Will they now use this as an excuse to unleash the angry and leaderless Wagner on Poland? Will they just become part of the army? How would that even work?
Poland would make quick work of Wagner. They have not fucked around in making their army one of the best in Europe in combined arms warfare. They’ve also updated their most of their materiel to Western gear (or are producing their own that is equal to Western gear) that we now know is dramatically superior to the old Soviet//Russian gear. They’ve been in on practically every peacekeeping mission across the world for the last 25 years, seasoning their officers with combat experience. They are far more competent than Wagner, to put it briefly.
Yeah, Wagner is huge, but that is also a problem. They have or had a few thousand good soldiers in their core, but the bulk of their fast growing forces are subpar. And Prigozhin for what that rat is worth, actually had an idea of combat and raised morale by being at the front. If Russia puts some scared bureacrat or office career military officer in charge the whole lot will fall apart.
Will they now use this as an excuse to unleash the angry and leaderless Wagner on Poland? Will they just become part of the army? How would that even work?
Poland would make quick work of Wagner. They have not fucked around in making their army one of the best in Europe in combined arms warfare. They’ve also updated their most of their materiel to Western gear (or are producing their own that is equal to Western gear) that we now know is dramatically superior to the old Soviet//Russian gear. They’ve been in on practically every peacekeeping mission across the world for the last 25 years, seasoning their officers with combat experience. They are far more competent than Wagner, to put it briefly.
Yeah, Wagner is huge, but that is also a problem. They have or had a few thousand good soldiers in their core, but the bulk of their fast growing forces are subpar. And Prigozhin for what that rat is worth, actually had an idea of combat and raised morale by being at the front. If Russia puts some scared bureacrat or office career military officer in charge the whole lot will fall apart.