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@Tacticaltrooper2024

Жыл бұрын

Bananas 🍌

@jackdaniels_lxix

Жыл бұрын

Where the chad beard at ?

@EburdeyGordei4

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine is losing the war. Almost all professional soldiers are destroyed and Western mercenaries are fleeing from the country. The army is collapsing and military servicemen are capturing people right on the streets. Dozens of videos where Ukrainian solders refuse to conduct suicide orders. I can tell you what is going to happen next - Zelensky authority among his own troops and population is lowering everyday. Soon, he will just lose the control over his military. It is time for you to have some balls and admit that you pushed the false narrative all the time listening your bs media and some corrupt bloggers. How are you going to escape the situation? Hope that your viewers forget it? PS Call me a bot but it doesn't make any difference.

@greengold6705

Жыл бұрын

You realize Russia is clearly winning now Ukraine is on the run maybe your first thoughts on this war were correct

@brokeandtired

Жыл бұрын

I've seen the pictures of the Russian "Storage Depots". Almost every tank not already with units is rusted out and covered in moss after DECADES of being left outside. Saying Russia has 10,000 plus tank....Is like a General standing in a War Cemetery, pointing around him and claiming he has an army.

Perun did an awesome (as usual) presentation on this. What I love about his video is the way that he explains how a 20% skim is so much more than a 20% impact. Selling $500 worth of fuel could leave a $5M piece of equipment stranded in a field in Ukraine, waiting to be pulled away by a farmer with a tractor. That goes for fuel, cheap Chinese tires, you name it. It goes from General Kleptokrovich to Private Konscriptovich

@louishermann7676

Жыл бұрын

I do love every time I see Perun referenced on the internet.

@paulmea3166

Жыл бұрын

Perun's video is really good..

@benm5913

Жыл бұрын

@Dr. Bright He's an economist and logistics guy out of Australia. He does good analysis.

@PD-we8vf

Жыл бұрын

Did Perun do one on Hunter Bidens corroption and payoffs?

@braydoxastora5584

Жыл бұрын

Daddy perun does great work

something that is much more staggering than the actually 15-30% taken off the top is the fact that a LOT of Russian equipment is aging and requires the scheduled maintenance. If funds are redirected that need to go towards fixing up a 40 year old tank then that tank essentially becomes a piece of garbage... so now it's not 50k USD that is stolen, it also amounts to a 5 million dollar tank being rendered useless due to it's redirection of required maintenance funds.

@milosmilictrob2046

Жыл бұрын

Well thats not a valid argument, since US also uses 40 year old MBTs, M1A1 entered service 41 years ago, overwhelming majority were build during the last century, only small amounts were build in the last 20 years, same is with Russian tanks, so its not a good argument.

@fikriali3857

Жыл бұрын

@@milosmilictrob2046 thing is,the Abrams are well maintained,so that it can last longer,and still perform well on battle

@pulsatingsausageboy2076

Жыл бұрын

@@milosmilictrob2046 Actually they don’t and the U.S. maintains its equipment so it’s usable and it’s a very valid argument.

@kurousagi8155

Жыл бұрын

@@milosmilictrob2046 it’s not the age that is the problem. It’s the fact that no one is caring for the aging tank.

@DeadDogSanders

Жыл бұрын

GD thieving bastards???

A former Russian military soldier once told me back in 2012 that "Everything in Russia a bribe!"

I think the best explanation for why this corruption was allowed to carry on right up until the eve of war is simple enough - the vast majority of Russian forces didn’t know the war was going to happen until the very last second. Corruption carried on because it’s business as usual, and by the time the chiefs of staff realised that Putin was actually serious about trying to conquer all of Ukraine - it was already too late.

Corruption is a long standing "tradition" in Russia. It was a well documented pattern in the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire before that. The Soviet pilot that flew the Mig-25 to Japan assumed that you could pay "traffic fines" here in the US just by paying the officer that stopped you. He was bailed out of trouble by his handler who was trying to get him acculturated to US ways.

@GeorgeSemel

Жыл бұрын

It was rough going for a while for Victor, but he did after a little bumpy going, he adapted to living in our country and is a citizen. I remember that in 1976, was 27 and that makes him in his 70's now. His book is a good read.

@paulmakinson1965

Жыл бұрын

Corruption dates back to the Mongol invasion of the Kievan Rus, 13th century.

@JustMe-gn6yf

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it that way Mexican police operate too

@jjcoola998

Жыл бұрын

Africa is like this to, at least when I was living there Britney /corruption was part of culture for everyone

@B.D.E.

Жыл бұрын

@@JustMe-gn6yf You'll find it anywhere where officials are underpaid. Hard to bribe someone who makes a good living.

Another shocker was literally thousands of reserve tanks having the electronics stripped out for the gold and copper. It led to a commander committing suicide after losing all his armour in Ukraine.

@rohampasha9667

Жыл бұрын

What electronics?most russian tanks dont even have an embedded digitial circuit in them

@kameronjones7139

Жыл бұрын

@@rohampasha9667 not anymore they don't

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

Жыл бұрын

This was regarding the T-80 depots for the elite 4th Guards Tank Army. 10% were fit for service, the rest were write-offs.

@geonerd

Жыл бұрын

@@rohampasha9667 Forget the chips. Copper wire is valuable stuff!

@rohampasha9667

Жыл бұрын

@@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 is there any veriable photographic evidence of this? .. other than written facebook posts from the Ukrainian MOD

It was my first impression when in the first days of invasion the 40 km queues of tanks were stucked in the streets over days that the amount of the needed fuel was not existing in the stores. The army was just not ready to march and the personnel was overwhelmed by this decision.

1 million subs are around the corner for this channel and that's just the beginning. Unbelievably great content. This is information so well gathered and explained. Awesome work!

"Steal anything not nailed down, Anything I can pry up is not nailed down" - Russian military proverb

@rodwallace6237

Жыл бұрын

Lincoln once said of one of his cabinet, "he'd steal anything except a red hot stove."

@andrewruddy962

Жыл бұрын

@@rodwallace6237 , nice, haha.

@RonJohn63

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the movie "Lord of War".

@BlindDesertPete

Жыл бұрын

@@rodwallace6237 and when the man was outraged, said oh well I withdraw the statement.

@reinokarvinen8845

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was a finnish saying about the cossacks

Recall an interview with a retired US Procurement auditor that specialized in heavy duty truck tires. It was shocking to see him explain why Russian BTR-60 and 80 had high rates of tire failure due to lack of proper maintenance and replacement when they aged out.

@Taistelukalkkuna

Жыл бұрын

That is shocking. Considering BMP is tracked vehicle.

@ATankEnjoyer

Жыл бұрын

I don’t want to be that guy, but I think you or your guy might be confusing the BMP, with the BTR. BTRs are the 8x8 armoured infantry fighting vehicles. We’ve seen rotting tires on everything from trucks to APCs.

@tin-n-tan

Жыл бұрын

And their tyres are shit to begin with. So you have an inferior product that isn't maintained. Sounds excellent.

