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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) May 2, 2022
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ALMOST ELEVEN: Putin’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, was hit by shrapnel and 20 of his staff killed after UKR signals intel units targeted his HQ near Izium. Gerasimov was medivaced to a military hospital in Russia. https://t.co/C3SqvV7pE6 pic.twitter.com/5AKwOtsbqZ
— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) May 1, 2022
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If these reports of GEN Gerasimov being wounded (and many others being killed and wounded) in the Izyum front, it's a big deal.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
But for even more reasons that this being "another general" being killed/wounded on the front lines.
Let me explain in this 🧵 1/15 https://t.co/fb0o2oDNm7
Since 2012, he has engaged with our CJCS, Generals' Dempsey, GEN Dunford, & – for the last 4 years – GEN Milley.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
He is linked with Russia's "Gerasimov Doctrine," & he was likely the 'brainchild" of the original operation against Ukraine.
He was Putin's "main man." 3/ pic.twitter.com/fSNdC2MJuB
This would be the equivalent of placing GEN Milley in charge of a tactical battle in a small sector under the operational command of, say, GEN Wolters of EUCOM.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
Embarrassing for the senior dude (Gerasimov); awkward for the junior dude (Dvornikov).
And who's in Moscow? 5/ pic.twitter.com/pSHNwvECfC
Then…to make it even worse…it appears RU is still having Command, Control, Communication & Intelligence (C3I) issues.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
Russia is having a very hard time overcoming their reliance on overt hierarchical command structure. 7/ pic.twitter.com/ZrlDqosf50
It dates back to Helmuth von Moltke, Chief of the Prussian General Staff during the Franco-Prussian War.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
It was called "Auftragstaktik." It described how subordinates took action in the absence of orders …actions that support intent.
Mission command comes from that. 9/
From my limited observations of the Russian Army, they have no clue how to do this.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
At the senior, middle, or junior level.
The result is indiscipline and chaos when someone is killed or injured and removed from the field. 13/
A final thought.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) May 1, 2022
This morning I saw people discussing on the internet how some of these "tips" on twitter provides Russian info that would help them "fix" their mistakes.
Yeah, that won't happen. Their culture is flawed.
So don't worry about "tips." 15/15
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