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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
The technological advances have negated the 3-1 ratio for attacking to defending troops, but as I said before I still hope a lot of body bags go home to The Motherland.
Urban fighting, if the defenders are totally committed, is one of the last areas where a small force can really bog down an attacker.
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Yes sir, you're absolutely right, now that artillery is extremely accurate they don't need hundreds of guns or rocket artillery anymore, especially with battlefield integration, satellite's and drone technology. That can actually speed up a advance as your not waiting for massive artillery support. Russia also has excellent counter battery technology, so being an artillary soldier is a miserable experience in a modern battlefield.
Also modern battle tanks are extremely fast, their main cannon round has extreme range and accuracy. APC can fight in and out at high speed as well.
While a 3-1 advantage was a requirement in any Russian or Soviet battleplan, its not necessary now, but the Russian's still have a massive advantage in tanks, planes, helicopters, APC's, AFV's and men.
The terrible thing is that Ukraine is now encouraging their civillians to take up arms. So yeah, we'll have a building to building battle in major centers that will guarantee extreme civilian casualties.