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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
The Eastern Bloc we terrible as Unit & Sub-unit tactics.
Especially their NCO's. If you read up on those that have been involved in the training missions to former Eastern Bloc countries they all say the say thing. There is a distinct lack of ingenuity and ability to self-direct.
It is even worse when you chuck in conscripts.
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I think you know this, but there is a distinctive difference between Eastern Block and Western NCOs.
In the Russian Army a Sergeant is a conscript like the Privates around him, they are just selected during their basic training to go to a different school based around their intelligence and reliability. They have no more experience then the privates, they just have a little bit better training in leadership, weapons use excetera.
This is different then the NCO's in the Western Military where they spend lots of time in training and gaining experience before they're promoted. In Russia its a insta promotion early in their basic training. Its why you see junior officers in the Russian Military doing the job of Sergeants and warrant officers and corporals in the West.