Originally Posted by
Less Hair
With all respect but what is 500 more versus 10K plus already KIA?
The sinking of Moskva has been very widely reported in Russian media, and the casualties are much harder to hide for longer period of time. If a conscript (or any other soldier) dies in a tank on a land operation it is not necessarily noticed that quick amongst the population. But such a large scale instant hit like the Moskva with lot of media coverage will raise questions. 10000 KIA within two months of troops that no one actually expects to take contact back home very soon vs possibly 500 KIA in one instance and all the families are trying to get hold of their owns.
To put it this way: in land warfare what type of weapon should be used and in which circumstances to take out 500+ enemy soldiers with a single hit? Such an event would similarily raise questions.