@williamlloyd3769

Жыл бұрын

@@Taistelukalkkuna - thanks for pointing out my mistake so I could correct my comment. Reference was to Russian BTR-60 and 80 family of vehicles.

@williamlloyd3769

Жыл бұрын

@@ATankEnjoyer - corrected

mad respect man, i notice that u are very specific when u believed something incorrect, saying "yeah i was wrong this was right" in like a totally matter-of-fact way, that sort of attitude will get you far man. Taking responsibility, not just fessing up to mistakes, but openly aknowledging them, it's a good way to live

This was a great breakdown of just how deep the corruption ran and destroyed the military from the inside. Thank you!

The funny thing is that here in Latin America, we have so many so-called "youtube channels" of "truth", pricing, and idolizing Putin. Still, when confronted with information like this, they just go insane over anyone exposing the Russian corruption. Keep up the good work pal. Cheers from Latin America.

@alpardo7022

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the insight. What is your opinion on why that is so? I've noticed that many people from Syria, and India are supporting Putin as well. Stands to reason l guess given current situations in their countries. One final thought: what is your feeling about Hitler escaping to south america? Seems to me their is far more evidence to suggest that he did than not. But, if course no one wants to believe that in the states and elsewhere.

@Victor-lc3pw

Жыл бұрын

I've talked with many people from Middle East and Africa and many of them like Putin because he is against the US. Are they jealous or what is this?

@2matagringos

Жыл бұрын

@@alpardo7022 It is complicated to understand why, people from around the world supports Putin, my guess, is that, at least, people from my country, who do, is just because, they do hate the E.U and the USA, but many of them are quite young to said that they do belong to the old communist parties from Latin America, so that rules out that they are communist from the old school that may identify themselves with Putin, because he is trying to resuscitate the glories of the defunct CCCP. This young people, who supports Putin, are usually, from the new left, which wants nothing with conservatives, despite the old left was quite conservative in some areas, so honestly, to me, is quite hard to find a tangible answer, because Putin is an ultra-nationalist and a conservative, and those views do not merge well with the new left. As far Hitler in South America, well, many things suggest that, but that is a topic that my knowledge may not be the right one to talk about of such topic, I do live in Central America, not South America. I do hope that, at some point in history, this will be clarified for one and for all by a dedicated historian. Cheers from, CR.

@2matagringos

Жыл бұрын

@@Victor-lc3pw Plain hate to the USA or the EU, but keep in mind that, in a hypothetical scenario, if this people, the heaters, ever have the opportunity to choose where to live, in Russia or the USA, well, we all know, wich county the will choose.

@asdf3568

Жыл бұрын

I made it to the part where he said Russia is struggling against Ukraine. If he can't even get that right, then how can I trust anything else he says?

Old story. I had a buddy who opened wholesale drug business for a Fortune 500 firm after the USSR fell on it's ass. They persisted for several years but finally pulled out as the Russian Organized crime system was the most efficient means of distributing stuff, and they charged less payoff than the government crooks did to get stuff done. The company was not willing to explicitly deal with the criminal organization, and the govt people were too expensive to buy off. They folded up and left the country.

@LuvBorderCollies

Жыл бұрын

I read an article a couple years after 1991 about one of the reasons the USSR collapsed. I forget the finest details but gist was people couldn't tell the Russia Mafia from the Russia government. The whole place is filthy rotten corrupt. Chy-na operates the same way.

@FarmerDrew

Жыл бұрын

*its

@nich7622

Жыл бұрын

Фанни рашн-хейтинг гёрлс-клаб.

Excellent production, thank you Cheers Brian

I talked to several former Russian soldiers who now live over here and work as technicians. The things that they told me of changing test results for tanks and vehicles ( trucks ) was unbelieveable. The Army actually purchased several models of U.S. and British commercial trucks through a third party and tore them down to test and then copy in order to make a decent vehicle. They were issued flashlights without batteries and then have to buy them with their money. Clothing when damaged in battle is not replaced, parts, fuel, food, and sometimes amo such as grenades, explosives, etc....not available. They were told that until new stuff arrived don't cause a battle. These are things that any infantryman should have. He fought in the Afgan War and it looks as if things are not better. New truck tires are swapped out for bad ones on a dump and then locked away as new. The new ones are sold off to a commercial buyer.His commander was selling off fuel, blankets or clothing he ordered for the 48 new ghost solders he never had. The Russians used to call us capitalist pigs for our profit making ways...I guess they don't consider stealing and selling off the stuff for money being a capitalist.

This isn't a problem faced just by Russia, it is a culture remnant of the USSR, and a rampant issue in most post-Soviet countries.

@dickmelsonlupot7697

Жыл бұрын

especially in Ukraine. Hell, it was just recently that Ukraine was found to be the most corrupt European country and only now they became 2nd to last to Russia but that doesn't mean the Ukrainians did better. The biggest worry for all the money and arms being sent to Ukraine is that much of it can be stolen and abused by Ukrainian officials.

@TheAsdasy

Жыл бұрын

And its not only in the military, its in every government instance.

@vos2693

Жыл бұрын

There is nothing "cultural", Baltic states were part of USSR too.

@EdGeLV

Жыл бұрын

@@vos2693 and eastern block and baltic states still have varying amounts of corruption

@vos2693

Жыл бұрын

@@EdGeLV wow, you probably work as attorney or government official

Hi mate, fantastic to see you cover this topic. Corruption in militaries isn't the most discussed topic - but the impact on capability and readiness is significant. If you ever decide to come back to the topic or anything like it, feel free to get in touch - I have a decent stock of documents and stories that I gathered when preparing my look at the topic that I couldn't cover, even in a 60 minute time. Ditto if you ever want to look at at another nation or get a procurement/industry centric view on the issue.

@thereallocke8065

Жыл бұрын

Commenting to boost

@ianmorgan1325

Жыл бұрын

Perun you legend! Love your vids, nice to see you here on Cappy's channel.

@godemperormaki5292

Жыл бұрын

Based Perun

@alexv3357

Жыл бұрын

Doing my part to boost this

@Dany94256

Жыл бұрын

I am doing my part in boosting this coop!

This was really good, mate. Very well done!

Friggin LOVE your videos. Humor with information and sounds like, good research. 👍

I'm from lithuania and grew up right after the fall of the soviet union. I've seen the change and I've heard stories (and witnessed some of them myself). Corruption was a very normal part of life. Most people working for the government would siphon off whatever they could - would it be bricks, money, tools, materials or anything else. It was normal. Your car needs a roadworthiness test? Well, just pay for it directly to the person doing the test. It will be a bit more expensive, but usually not that much. Cops stopped you for speeding? Just pay it off. I myself had done it a few times as it was ... normal. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's still corruption everywhere in the world, but the way it was looked at in the USSR and is still looked at in many easter block countries is very different... Everyone's trying to rip their country off while still pretending to be huge patriots. It's disgusting.

