Damn ww2 was skipped and they went straight to ww1
This just made me hate people even more.
The US Army still maintain a mule corps. It’s how we got a lot of supplies to the inland hurricane victims last year.
That said, I’m surprised that hay and clover is cheaper than gas to make this at all efficient.
I would say there’s a massive difference between maintaining a mule corps so that in the rare event you want/need to transport heavy supplies through terrain where vehicles can’t go, you have the option, versus using mules as an alternative to vehicles.
The former gives you an element of surprise and/or the possibility to resupply an otherwise cut off unit, much like the capabilities granted by special forces. The latter is a sign that you don’t have enough vehicles, and that your industrial base isn’t able to keep up with losses.
Nice, will they use dogs and cats next?
Very similar to Russian soldiers except the donkeys usually aren’t drunk.
Man, I don’t want to see Donkey’s being blown up. Fucking Russia. Just go away.
Naming a drone Donkey Punch just got a little more likely.
“China is supplying the farms with equipment to harvest food for the donkeys which are being used for war. Let’s sanction China”
“The war is going so well, we don’t even need all this 1980’s futuristic technology! We are so good we can literally go medieval on these guys!”
I can’t wait to see the russian knights in chainmail armor next week, that’ll show Ukraine, right?
Worked during WWII, I guess… Anyway, the dipshit leader of my country is now trying to bribe Ukraine for aid. Cause that’s what “aid” means.
I wonder if they could use drones to manoeuver them into delivering the ammo to Ukrainians instead.
Drone with a carrot dangling from it.
Heartbreaking that those critters will die because the Russians are assholes. I bet the thought is that the soldiers can eat them if they have to so its a one way trip for those poor things.
NCD really needs to get its shit together. Once again outjerked by reality.
What a bunch of jackasses
Either it’s a sign of waning resources or they are just more efficient?
If donkeys are more effecient then it is a sign of waning resources.
Golf karts, donkeys, dirt bikes and shed tanks are not some undiscovered secret hack to win wars quick. They’re desperation moves.
Hmmm… I think this might be a adaption to constant drone surveillance.
Supply vehicles are a major target for drones and artillery. They also leave tracks in the mud/snow that can easily be seen from the air. This gives the drone operators a fast way of locating where to search for enemy positions even if they miss the truck. The fresh tracks give them a region to search.
Now if they drop the supplies 5-10 miles from the positions and use donkeys to haul it to the final position using treelines etc the tracks will be very hard to follow. It would take a IR camera drone and a bit of luck to spot them.
I hope this is a sign of faltering Russian logistics, but I’m not certain.
If I’m trying to move heavy cartons across uneven, partially frozen, partially muddy ground I think a donkey/ mule is a very convenient* solution. Unlike an ATV you can get it right into the foxhole, and with a rope you don’t need to be in the “red mist” zone of any exploding cartons.
*I say that, having never mucked out a stable or anything.
A donkey needs to eat. Grass is free in summer but limited. You need a lot of land to grow that grass. the donkey needs to eat even when you don’t use it. Oil in modern cars are a lot cheaper for the amount of work you get. Acoup.org has a lot more details on how hard horse logistics are.
Or treat it as a delivery of ammo plus a delivery of meat.
That is an option, though troops on the front lines processing meat are sure to die as they are not moving and thus become an easy target.
Donkeys also are hard to produce - I don’t know enough details of their breeding cycle that say much here, but the limits should be obvious.
