Comments by "Kameraden" (@Alte.Kameraden) on "Ukraine Admits Heavy Losses in DONBAS" video.

8:01 to be honest this is normal. Logistic in militaries, heck State Governments are Nightmares. There are stories from all sides in WWII which units within the same militaries would often literally fight over supplies. In the German Army in Russia they'd often under estimate their numbers, how many tanks/vehicles they had in their units just so Generals wouldn't take their vehicles away and send them to other units for example. US Military in Iraq often stole or bought supplies from other units as well. I know a number of retired marines who would tell me stories how they literally just stole equipment from other units. Logistics is literally a nightmare it's impossible for any form of centralized authority to properly have an accurate picture of every location, every front, every unit to know who gets what or who needs what. TIKhistory did a number of videos on WWII Logistics from each nation in the war, and it's a nightmare no matter what country it was. What was that quote from Band of Brothers "You either scavenge or steal ammo, either way you hold this position."
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@larsrons7937 It's why I'm not surprised that Ukrainian soldiers have no food or ammo, or that Russian soldiers run out of gas. It isn't a video game with supply points that you retreat to and they will always have fuel/ammo. There is a long complicated process filled with bureaucracy and possibly even corruption. Something as simple as an officer trying to sound good on a phone saying "Ya we can hold out!" can deny an entire division food/ammo for weeks, even if they don't, nothing stopping another unit from stealing the supplies off the trucks as they're parked in the town they're stationed/resting in before being deployed somewhere else before it reaches the unit it was assigned to supply. As I said, it's a mess, and likely always will be a mess. I remember during the American Civil War, many Americans soldiers bought their own guns, and had would buy ammunition themselves, as it was often more reliable than relying on the Army, as getting letters in the mail, boxes from home was often more reliable than a wagon train having shoes/socks.
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@gurugoguzhanson Like the famous Tootsie Roll mix up during the Korean War. US Marines called in for Mortar Shells, which were code named Tootsie Rolls. Well, they were airdropped a crate full of Tootsie Rolls literally.
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