@Pilek01

Жыл бұрын

the difference is that if you try to bribe someone in Lithuania now you will most likely go to jail or have some consequences. And in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus still today there is expected from you to pay a bribe just like 30 years ago. The post soviet european countries made a huge leap, meanwhile nothing changed in the Russian speaking countries.

@temich1985

Жыл бұрын

To me, it doesn't make much difference whether you pay traffic fines to a cop directly or to the government system which will siphon your money for its self-interest as well. At least most likely the money you give to a cop will go to feed and dress his kids, not to do some political lobbying or worse buying the weapons to kill those who disagree with you.

@hypervious8878

Жыл бұрын

Siphon off whatever they could...? I'm picturing that Simpsons episode when Homer clocks off and throws something in the back of his car and says, "Ah, another day, another box of stolen pencils." Only instead of pencils they're bricks. [Clink-clink!]

@-king1264

Жыл бұрын

How did you learned English?

@Kowen8714

Жыл бұрын

@@-king1264 games, movies, tv shows etc. We also had english (british english) at school, but "interactive" learning was faster and easier. I was born in 87 so by the time I was a teenager the internet was pretty much everywhere :)

In Imperial Rome they frequently had problems with paymasters skimming from soldier's pay and quartermasters adding dirt and rocks to wheat rations to skim from the money allocated for that. Keeping the corruption from getting out of hand was a full time job.

@husseinbonaud1883

Жыл бұрын

and yet they conquered the world... 🤔

@AYVYN

Жыл бұрын

Relocate provisioners frequently so it looks like they’re being executed.

@thodan467

Жыл бұрын

do not forget centurions blackmailing for bribes

@thodan467

Жыл бұрын

@@husseinbonaud1883 not the principate, the warlords before

@rathandevlish2787

Жыл бұрын

@@husseinbonaud1883 also caused their collapse when the border officials pocketed food money for the Germanic’s from the emperor leading to the Germanic’s to invade just because your country is corrupt asf don’t mean it’s good

Excellent report, Cappy. Thank you.

As always , well researched and presented. Well done mate!

I remember when we first got the Kevlar helmet, the civilians that made them cut corners, but the convicts that made them in prison were the only ones that didn’t screw their own service members.

@blackhawk7r221

Жыл бұрын

Yea, the corrupt bastard making our substandard IBA’s from Point Blank. Skimping on layers of Kevlar. And his crooked wife owning another company cranking out below standard ceramic ESAPI plates.

@craiga2002

Жыл бұрын

In prison they have lots of time to do it correctly...

@kevinlove4356

Жыл бұрын

Let me correct this for you. It should read, "... the convicts that made them in prison were the only ones that didn't HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF screwing their own service members."

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

They did poor work

@nihalbhandary162

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinlove4356 exactly, I dont think civilians had an armed guard watching over their heads for theft.

It's also important to understand how corruption influences the military culture in Russia. When everyone is corrupt, and everyone *knows* that everyone is corrupt, being honest just makes you a sucker. But that means there's a fundamental distrust built into the culture, because anyone can turn in anyone else at any time. Every fellow soldier is both a potential co-conspirator and a potential snitch, and there's always a potential benefit for them to screw you over if things go bad for them (and vice versa). While that's not the worst thing in a criminal enterprise, it's a pretty bad attitude to have if you're marching alongside those people in a military campaign, where you count on your fellow soldiers to help you survive. The result is that most Russian soldiers have a pretty garbage attitude when it comes to their jobs, towards their leadership, and even towards their brothers and sisters in arms. They can't count on each other to do their jobs, so there's a strong sense that everyone is on their own. This is why their rate of defection is so high: they haven't been taught the value of loyalty, so they have no problem turning on their former comrades if it will save their own skin. After all, its what their commanding officers would probably do in their position.

@AnonymousCoward03

Жыл бұрын

I learned that playing DOTA2 with russians: no teamplay and toxic beaviour.

@sciloj

Жыл бұрын

No, it doesn't make you "a sucker", it makes you an outcast and a target. "Honest" people don't make it anywhere past the rank of Major.

@cashewnuttel9054

Жыл бұрын

That's all fine and dandy... anyway there was another mass shooting in the US.

@vivekkaushik9508

Жыл бұрын

Did u serve in Russian military or just made up all of that? Lol. Results speaks for themselves.

@863ddd3

Жыл бұрын

*MAGA!* *Trump* *For* *Prison* *2022!* GOP = Government Of Putin (DJ Trump w/his Ruski Wife, Moscow Mitch w/his Chinese Oligarch Wife and their cast of GOP ankle biters)

Wow. Thanks for serving our country. Glad we pulled out. Great video, too! :D

This is one of those chanels that makes me ask "why am I not already subscribed?" Great balance of information and entertainment. Well done.

Even if you think, "But they still used 67% on military!", the problem is the fact that the corruption hits the essentials like fuel, and ammonition, and small spare parts, and rations ... so it doesn't matter that the Russian military got the tanks, the cruisers, and the missiles. The tanks, even the most expensive ones, are useless without ammo, fuel, and personel.

@ennui9745

Жыл бұрын

@@MercuryRisingFast The US does what?

@jeffthompson8551

Жыл бұрын

@@MercuryRisingFast lies

I once worked in an industry that tried to establish itself in Russia a few years after the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War. The initial idea was that the very capable manufacturing facilities and skilled labor force in the country - the very same that designed and produced some truly outstanding products for aerospace and military use - could be easily turned around to make high-quality goods for consumers in the US and other Western countries, much better than the same that were being made in Taiwan and China. For example, imagine a road-racing bicycle, made in Russia out of near-aerospace grade carbon fiber and titanium, for little more than the best that could ever come out of the bike factories in Taichung and Shenzhou. On paper it was a win-win-win for everybody. The reality was that the corruption in Russia was so bad - in the government, the factories, and the different mafias - the smart companies cut their losses and got out of the country as fast as they could. Those who were unlucky or too stupid to pull out in time lost their shirts - not only over there but also here in the US as well. It was a sad case of "what could've been" that really went off the rails. If World War III ever happens, I seriously doubt that even half of Russia's nukes and supporting infrastructure will leave their launch tubes or even function as expected. Not like that would be a bad thing. That's probably the only upside to Russia's systemic corruption that I wouldn't argue about.

@Gozokukolat

Жыл бұрын

There was a Tom Clancy book (don't remember the title) where one of the characters went to Russia to confirm the deactivation of Russia's ICBMs. According to him there was water (maybe ice) at the bottom of the launch tube in such a great amount as to render that ICBM as unable to launch with a significant chance to explode.

@RReese08

Жыл бұрын

@@Gozokukolat Tom Clancy was a great writer and the tons of research he put into each of his books really shows. I don't remember what that book is either, but that detail is typical Tom Clancy.

@richardharris3423

Жыл бұрын

You just can't create a nuclear missile and put a nuclear missile in a silo......and years after no maintenance.....expect it to fire off and operate like normal. Nuclear missiles take a lot to maintain and are expensive to maintain. In light of ruSSia's corruption.......I wouldn't be surprised if at least half the money to maintain ruSSian nukes were pocketed by their corrupt military and Oligarchs. Hence, I wouldn't be surprised if half of ruSSia's nukes act like that one ruSSian missile launched that turned around and blew up the ruSSians that launched it.

