Moscow Military Museum (1 Viewer)

[joesgis]

Amazing images Mike! WOW {eek3}
I've seriously enjoyed them all! Thank you for sharing. What an experience that must have been!

Joe

 

[ucla1967]

John,

Yes, please do add yours. Thanks.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

Amazing images Mike! WOW {eek3}
I've seriously enjoyed them all! Thank you for sharing. What an experience that must have been!

Joe

Thanks Joe. There are many amazing things to see in Europe. At this point in time, I have visited all of the countries in Europe with the exception of Ukraine and Moldova.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

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[ucla1967]

I love the battle scene paintings in the museum. However, I was a little surprised how young and unimposing the Russian troops I saw were.

 

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The third and fourth photos are the wreckage of the U-2 spy plane.

 

[ucla1967]

I really enjoyed seeing the early World War II Soviet armored vehicles displayed outside.

 

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You may have noticed in some of the earlier photos that the armored vehicles are not displayed in chronological order, so Cold War AFV are mixed in with the World War II AFV, but these five photos are all WWII AFV including the first KV-1 and KV-2 tanks I ever saw.

 

[ucla1967]

Actually, in the previous post it would have been more accurate of me to say that, with a few exceptions, I hadn't seen any of these Soviet AFV up close and personal before.

 

[Poppo]

I love the battle scene paintings in the museum. However, I was a little surprised how young and unimposing the Russian troops I saw were.

"Unimposing"? Well, tens of thousands of tanks, planes, artillery pieces and a reservoir of millions of men are not imposing for you? {sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4} They were maybe young and not in an elegant uniform but...

 

[ucla1967]

"Unimposing"? Well, tens of thousands of tanks, planes, artillery pieces and a reservoir of millions of men are not imposing for you? {sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4} They were maybe young and not in an elegant uniform but...

Yes, I meant what I said. They were unimposing and looked more like high school students than soldiers. I believe you may be thinking of the Soviet Army of the cold war era rather than the current Russian Army. The Russian Army of today has about 350,000 active duty personnel of whom about 70 percent are conscripts. It currently has about 2,500 main battle tanks; 3,200 Infantry Fighting Vehicles; 2,800 Armored Personnel Carriers; and 4,300 towed and self-propelled artillery pieces. Not the tens of thousand you refer to.

The Russian economy is very small compared to the United States; its' Gross Domestic Product is 1.28 trillion USD which is just seven percent the size of the U.S. GDP of 18.6 trillion USD. The states of California and Texas each have state economies that are twice the size of Russia's. This all means that Russia doesn't have the economic depth to compete with the U.S. In addition, the Russian economy is highly reliant on the export of commodities like petroleum which can fluctuate greatly whereas the U.S. economy is more diversified and resilient. This puts them at a great disadvantage vis-a-vis the United States.

Earlier this summer, in Syria near the Iraqi border, a large formation of Russian "mercenaries" attacked a small U.S. Army Special Forces unit and Kurdish militia. They were equipped with modern tanks, AFV, artillery, etc., and yet we kicked their *****, killing about 300 of them using artillery, drones, and air power while suffering zero casualties. I would not underestimate the fighting ability of the professional U.S. Armed Forces versus the Russians or anyone else for that matter.

 

[Terp152]

Mike, very nice series of pictures. Enjoyed seeing these very much as I don't expect to be able to visit the museum, but you never know. Chris

 

[blaster]

Hello Mike,

Thank you for sharing these great photos of your visit. This museum is off the beaten track and is an eye-opener to pedestrian tourists like myself.

Rgds
Victor

 

[Poppo]

Yes, I meant what I said. They were unimposing and looked more like high school students than soldiers. I believe you may be thinking of the Soviet Army of the cold war era rather than the current Russian Army. The Russian Army of today has about 350,000 active duty personnel of whom about 70 percent are conscripts. It currently has about 2,500 main battle tanks; 3,200 Infantry Fighting Vehicles; 2,800 Armored Personnel Carriers; and 4,300 towed and self-propelled artillery pieces. Not the tens of thousand you refer to.

The Russian economy is very small compared to the United States; its' Gross Domestic Product is 1.28 trillion USD which is just seven percent the size of the U.S. GDP of 18.6 trillion USD. The states of California and Texas each have state economies that are twice the size of Russia's. This all means that Russia doesn't have the economic depth to compete with the U.S. In addition, the Russian economy is highly reliant on the export of commodities like petroleum which can fluctuate greatly whereas the U.S. economy is more diversified and resilient. This puts them at a great disadvantage vis-a-vis the United States.

Earlier this summer, in Syria near the Iraqi border, a large formation of Russian "mercenaries" attacked a small U.S. Army Special Forces unit and Kurdish militia. They were equipped with modern tanks, AFV, artillery, etc., and yet we kicked their *****, killing about 300 of them using artillery, drones, and air power while suffering zero casualties. I would not underestimate the fighting ability of the professional U.S. Armed Forces versus the Russians or anyone else for that matter.

Well, no, I referred to the ww2 soviet army.

 

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