Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Russia’s Very Russian Problems" video.

  1. Dude, I hear tons of criticisms of armored terrain cars in my country as well. It's like no country has been able to perfect the concept of armored "Jeeps" to this day. :S
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  2. The Russians will have problems with precise surgical strikes as far as artillery goes, because s big part of their artillery relies on rocket artillery as opposed to advanced howitzers. They're using a lot of evolved variants of the Katyusha rocket pod trucks, and while more advanced than the old Katyusha, the rockets aren't really guided. So there's going to be a lot of collateral damage.
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  3.  @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz  By the way, did you ever see the movie called "The Pentagon Wars"? At least I think that's what it was called. It chronicles the development of the Bradley IFV. Let's just say that things can go haywire with defense contracts and when Pentagon stooges decide to interfere with development of vehicles. It's quite a fun watch. 🤣
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  4. Russians aren't that anti-social though. From speaking to Russian ex-pats, one thing they all told me about is how strange they found it that neighbours in western countries seem so isolated from eachother. Yes, the brutalist hab blocks of Russia may look depressing. But what tenants would do to spruce things up is set up some greenery near the bottom floors, and neighbours (as in not relatives) would go into these communal spaces with greenery to hang out in the afternoons, chit-chatting, gossiping, playing chess, drinking beer and maybe do some barbecue. You know, the "squatting slav" stereotype, hanging out with some neighbours, eating sunflower seeds and having a beer. But when you look at the west, how many tenants of apartment buildings actually "talk" or hang out with eachother? At best they might say hello if they bump into eachother in the staircase or elevators, but otherwise they keep themselves completely isolated from eachother. As a western person myself, I too feel instinctually that it would be strange to have communal gatherings between neighbours in the afternoons when the workday is over. But for slavs, that's completely normal and a form of local community building.
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