"An arguement against mechanization?" Topic
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| Korvessa | 21 Feb 2026 11:21 a.m. PST |
I have no idea if this is true, it's just something that occurred to me as I was working on a Winter War project.
By 1939 standards, the Soviets were one of the most mechanized armies in the world. yet they weren't 100% mechanized as they still took thousands of horses with them.
The Finns captured almost 1200 horses at Suomussalmi for example.
It seems to me when you are trapped in a motti with no supplies, it is easier to eat a horse than a truck. |
robert piepenbrink  | 21 Feb 2026 11:29 a.m. PST |
Good point. Let's see whether Putin brings horses out of storage when he runs out of T-55's. |
| 79thPA | 21 Feb 2026 12:45 p.m. PST |
Or you would still have supplies if you had plenty of trucks. |
| Shardik | 21 Feb 2026 2:10 p.m. PST |
As the Japanese demonstrated in Malaya, if you don't have trucks, you don't need roads. |
| Zephyr1 | 21 Feb 2026 3:06 p.m. PST |
Well, no mechanization is fine, until the other guy shows up with tanks… ;-) |
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