@RReese08

Жыл бұрын

@@richardharris3423 I agree. This is why I think Putin, and the Russian and Soviet leaders before him, may have talked a big game but knew deep in their (little black) hearts that total nuclear war is something they could not win. Which is why Moscow has resorted to doing other things in its bag of tricks, but that's another story.

@alexeishayya-shirokov3603

Жыл бұрын

You're describing events that took place 30 years ago. Is time denial a thing now?

Remember a few years back when a bunch of USMC marked KAC 600m rear sights showed up on eBay for $35? Literally everyone I know was like "I don't know about this, man, seems sketchy.". This is really indicative of the kind of baseline aversion to corruption that exists in "the west". BTW that was the best $35 that I ever spent on eBay, lol.

@purpleranger5987

Жыл бұрын

Well the military does sell big lots of parts they feel they no longer need but some could be broken. I had the opportunity to buy a conex box of Barrett 50. Cals but some could be broken used and you’d need to definitely mix and match some parts to create functional rifles.

@JC-kc1qi

Жыл бұрын

Is it true that the Marines eat crayons I've heard it a lot

@arthas640

11 ай бұрын

​@@purpleranger5987 yeah a coworker has some army surplus stuff in his hunting kit, my boss has some MREs, and I've got some random tuff like knives and boxes I got from military surplus.

Excellent report! Thank you, Chris. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇸🔔🇺🇦💪

To me, corruption will always amount to high treason. The societal cost of it is obscene and it says a lot about the character of a person, who engages in it.

@alpardo7022

Жыл бұрын

Well said, so if the Russian Govt. is run as a kleptocracy, and almost every govt. employee is expected to take advantage of their positions to enrich themselves, then of course Putin and his KGB, organized crime partners, and sycophant oligarchies are certainly guilty of high treason.

@LinusIslamTips

Жыл бұрын

Execution is a fitting punishment. Those who betray its own country will betray anyone.

@shiroamakusa8075

Жыл бұрын

The problem is that it starts at the top and trickles down the social strata. That's why anti-corruption efforts also always have to start with the people most capable of deflecting such efforts.

@sdhiousdfyhsdioufsdoiufh

Жыл бұрын

You do realize that every single politician is corrupt? Or were you born yesterday?

@dylanc9174

Жыл бұрын

@@sdhiousdfyhsdioufsdoiufh Corruption is a big issue in many political systems. But you seem to be supporting the abolishment of representative democracy which is just incorrect and doesn't help fix corruption.

Perun did a pretty awesome video going in depth into how corruption rots everything from within, not that long ago. Anyone watching this might want to also check that out.

@Jacob-sb3su

Жыл бұрын

eyyy a Perun shoutout. That guys killin it

@NCLB99

Жыл бұрын

Literally wanted to shout out Perun and saw the top comment already did it, nice

@gigacanno750

Жыл бұрын

My man! Every Time I see vids like this Perun has covered, I recommend him. He deserves it.

@e2rqey

Жыл бұрын

Came to the comments to say the same thing

@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G

Жыл бұрын

Agree, Perun is the Goat!

Thank you for your comprehensive , accurate , and detailed analysis. It was vary informative.

Yes this been going on for years & Years 👍

I am from Russia and this is first good video I've seen on our corruption by a western KZreadr/ex-military guy. Thanks for your effort to deliver us a good content

@ryanrasmussen5346

Жыл бұрын

Hope you’re safe freind, did you move countries?

@scroopynooperz9051

Жыл бұрын

The US military couldn't account for a good couple of trillion in spending.. and then the building housing all the important documents relating to the investigation of this discrepancy got blown up or demolishioned during nine 11. Seems this kinda leeching on the balls of the taxpayer is kinda par for the course when it comes to most governments.

@elektrotehnik94

Жыл бұрын

Perun's video on corruption is way more detailed & holistic, check him out

@haroldplante8287

Жыл бұрын

Your voice is essential, you're an actual look into your motherland God bless our Russian contemporaries that speak a truth we don't normally get in the West. Thank you, sir.

@callmethreeone

Жыл бұрын

Task and Purpose is one of the greats, however this exact subject has been addressed by scholars for nearly two decades now, with the criticism of every Russian. Suddenly they agree. I am not targeting this at you I understand individuals do think differently I am just saying overall you are seeing it more often, much more now that they can not hide the fact.

The thing with Shoigu's predecessor, Serdyukov, might be a bit more interesting than a fleeting mention in the vid. Some insiders tell while the guy wasn't perfect, he at least tried to tame/mitigate corruption related to military industry, and that might have resulted in a big embarrassment. So, it's not that he got fired because Shoigu desperately needed a minister seat (he was a minister of emergencies for a long time - yes, Russia handles disaster on a ministry level rather than via government agency use), but because Serdyukov tried to do his job for once.

@longyu9336

Жыл бұрын

He alienated too many powerful people in the military and the armament industries whilst Shoigu is a courtier who knows to play nice

@minnesotasteve

Жыл бұрын

As I understand it... One reform Serdyukov wanted to make was reduce the number of officers, as the Russian military is very top heavy. Again, part of the corruption, people get promoted because being General receives bigger salary and gives you more opportunities to skim. That made a lot of people angry.

@NezerCz

Жыл бұрын

He is still an international war criminal, but at least he does his crimes for his antihumanic ideas, not just for stealing money

@Imperial_Lizardgirl

Жыл бұрын

My God, Shoigu Profan! Putin still suka, who would Zelensky name a clown, answer why Russian federation is circus? And point!!!( vkusno i tochka, meme about an typical *rus answer* to mac)

Corruption IS treason at all levels and must be prosecuted as such

@LegendaryCollektor

11 ай бұрын

Lets start with putin

@BamBamSr

11 ай бұрын

@@LegendaryCollektor nailed it

I can't believe you went through all that work to connect the dots! I can't believe that I listened to the whole explanation! And it looks like you enjoyed telling us about it. Me.... I have a headache! Have a nice day.

Can we give Cappy some credit on that AWESOME Russian accent

@Taskandpurpose

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been practicing trying to get it a little less bad haha

@afwaller

Жыл бұрын

The pronunciation on the names 😵‍💫

@34Francoa

Жыл бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose You're getting a Oscar

@numgun

Жыл бұрын

I'll gladly give an unironic Hooah to that. 🥂

@jizbrand

Жыл бұрын

Sure, but not for a US Army infantry Spec/4 uniform :)

I can attest to my own role in Iraq in terms of handing out bags of cash. No doubt 75% of the cash was stolen after I distributed it to all these "small business owners." However, the major difference between a Western NATO army and the Russians is that I had to account for every single dollar of the micro-grant fund. And I mean literal bricks of brand new, straight from the US Treasury, American $50 dollar bills (even NATO partners used dollars as it is the proper currency used anywhere, Iraqis won't take Kronor!). There was no way any of us could steal even a tiny amount. I recall one American officer tried by faking the micro grants, and because he was attached to a US Army ODA team he had less oversight, but he was caught when he tried to bring the money back and spent five years in prison. In the Russian Army, the $500K in micro-grants at the Corps level would have turned into $250K at division, and then $100K by the time it got to brigade, and $75K by the time it came to the battalions.

