True. Stalin eventually ran the Finns out of bullets after the Russians took 321,000–381,000 total casualties. Does Putin have 321,000–381,000 total casualties men to spare fighting a 2nd Winter War? Why no, no he does not.
2022 Putin's Russia is nowhere near as powerful as 1939 Stalin's USSR was. And 2022 Finland is far stronger.
Finland has only 100 Leopard 2 tanks and that's all. No other tanks, even the old Soviet made tanks that Finland used to have have been dismantled.
False. Next time learn to read. The Finnish army has 100 Leopard 2 A4 and A6 main battle tanks each, as well as 27 in reserve, and 12 specialized variants. This is a total of 239.
239 of a tank which is superior to anything the Russians ever had, when the Russians are busy refurbishing old T-62s and T-64s to replace losses in Ukraine because they don't even have enough T-72s anymore.
And Russia has 900,000 active forces, 2M active reserves, and 27M reservists that have at some point of life served in military and could be mobilized with short training.
If any of that was true, why can't Russia keep enough manpower to man the front line in Ukraine. Clearly, the reality does not reflect Russia's "on paper" manpower claims. It is a proven fact that Russia has had manpower shortages and had units down to 25% strength in the Kharkiv offensive.
Finland has hundreds of Leopard 2 tanks, which are better than anything Russia has.
Finland's wartime strength is 240k troops. It keeps about 40k at short term readiness, which is more than enough.
I'm sure Stalin said the same thing for the Winter War and how did that turn out?
True. Stalin eventually ran the Finns out of bullets after the Russians took 321,000–381,000 total casualties. Does Putin have 321,000–381,000 total casualties men to spare fighting a 2nd Winter War? Why no, no he does not.
2022 Putin's Russia is nowhere near as powerful as 1939 Stalin's USSR was. And 2022 Finland is far stronger.
False. Next time learn to read. The Finnish army has 100 Leopard 2 A4 and A6 main battle tanks each, as well as 27 in reserve, and 12 specialized variants. This is a total of 239.
239 of a tank which is superior to anything the Russians ever had, when the Russians are busy refurbishing old T-62s and T-64s to replace losses in Ukraine because they don't even have enough T-72s anymore.
If any of that was true, why can't Russia keep enough manpower to man the front line in Ukraine. Clearly, the reality does not reflect Russia's "on paper" manpower claims. It is a proven fact that Russia has had manpower shortages and had units down to 25% strength in the Kharkiv offensive.