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Title: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Con on January 15, 2013, 10:08:30 AM
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/russian-military-ordered-to-switch-to-socks/

One more sign that the Russian Bear is getting ready to rumble with the west.  I wonder why our intel people didn't raise the defcon warnings due to this change :D

Con
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 11:22:49 AM
They're breaking with 500 years of military tradition?

What's next? No more rum, sodomy, and the lash for its navy?
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Con on January 15, 2013, 11:34:29 AM
I think that's the British Naval Traditional...along with a healthy dose of cannibalism

Con
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Longdan on January 15, 2013, 11:51:42 AM
Quote from: Con on January 15, 2013, 10:08:30 AM
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/russian-military-ordered-to-switch-to-socks/

One more sign that the Russian Bear is getting ready to rumble with the west.  I wonder why our intel people didn't raise the defcon warnings due to this change :D

Con

They have a long history of getting caught by surprise.  Even by socks.
A guy once told me the good thing about portyanki is that you can almost always adjust them to get the
driest part next to your skin unlike socks and they dry easily.
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Longdan on January 15, 2013, 12:19:58 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 11:22:49 AM
They're breaking with 500 years of military tradition?

What's next? No more rum, sodomy, and the lash for its navy?


I thought their naval tradition was the great song "Comrade, Bold Comrade!  Who Forgot To Put The Lid On The Reactor?"
or
Товарищ, Bold товарищ! Кто забыл поставить крышку на реакторе?
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Steelgrave on January 15, 2013, 12:28:09 PM
^snort LOL   ;D
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 12:42:06 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on January 15, 2013, 12:28:09 PM
^snort LOL   ;D

+1

That was funny, Dan.
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: bayonetbrant on January 15, 2013, 01:36:34 PM
dammit dan. it hurts to laugh right now after aggravating my bruised ribs last night

no more funny stuff - anyofyouse!

maybe I just need to sign out for the day  :-\
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: bob48 on January 15, 2013, 02:51:23 PM
+1 and my first coffee spew of the day.
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: GDS_Starfury on January 15, 2013, 07:23:20 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 11:22:49 AM
They're breaking with 500 years of military tradition?

What's next? No more rum, sodomy, and the lash for its navy?

I wasnt aware that they currently have a navy.
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 07:54:33 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 15, 2013, 07:23:20 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on January 15, 2013, 11:22:49 AM
They're breaking with 500 years of military tradition?

What's next? No more rum, sodomy, and the lash for its navy?

I wasnt aware that they currently have a navy.

Check the Baltic sea floor.
Title: Re: Russians improve combat efficency
Post by: Longdan on January 15, 2013, 08:44:16 PM
They have a navy which Washington has been paying them to dismantle for a long
time.  Every longshoreman's house in Vladivostok has its own nuclear pile.