@FM4AMGV

Жыл бұрын

Not very bright to try and take the money back himself, proper thieves have networks where the money washes through

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

Жыл бұрын

@@FM4AMGV Exactly! Goes to show that corruption of the sort seen in Russia is not terribly prevalent in the US Army. Amateurs! Though the Americans have perfected the no-bid procurement process as a means of legally ripping off the US people!

@KilliKonKarnage

Жыл бұрын

Man if he hid the money some place and shit

@AYVYN

Жыл бұрын

Corrupt Russians are thriving while Noble Russians feel hopeless. Russia propaganda has obtained love from the citizens it should have instilled fear into, and instilled fear into the citizens it should have sought love from.

@michaelplanchunas3693

Жыл бұрын

The US used bribery to ensure protection of information and/or the person carrying it. This incident happened once in my four year tour in the USAF. It took place in an unnamed country at an unknown time. I'm still subject to Security Act. It was a Sunday and I'm called to the finance office by my NCOIC. When I got there the finance officer, NCOIC, cashier and myself met with a person I wasn't introduced to. Four of us went into a walk-in vault and watched as the finance officer pulled out a box from out of the rollaway safe housed there. When he opened it, gold coins glittered. I think all our eyes popped. He counted out a number of coins which all had to certify. The cashier then put them into a money belt the stranger provided, and the unknown person wrapped it around his waist, and also signed for the coins, and left. All were told not to discuss the incident. Decades later read a short article where it was revealed that USAF couriers often had to cross borders to deliver documents to Washington when planes weren't available. I guess I met one of them that day. I suspect the coins were used as bribes if necessary. These was pre computer and satellite days.

Excelled presentation. Keep up the good work !!!

Good vidz keep em rolling

"i'm going to be the first non-corrupt russian officer! i'll do everything as efficiently as possible!" "you're fired, i don't trust you" "aww"

Perun did great video about exactly this. Highly recommend.

@deforged

Жыл бұрын

where do you think this slapstick clown got his revelation from? he event states "i'm gonna outline how a whole system of dishonor ended up tricking military analysists, *including myself*" (no, really. he referred to himself as a MiLiTaRy aNaLySt, omitting the armchair part - 1:24)

@iangrau-fay3604

Жыл бұрын

Perun's video is great, very detailed. Cappy's is more approachable and came from different perspective

Great research and very accurate!

Your channel just keeps getting better and better.

Now i wouldn’t say “shocking”..

@prominence2826

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@CharlotteMike81

Жыл бұрын

T&P looks more and more like cia everyday

A quick look at the orlan10 drone shows all you need to know about corruption. As a US civilian I could make such a craft, buying off the shelf parts for $5k or less. The Russian military is being billed $100k a unit. That's not a 20% loss due to corruption its 95%

@borys2767

Жыл бұрын

My observations exactly, I could not believe the price tag quoted for the Russian POS drone...LOL

@milaro222

Жыл бұрын

100 thousand dollars is a control point, a mobile repair shop with a repair kit and a set of uavs of 5 pcs. The UAV itself costs 3 thousand dollars and shows superior efficiency.

@user-sr6pi5lp3q

Жыл бұрын

@@milaro222 any proof? Some info on costs of a single bottle flyer?

@brandonblackfyre5783

Жыл бұрын

@@milaro222 what are you saying?

@brandonblackfyre5783

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch Operator Starsky dismantle one of those Orlan drones? It's insane how cheap it is lol. To be honest though, if you are using a drone for surveillance purposes only and to designate areas for Artillery, you dont really need anything crazy. Just a drone that can see. But shit the Orlan had a cheap ass camera on it as well lol. No wonder Russia sucks at artillery and has to get accuracy by volume.

I love the presentation. Like, you're doing the IASIP Charly Day character: overworked, underpaid, investigator, who is crazy, because crazy is what this case needs, damn it! and it freaking works.

Awesome video, great production!

Exactly the same for CCP armed forces. In 2011 I went to a PLA regimental commander's home. They showed me some of the nicest ivory sculptures. I am very happy how corrupt this system is.

@uberbum7668

Жыл бұрын

why?

@AlexChangYuan

Жыл бұрын

@@uberbum7668 making ccp armed forces ineffective

@demolition_lovers

Жыл бұрын

@@uberbum7668 Because it makes it easier for us.

Great job & very commendable you even noted experiences of corruption in your own forces. Seems a pretty clear lesson for every other country- if you don’t appoint on merit & don’t support real consequences when corruption is exposed...youre on a fast track to a wasteful, low-morale, incapable military

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

Жыл бұрын

Well said! And cultures can change. If I recall, South Korea used to be one of the most corrupt nations on Earth in the 1960s into the 1980s. But now it is decidedly less so. Hell, they threw a former President, and the daughter of a national hero, into prison for corruption. Do the Americans have the nerve to do so with Messr. Trump?

@TheOuskie

Жыл бұрын

Like the US Military! = )

@Krieghandt

Жыл бұрын

If you had seen the US Army after Vietnam, hoo boy. 50% of truck drivers couldn't even drive their trucks. In the National Guard, you only needed to attend 60% of your scheduled training to avoid penalties (It's why W missed so much fly time) Then St Reagan poured billions into the system with no controls, and *POOF* $400 toilet seats. So the American military may give away money, but at least an accountant somewhere noted it down. On a side note Clinton really squeezed out a lot of corruption by simply setting the military budget, and letting the generals fight over who got the money.

@Taskandpurpose

Жыл бұрын

@@Krieghandt I was not aware of what Clinton did to stop corruption that is very interesting I'll have to look into that

@scarwing2492

Жыл бұрын

@@TheOuskie No

Your stuff is too good, man keep up the good work!! 👍👍 OBTW - Subscribed! 👌

Just found this channel, seems to be well researched and certainly presented and kinda funny too, great work 👍

This reminds me of a story from the 80's. When Soviet Union economy went belly up, the CIA was really surprised. After all they had a really, really good source for economic intelligence that gave them all the actual economical information. How did they know it was actual? Because it was the same information that was given to the Soviet politbyro, the one that actually ran the USSR. So why was the CIA caught of guard by the Soviet economic collapse? Because people in USSR were lying to their own leaders about how bad the economic situation was (because there was, and probably is, a tradition of shooting the messenger in Russia), and those lies were then leaked to CIA as the absolute truth. That might be what's happened to Putin, and the Western intelligence services.

