Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Paper Skies" channel.

  1. The problem with peacetime armies is they have no conception of war outside the last one they fought.
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  2. They equated party membership with national loyalties, but it was mainly a method of career advancement
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  3. CW is basically poor man's nuke and nukes didn't exist at the time.
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  4. The Nazis also used it as rocket fuel... they had trouble with the volumes in the tanks deminishing over time, so they added a laxative and a large portion of the crew was out of commission at any given time. They poisoned it, but then one guy found a way to remove the poison and sell the alcohol. This sounds hilarious, but it was really depressing as this was near the end of the war and the men were simply drowning away their hunger and misery. There was even talk of shooting the next guy they caught drunk just to scare the men into submission.
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  5. That was the pattern with most wars in the USSR. It ended the instant everyone figured out who was fighting who.
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  6. The Soviets were on a peacetime footing at the time and had no conception of conflict outside the world wars. This was just an early tastes of the conflicts that would come decades later
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  7. Sounds like Sablin's beef with Moscow was that he wasn't in charge. Same story as always....
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  8. There are a bunch of good YouTubers on there, it can't be that bad
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  9.  @you-dont-know-me  Yes, but do you need subtitles to understand them?
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  10. I make generic early comment. GIVE ME MEANINGLESS UPVOTES!
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  11. This wasn't exactly the Soviets at their best. They had no conception of war outside the world wars and the idea of insider threat was just bizarre. Also, while we like to pretend otherwise, this was peacetime in the USSR
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  12. Lose the bull
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  13. I'd have to contest the assertion gas operated gatlings are better. Revving those things up to speed would make timing a fury of bullets on target tricky. Also, higher rate of fire isn't necessarily better when overheating and limited ammo are big issues with Gatlings. The GAU-8 even intentionally reduces max fire rate and the makers of LMGs usually don't care what the fire rate is as long as the shots are powerful and accurate.
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  14.  @McNubbys  are you referencing an irrelevant TV show?
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  15. Sablin thought he could be Lenin @nimbusshadow-wings 
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  16.  @McNubbys  What?
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  17.  @StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe  or maybe your knowledge of Russian history is confined to select wars.
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  18.  @StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe  Silly dare, since that is easily googleable information that will inevitably turn out wrong for you even if on a technicality. Quit being rhetorical, you're no good at it
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  19. Crop dusting for humans. Lovin' it!
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  20. @vincere_  that's what it is now, and it's the reason some civilized states used it previously but don't anymore
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  21.  @stscc01  that only happened when they were losing
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  22.  @stscc01  who is they?
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  23.  @tedzehnder961  that situation evolved with the decades
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  24. Quit using Fascist as an insult. Fascist is from Fascies, the Roman kingly septer carried by the consuls.
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  25. Stalin's fears of war with what is now NATO were perfectly well founded as Winston Churchill was seriously considering Operation Unthinkable despite the name.
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  26.  @no1DdC  Even so
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  27.  @PaperSkiesAviation  you definitely said better than Cold War era gatlings. Ultimately it doesn't matter, though
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  28. @StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe  come on. We both know if you actually cared to know you would have googled "Russian naval battle list" and immediately saw Sungari and realized how much of an arrogant idiot you're acting like. Now shut up before your mother beats some sense into your skull.
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