]

This was very interesting to watch thanks for posting.

 

[jollyjacktar]

Even though the SU-27 crash sequence looks and feels fake, you are right.  San Diego a couple years ago?  A Navy Hornet crashed in a neighbourhood.

I am not sure there is necessarily a direct correlation between accidents and professionalism...

Not all the time of course.  Sometimes, no doubt, there is but accidents can and do happen for the most innocent of reasons.  I agree about the crash at the end of the clip.  As that is your world I'll take your professional opinion on it.

 

[cupper]

It's also interesting that some of the clips show a WW2 era T-34 being "loaded" onto a flatbed. Presumably this was not a current Russian Army unit but more likely a civilian mover, as there were no uniformed personnel in sight.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Here's ONE way to find out ....

The Russian military in the future hope to take part in open competitions with the colleagues from Western Europe and the United States, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Thursday.

"I believe that the time will come when our colleagues from Western European countries and the United States will decide to have an open competition with us. It’s a kind of challenge to our colleagues. We are ready to come to their military ranges and demonstrate who is better, who is more powerful," Antonov told a news conference devoted to the upcoming International Army Games.

"The upcoming games will demonstrate the combat capabilities of modern military hardware. Frankly, not all countries have decided to come to us, not only because of political, but also because of military-technical concerns. Some states did not hide that if they lose the competition to Russia, their equipment will have less export opportunities, as a result of which they may lose millions," said the deputy defense minister.

Almost 60 teams from 17 countries will participate in the International Army Games, which Russia will host in the first half of August, Chief of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing for military attaches on Tuesday. "The first International Army Games will involve 57 teams from 17 states and 20 groups of observers from six countries representing Europe, Asia, Arica and Latin America," he said. Overall, more than 2,000 foreign servicemen will take part in the competition, according to the 2015 Army Games Organising Committee ....

.... although it's interesting that they're not inviting western militaries to Russian training grounds.

And who's taking part in the 2015 Army Games?  See attached graphic from the event web page.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Looks fun

 

[vonGarvin]

or zoomies trashing their rides either

We've had our "oopsies" as well...

 

[The Bread Guy]

We've had our "oopsies" as well...

Good point - hard to judge the whole by ONLY its worst moments.

 

[CougarKing]

Speaking of which...

Diplomat

Russian Soldiers Cause a Ruckus in Tajikistan
A group of Russian soldiers–drunk and in their underwear–got into a fight with locals this week.

Earlier this week RFE/RL’s Tajik service reported that a group of drunken, disrobed Russian soldiers got into a brawl with local Tajiks in Kulob. Russia has three military installations in Tajikistan–near Kulob, Qurghonteppa, and Dushanbe–all part of the 201st Motor Rifle Division. Between the three sites, Russia has 7,000 troops in Tajikistan and a 2012 agreement extends Russia’s base leases until 2042.

Foreign soldiers are not always the best guests. While the United States has by far the most military installations on foreign soil in the world, in Central Asia, Russia has a decidedly larger (and historic) military presence. In addition to the bases in Tajikistan, Russia occupies the Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan (which from 2001 to 2014 was the only country in the world to host both American and Russian military forces) and reportedly has additional facilities in the country. In 2013 a group of environmental activists in Kazakhstan demanded that the country close the Russian spaceport at Baikonur. Kazakhstan hosts a handful of other Russian military installations–including a Soviet-era radar station and a ballistic missile testing ground. An Indian airbase in Tajikistan has been rumored for years, but there’s never any real evidence to support the talk.

(...SNIPPED)

 

[Polski]

Speaking of which...

Diplomat

What's your point? You don't think Canadian soldiers do this?  Happens all the time...

 

[secondchance]

one more illustration how teach them to eat together.
A lot of swearing in Russian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MEU69uzb7w