@iqbalnasution2111

Жыл бұрын

This must be one of the most epic task failed succesfully that ever happened irl

@dylannix4289

Жыл бұрын

“shooting the messenger” *happy Tokarev noises*

@elektrotehnik94

Жыл бұрын

Very few people get that about why a lot of people over-estimated Russia; they just couldn't put themselves into the shoes of the Russian (ex-Soviet) society, where lying to your superior is a widespread societal contract; how such lying is hardly policed, if policed at all. It was present elsewhere in ex-Soviet space as well, but especially so in the core of Russia, where it was AND is the strongest + it was the least weeded out there since the fall of the Soviet Union.

@jkausti6737

Жыл бұрын

@@elektrotehnik94 Corruption was also an integral part of the Soviet system, if you wanted something to actually be done there. My father did most of his business in Germany and France, but he covered a few times his friends who did business in USSR in the 70's and 80's. Apart from the fact that you really had to be an alcoholic to deal with the Soviets long term (they drank... a lot... all the time... and expected foreigners to drink too) he said that he just couldn't get his head around the corruption system there. Not that he didn't understand it but the honest businessman in him couldn't accept it, you pretty much had to bribe everybody from the top all the way down to the lowest ranking person you did business with. A system like that just doesn't go away fast, specially when you look how Russia has been working for the last three decades.

@ameunier41

11 ай бұрын

@J kausti Hard to know the real number when the guys doing the inventory is lying, because he sold half the stock he is supposed to keep on ebay.

The Russian's sold their night vision sensors (tubes) around the world for cheap. So the world market place soaked up the production the tubes that were suppose to go to the Russian's troops.

@BFB_tg

Жыл бұрын

yeah cuz why not sell cheap bad shit when the gas money could buy some French-made good ones to install into their APCs n such, even after this was banned, smh Europe, so good support (

@dj1NM3

Жыл бұрын

I'm not so sure that the old looking (perhaps Gen1) Russian and Soviet vintage NVG/NODs found online are really what you'd want to equip a modern army with. Even some of the "digital night vision" gear would most likely be better, even though clearly inferior to Gen2+ devices. Then there's the detail that modern night vision doesn't even use a "tube" (Gen1 electro-optical vacuum tube) to amplify light, but uses a micro-channel plate (Gen2+. I guess with the usual arangement of objective and eyepiece lenses, it is kind-of tube shaped in its housing)

@danhoffman9232

Жыл бұрын

@@dj1NM3 Yes they are not good but that is the state of the equipment that they are producing. But the fact is that they Russian solders don't even have any. As you know they seem to have plenty to sell online but non for their troops.

@AYVYN

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that treason? Reading about Russian Government incompetence just makes me pity them like some extremely disabled lion

@funkyplasmaman

Жыл бұрын

The Iraqis must have bought some as I liberated some on Op Granby, or Desert storm for US reader. I sold my trophies 🏆 to guys who never got through the Burm, no doubt they invented some combat stories to go with them but they need not it was a through disappointment to most of us.

Thanks Chris!

Fantastic report!! I laughed, I clapped, I (half) gasped... 🤣 If you pitched this crap as a movie or mini series they'd say: too unbelievable!! Confirmation of what many have long suspected yet wouldn't detangle.. Thank you for your service & super insightful, multi-level, concise, still lighthearted report. I do appreciate info extra when interpreted by ppl w/some real understanding AND leave out political crap spins! Unheard of. 🤯

The editing and humor of this dude's vids is epic.

@rokinbosox21

Жыл бұрын

The Billy Madison GIF was great

@longyu9336

Жыл бұрын

Task and purpose is a fairly no nonsense website/magazine but the youtube content is goofy and that's great.

The "corruption" money going to local governments and tribes to make peace with them isn't actually stealing money from the U.S. citizens for selfish purposes, but effectively using it towards strategic goals, which is the opposite of the Russian corruption where much higher percentage is taken for personal gain while damaging Russia's tactical maintenance and progress.

@arx3516

Жыл бұрын

In this case it's the US creating corruption, or rather taking advantage of their corruption.

@mikhailv67tv

Жыл бұрын

That’s not what Cappy’s criticism was. The money was labeled politically as money for development of the Iraqi people, not as a pay off for Shieks and Chieftains. The other comment he made which was disturbing was that payoff money would then go into the hands of Isis . Furthermore the reason why the US won in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan but as soon as left the enemies they had been trying to defeat took over in quicker and quicker succession is that the US panders too these corrupt people and systems as they are often the enemy of their enemy and the people see the US as part of the institutions that have kept them down. Historically it is if the US army intervened in the American Revolution they’d back the British. Last points are mine

@myriaddsystems

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but profiteering is. Second gulf might be worth looking at...

@mikhailv67tv

Жыл бұрын

@@myriaddsystems certainly there were people within the US power elite that profiteered from the war. US power elite is way too small for it to not work in any other way. 2 parties, lobbyists that can pay and do pay directly to the Pollies. Oil and gas industry and weapons industry owns US government. Why is climate change a party political issue? Cause the GOP GET paid and the Dems dont.

@kdrapertrucker

Жыл бұрын

But it is because they knew that !oney would be given to local insurgents to fund the attacks on Americans. When will the west learn what you cannot win hearts and minds in the middle east, best to put bullets through hearts and minds.

Great vise. Thank you!

An excellent presentation, thank you. In watching I remembered when Putin asked each of his advisors if he should invade Ukraine. It was the video of him giving the security chief a tongue lashing. I remember how they all looked so pissed off, so dejected and I thought it was due to them being against a war but unable to say it. That's wrong, the reason they looked so pissed was because they were thinking... "Fck, he's going to find out, he's going to watch his army march into battle with no useful fking equipment because we've spent it all"..

@johneadon7263

Жыл бұрын

yeah, they all looked liked kids asked to show a cooky jar full of food when it jad been eaten

@andy-james-

Жыл бұрын

@@johneadon7263 yup, they'd only been telling Putin that they had the best cookie jars in the world, full of the latest, tastiest cookies. And now Putin wanted the cookies and all they could offer was old stale cookies and crumbs...

@johneadon787

Жыл бұрын

@@andy-james- now we find the cookies have no petrol and that a tractor comes along and towes them away.

@Kaiserboo1871

Жыл бұрын

I think this will be how Putin bails himself out. He won’t take responsibility for the disaster like Tsar Nicholas II did, instead he will throw his generals and military leaders under the bus as Scape goats. He will say he was lied to about Russian capabilities and that he will now work to purge the military of corruptions

Imagine a world where corrupt officials and politicians get to fight for table scraps on the Alaskan island chain.

Fun fact: this winter, right before the beginning of SMO, there were mass sellings of fresh army MRE (with marking "not for sale") in low-cost supermarket near my home in Saint-Petersburg. It seems to me that russian generals remember the bible story about hungry man and fish and they say: you dont't need food supply when you've got a rifle.

@elektrotehnik94

Жыл бұрын

Was it just something you saw? Was it people you know who saw it? Some journalist/ news article? Is it a regular thing?

