Originally Posted by Teal
Originally Posted by JoeBob
So, in the entirety of WW 2 we lost two generals to hostile fire and two more to friendly fire. But the Russians, with a fraction of the men involved and in a fraction of the time involved have lost four? Yeah, bullschit.

And that is just a bullschit story. He died with a squad trying to storm Maripul? Generals don’t do that schit.


Russian doctrine is to have Captains and majors lead squads. In the US - that's an E5/E6.

Seriously. Russian generals do "operate" (not a SEAL Team 6 way) well below what American generals do.



Originally Posted by Teal
The average American E4 is given the equivalent authority and responsibility of a Russian/Slav O5 or O6. Depending on role.



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