Russia could invade Poland 'overnight', report claims

3)Russian conventional forces are very poor. Standard issue infantry rifle is the AKM. That says a lot about them. UK infantry rifle is the L85A2, US's is the M4 carbine, Germans - G36. All far superior to their 45y.o rifles.

3)Russian conventional forces are very poor. Standard issue infantry rifle is the AKM. That says a lot about them. UK infantry rifle is the L85A2, US's is the M4 carbine, Germans - G36. All far superior to their 45y.o rifles.

What has age got to do with it?

Russia's standard issue rifle is the AK-74, a rifle which improves upon the AK-47 in effective range, accuracy (main focus) and reliability. Considering the AK-47 has a legendary reputation for reliability, it's no wonder the weapon is still in service after so long... It also seems that the 74 is a significant improvement when it comes to accuracy over the 47.

The M16 family has a history of reliability issues

The SA80 family (includes the L85A2) has reliability problems out in the field. The L85A2 was notorious for jamming outside of perfect conditions, probably because of how hard it was to clean the rifle, and it didn't like anything but the perfect temperatures, this proved to be quite the problem in places like Afghanistan.

The G36 has also been criticised for its poor accuracy in warmer conditions.


Now I'm probably on some sort of Government watch list for doing a bit of research on these guns...

Why Poland?

Poland and Ukraine are the most valuable targets (large landmass, large population), Poland is relatively advanced.

Thanks for the clarification. Or maybe also because invading is in their blood.

1]As we should all know or at least be able to guess Russia could steam roller across Europe within a matter of weeks, even a NATO commander said this.

1. There was never a time that outcome of war was decided by a single weapon (with exception to nukes, when only US had them). So whatever they use is not that much relevant.
2. Standard assault riffle is not AKM, but AK74/AK74M. Sure, it's not perfect, but it's still better than M4, G36 is being phased out because of its unreliability, and l85a2 is such a great weapon, that only UK uses it.

Russia are actively destabilising the Middle East as well as being happy to invade into Europe. If anyone thinks they're a force for good in the world, they must be mental.

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Which NATO commander? Field Marshal Montgomery, in the 1950s?

In 2016, the idea is nonsense. They'd get bogged down in Poland after a few days't capturing any major cities or advancing past the German border in 'a matter of weeks'.
Online Russia worship makes me physically sick.

Poland would absolutely smash the **** out of Russia in Kaliningrad Oblast, and then Russia would probably go through Belarus and smash Russia. Overall it would probably take a few months overall.

You are aware that the Kaliningrad Oblast has 'At the beginning of 2010 the number of ground forces in the Kaliningrad special district was 10,500 ground troops (excluding the 1,100 in the Marine Corps), divided into one motorized infantry brigade, one mechanized infantry regiment, one missile brigade with 12-18 defense systems OTR-21 Tochka, one artillery brigade, one helicopter regiment, one defense team. In the army of the Kaliningrad special district at the beginning of 2010 there were 811 tanks, 1,239 armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers of various types, 345 artillery and rocket systems.^[1] However, by 2012, the size of the marine brigade in the Kaliningrad region is projected to increase to four thousand troops.'
The Military Balance 2010. page 226. Kaliningrad Special Region.'
Not to mention the S-400 is deployed there [which would turn the area into an essential no fly zone for the Polish air force], all of which [whilst doubtful could hold out against Poland would certainly give it a bloody nose.

Do you mean Russia would go through Belarus and smash Poland? You make it sound like The Russians would walk into Belarus do an about turn and waste themselves

Yes, Poland has a strong 100k strong regular military with relatively modern weaponry (save some old T72s) and literally millions of reservists and militia. They would absolutely annihilate the Russians there. Belarus is in Russia's pocket, so they would get military access at the very least.

Yes, Poland has a strong 100k strong regular military with relatively modern weaponry (save some old T72s) and literally millions of reservists and militia. They would absolutely annihilate the Russians there. Belarus is in Russia's pocket, so they would get military access at the very least.