@hoosierdaddy4742

Жыл бұрын

Right before the SMO? What is an SMO? Wait, are you talking about the war? Oh yeah, that's right..he won't allow you to call it. That sucks 😒

This is a fantastic video Thank you

Brilliant analysis.

"We could share this flashlight, that could work" I laughed my ass off over that one. Good one Cappy!!

Way way back in the 60's I heard of Russian ground crews and pilots falsifying deicing fluid for their aircraft because the 'fluid' is untainted, 100% grain alcohol, and we all know what happens to grain alcohol anywhere.

Hats off to you ,Sir . You have mangled Slavonic so inventively , so smoothly, that I couldn’t pass the opportunity to commend you for…..something or other…

Give your editor a raise! This was fantastic lol

We have a retired cousin who worked in Internal Affairs of the St. Petersburg Police. She said corruption is so there is no way to stop it. That said, a Road Policeman in Spb isn't considered successful if he doesn't have two apartments and a nice car. These guys are at the bottom of the food chain.

@Nikowalker007

Жыл бұрын

Well , fortunately for Ukraine and the west and unfortunately for the average Russian soldier corruption has been part of the system in Russia for years if not generations, just like in Mafia that’s part of loyalty , if you’re not corrupt that means senior leadership won’t trust you and of course if you’re corrupt then they have a very serious leverage and can make you do anything they want and of course they can fire you or send you to jail for any reason

@minnesotasteve

Жыл бұрын

Old Russian joke... Policeman goes to his boss and says "I have a new baby on the way, and need more money, can you give me a raise?" Boss responds, "I'm sorry there is no money in the budget to give you a raise, but here is a stop sign. Put it anywhere you want."

@Nikowalker007

Жыл бұрын

@@minnesotasteve that’s actually sounds pretty realistic

The concept of 'endless lies' is basically a modern equivalent of 'Vietnam Syndrome' which hindered the US and their allies during that conflict because the same thing happened then to such an extent that strategists made flawed decisions predicated on misleading data. Nobody, wanted anything, to reflect badly on them particularly the 'lifers' and this condensed an erroneous process to such an extent that contributors to crucial decision making processes 'viewed the situation through rose tinted glasses' as an old saying goes. (presumably the glasses were consistently full of hard liquor) This in turn led to situations where personnel were committed to operations where they were sent out on patrol and 'walked into the ground' with a minimum of sleep while their uniforms rotted off their bodies. Yet despite this officers and senior NCO's benefited from the privilege of rank with full nights rest due to security provided by exhausted troops and on more than one occasion entire patrols were wiped out because exhausted sentries fell asleep on watch. As if that were not a complete disgrace while the troops made do with rags far too many administrative REMF'S had fresh uniforms for every day of the week and lied like politicians about their roles and contributions to folks back home and may still be doing so. A process of interpolation only really achievable by reading accounts by combat Veteran's in various autobiographies, seems to be the best method for establishing this because their accounts seem to consistently agree to an almost universal extent.

@davidmckendry7684

Жыл бұрын

You should maybe read a bit more or do some radical research and enlist! 1st Cavalry was getting their troopers into fresh uniforms pretty often. Not just laundered, but new. Attached Rangers were even more frequent, like about monthly since they were always on the line or LRRP missions.

@travisadams4470

Жыл бұрын

What a bunch of made up BS!

@gregsummerson6524

Жыл бұрын

This is great news that Russia is impudent.

@eddiehaskell1957

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmckendry7684 I agree. And unlike portrayed in almost every Hollywood movie, except "We Were Soldiers" the war was fought by professional soldiers up to 1970 when the first conscript soldiers arrived.

Absolute corruption corrupts absolutely.

First time watching love what your doing. Watching in Australia

The last line in your video about the TV "you can watch it but don't turn it on" brought back memories of my time in the US Army in 1968. The Company Sargent banded newspapers in the Company area as he thought they were litter. I explained that Freedom of Press is a very big deal in our Democracy. His reply was "Freedom of Press is the right to print newspapers, not to read them" From then on, I spent my lunch time standing in th CO's office reading the paper. All the fools are not in Russia

@thodan467

Жыл бұрын

not enough diversity in the got a few unit leadership visits from the parlamentiary representativein one case a WWII 2 star , they were not amused

@PobortzaPl

Жыл бұрын

Where military starts is where logic ends. This is a rough translation of Polish phrase "Gdzie zaczyna się wojsko, tam kończy się logika" and it seems that all militaries all over the world all over the human history are similar in that.

" Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth"

Very interesting,thank you.

Wow you're good I didn't know the corruption was so rampant! Can you do a piece on Washington DC next?

To avoid conscription u need from 2 to 4 k euroes. Several of my friends did this and it worked , price depends on 2 things : your conscription office and was there a corruption check or not

@roflomaozedong

Жыл бұрын

that a lot of money for a russian life. I would guess it cost only 200usd

@hazzardalsohazzard2624

Жыл бұрын

If the Russians could fix the corruption, they could simply make this into a tax, so that they could put that money into funding a foreign legion. They're already using foreign soldiers, but it could be better organised.

@Warszawski_Modernizm

Жыл бұрын

@@roflomaozedong hence only rich kids can afford it, and for other 90% of poor population, job in the army is a job, a paying one, even with all the corruption.

@linzzzer

Жыл бұрын

@@Warszawski_Modernizm It pays (at the rate of July 8, 2022) thirty dollars a month. NOT DAY. NOT A WEEK. A MONTH.

@Warszawski_Modernizm

Жыл бұрын

@@linzzzer Now convert it to russian Rouble. For us, it's chump change, but in russia, outside of big cities, it's a lot of money...I know, b/c Ive been to Russia, spen some time in Kaliningrad and Ive seen disparities between social groups and different strata.

Love the topic shift. Can you do a video on the pentagon failing all its past audits next? Idk if it’s corruption but it’s definitely bad

@willcityaway7971

Жыл бұрын

The Pentagon stopped an audit when $250M couldn't be in office supplies. In one department. Basically on auditor said the books haven't just been cooked. But are fiction. Something like $5T over a decade can't be accounted for. But funds to upgrade, repair or simple maintenance to base infrastructure/housing is cut. FFS.

@Taskandpurpose

Жыл бұрын

I plan on doing a video about the US future warrior program which was essentially about a trillion dollars of waste

@jimfarmer7811

Жыл бұрын

I used to work in the defense industry. In my opinion the pentagon waste is the result of gross incompetence rather than blatant fraud.

@patwilson2546

Жыл бұрын

He stated pretty clearly the waste in the US military procurement system. I worked as a defense contractor for several years. I did not see straight up corruption (too low on the totem pole for that) but some aspects of waste were obvious. Spend it or lose it and gold plating being at the top of my list based on personal experience.

@BlueMarten

Жыл бұрын

@@patwilson2546 everybody deserves a gold plated AK, man! 😆

Funny and informativ aswell. Thanks!

bro, you have to see the armed forces here in Brazil, we bought griphens fighter jets and they cost more per unit than the f-35s. the Brazilian tax payer is very angry with the delay from SAAB, they are delaying delivery all the time, and not to mention that the two-seat version will no longer be manufactured here. everyone is angry here

@AlanSanchez-ww9qb

Жыл бұрын

Good thing Finland and Canada are going with the F-35s. Maybe, the Fins knew something about their neighbor Sweden?

