Russia - threadbanned users in OP

It's a little game being played across this and the thread in the politics forum .

I always find it amusing

I think the answer is that it depends. It doesn't necessarily meant that there are another 71 Motor Rifle Regiments because some nations have in the past picked non-consecutive numbering to confuse the foreign intelligence about true strengths. I'd like to see an informed answer about this.

Here's some historical trivia related to the subject...since the late 18th Century, France had two regiments of cavary called the 1st and 2nd Carabiniers. The uniform was blue surcoat with a bearskin hat, very like the Imperial Guard Horse Grenadiers that were to come later. Napoleon was so impressed with their battlefield performance in 1809 that he decided to "upgrade" them to armoured cavalry, called Cuirassiers, of which there were already 12 regiments. This did not go down well with the commanders of the carabinier regiments as there was status in having a low regimental number and they were damned if the 1st and 2nd Carabiniers were going to slide down the seniority ladder to become the 13th and 14th Cuirassiers. Napoleon squared the circle by allowing them to retain their regimental numbers and titles, but they were re-equipped with white coats instead of blue and brass cuirasses instead of the Cuirassiers' steel. Napoleon got his two additional regiments of armoured heavies, and the carabiniers kept their titles and seniority. Win-win.

The British regiments of Dragoon Guards got their name in the late 1700s as the result of a similar argument. They had been equipped with armour (cuirass only) and were called "Regiments of Horse", but the powers that were decided they were too expensive and wanted them to be equipped as dragoon regiments (basically the same gear but minus the armour). The Horse Regiment commanders kicked up for the same reasons as the French carabiniers would 30-odd years later, and the solution was that henceforth, British heavy cavalry would consist only of dragoons, but some were called "Dragoon Guards". Again, both honour and the requirements of the high command were satisfied.

L-R: Pre-1810 Carabinier, Post-1810 Carabinier, Cuirassier

That guy wants to be Goebbels.

I'll be sticking to Ukraine, been 8+ years now of posting in support of Ukraine.

Don't buy Chinese for the majority of anything.

But in slightly more interesting news Poland is sueing Germany for losses during WW2 they have estimated repatriations of 1.3 trillion is owed to them for damages inflicted on them,

Germany bent over a barrel by putin and now others are joining the list to take a turn

Even if the war ends, there's no guarantee that Russia's pariah state status will be lifted, not whilst the tyrant remains in the Kremlin. One could imagine the sanctions, travel bans and sporting bans remaining in place for quite a few years.

Remember they are sailing two ships between us and the UK sailing at a steady 10 knots for most part,

I'd say the sub posted is likely British (open to correction).

East Timor and eiratrea were peace enforcement if I remember correctly?

You already mentioned Timor

Love How many people on social media are claiming the Kherson counter attack has totally failed with ukraine suffering huge and catastrophic losses ,yet can't provide any evidence

Sure there's nothing but claims here about either side without evidence. That's the fuel for this entire thread.

There's been thousands of pieces of evidence posted since day one of the invasion, while many on here still denied Russia invaded ukraine because they didn't see any evidence.

OK, but that's a straw man because I didn't say there hasn't been evidence shared here either.

You yourself only shared a social media post today about an alleged evacuation of Zaporizhzhia with no evidence to back the claims.

I'm sure it's normal to have allegations and reports without evidence in a situation like this, you rely on them as much as the people you're now giving out about.