Originally Posted by
skridlov
During the Italian campaign in WW2 a tank officer spoke to some surrendered artillery officers from a unit that had been devastating Allied armour with their unsurpassed 88mm guns. One German officer remarked "we ran out of ammunition before you ran out of tanks". However crappy the Russian hardware, they have a lot of it. Likewise cannon-fodder.
They may have a lot of it, but they don't seem to have anywhere near enough fuel bowsers to keep it moving.
If the Germans hadn't run out of 88mm ammunition???
As a former Wing Mong (TSW) it's good to see that the importance of Logistics is finally being recognised by the wider media.