@sandeepmukkamala6892

Жыл бұрын

@@AlanSanchez-ww9qb Brazil's F-X program was started back in mid-90's, delayed, then suspended, then restarted in 2008 and finally picked in 2013. The deal includes a high degree of technology transfer and industrial investments for assembly and parts production in Brazil (F-35 were never in the running, I think F-18's were but US doesn't do tech transfer but the Swedes did). Saab opened a plant near Sao Paulo & trained Brazilian engineers to make the plane parts but corruption in Brazil is equally legendary. Brazilians call the Gripen NG = F-39. Haha

@andreisouzabento7506

Жыл бұрын

@@sandeepmukkamala6892 Grippen Ng is the pre production name, Grippen E is the real name of the equipment.

@AlanSanchez-ww9qb

Жыл бұрын

@@sandeepmukkamala6892 Hahaha.... F-39. Hope it does not take another decade for Brazil to get the F-39 rolling of the assembly lines.

@guilhermemoroca

Жыл бұрын

@@andreisouzabento7506 cheio de Brasileiro aqui nos comentários kkkkkkkkk não tem jeito, o brasileiro vai dominar o mundo

Great video recap thank you. Quoting Napoleon Boneparte here..."Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake." It is unfortunate that the average Russian solidier pays the price for all of this.

@elektrotehnik94

Жыл бұрын

We protect the most people possible, from as much violence/injustice as we can. To do that, sometimes the only solution left is to stop, wound and even kill - act like a monster, to prevent even bigger monsters from doing much worse things to even more people. This is the basis of warfare morality I follow. If you got better, let me know.

Thanks for your hard work sir! And “Pregnarov”?! 😅 Only poking fun mate I didn’t even know where to start when I heard his name

Man s this a well documented well informed video , I have been informed , thank U .

Good video. I saw glimpses of this myself when I served alongside the Russian Airborne Brigade in Bosnia. On more than one occasion I saw and heard the Brigade Commander conducting business. He and his associates assumed that as an American, I was ignorant of their discussions; not knowing that I had attended the Defense Language Institute (DLI). I also, want to acknowledge your comment as to the corruption of our own Defense Department. During 2004-2005, I was conducting inspections of some of the bases we were closing in Kosovo. I inquired about 10 generators that were warehoused (I believe they were 45kw). These generators were unused, in mint condition and had been sitting in the warehouse for 10-15 years. Meanwhile a Defense contractor (who will remain nameless - they know who they are) had been charging the US government $25K per year to service and maintain them. You do the math. And this one only one of many examples I saw while serving at the Combatant Command or Joint Task Force Level.

Here in the U.S.A, industries can legally vastly overcharge the government after some lobbying, campaign donations and expensive "business trips". The world has much to learn.

@PeterMuskrat6968

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That’s high level, but at least here we usually get a somewhat decent product. Over there… you pay the money and you get nothing in return.

@michaellin8947

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@@PeterMuskrat6968 The health care industry is the worst offender, they charge hundreds for meds that cost pennies to make. And their research is funded by tax payers.

@jjcoola998

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Yup researching military contracts (and other toes as well) is super depressing

@Nikowalker007

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At least the US military industry complex gets the job done after all those shady consulting and business trip expenses whereas Russian shell companies just steal government money and produce zero output

@PeterMuskrat6968

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@@Nikowalker007 Yup. It’s like Robin Hood but without the giving back part

EXCELLENT RESEARCH .

I see things haven't changed since the 1980's. If you can find it, I recommend reading the book "Inside the Soviet Army" by Viktor Suvorov. It was quite insightful in its time.

@EricDaMAJ

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I read that. It's hilarious. The general that got a promotion telling the audience at a Soviet military exercise that the troops on the top of the train crossing the super fast scratch built bridge over a river were demonstrating a new but as yet unissued AA weapon system was the best. Spoiler: They were the train's engineer and conductor who panicked when the bridge started to shake violently as the train crossed it and got on the roof to jump clear if it collapsed.

@user-sp8qv9cx8s

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No it wasnt. Suvorov is a Soviet traitor who ran to Britain in 78 and was paid to shit on USSR, just like Solzhenytsin and many others. If you learn history by reading those books i feel sorry for you.

@Random_Guardsman

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Russia has been this way since the mongols ruled them.

@user-sp8qv9cx8s

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@@Random_Guardsman Mongols never ruled the Russia. As long as local feudals payed contribution, they were free to do what they want in their respective lands. Mongols burned Kiev though, thats when Kievan Rus technically siezed to exist.

@Random_Guardsman

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​@@user-sp8qv9cx8s Right, they didnt rule.. Mongols burned alot more than one city and forced them to pay to keep em from doing it again, they also built cities of their own with some of them standing to this day. But fine, they didnt rule, they just made sure that the people who "ruled" knew the axe would come down if they did anything.

What you didn't mention was the military's involvement with the mafia. The mafia sort of bullies the military and treats them like a protection racket (yes, you heard that right, the army gets bullied by criminals). This is state supported as it helps keep the military weak and less of a threat to the regime.

@isaiahkayode6526

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When you say Mafia are you talking about those Tracksuits guys.

@cultugarvealgarve7380

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even de nuke departments

@KennyNGA

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@@isaiahkayode6526 i think those tracksuit guys are called Slavs

@reez4910

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@@KennyNGA gopniks*

Good vid, thank you! Great lol about pronunciation of russian mobsters surnames.

Me clicking on the video :How bad could it be?

It sounds like you're saying corruption in the Russian military is a modular, multi-role, force de-multiplier. 😆🤷‍♂️

@plainlake

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It is a force multiplier, but you multiply with numbers below 1.

@hazzardalsohazzard2624

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@@plainlake From the sounds of it, the numbers are all a lot lower than 1.

@bobfg3130

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Good one!

Lmao the title made me chuckle, the intro made me laugh, then I learned happily for 20 min. Mission accomplished. Absolutely excellent video

13:03 - 13:20 to put in perspective the _buys_ from companies that sprang in _weeks_ before.. normally evaluation of new equipment buys takes years for militaries. it needs a holistic evaluation from every standpoint, from weather, logistics, integration, economics, firepower, future, strategic politics, etc. to determine what weapon or equipment system fits the country or if it does, and do a thorough comparison of all competitors. one modern notable project, finland´s f35 buy, HX Fighter Program evaluation, lasted from 2015 to 2021. 70 experts worked on the project full-time.

Very very telling thanks

The old Nicholas Cage movie Lord of War was pretty accurate about the condition of early 90’s Russian military. Big ticket weapons systems were disappearing. That’s what caused us to start buying their nuclear warheads during the Clinton years.

@oltyret

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Yuri Orlov was a bottom feeder selling heavily worn weapons to African warlords. Others were worse.