A couple of questions/comments and an error report:
The latter first, unit 173 is available from 95 to 92 and 175 is available from 95 to 93. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the other way around...
Then, a more complex issue, the availability of certain weapons. The Chechens are basically a rebel army, and even though it's well known that they had a few captured tanks and APCs, is it likely that they would keep e.g. T-72s until 2015 and BMP-3s beyond 2020..? You may have better intel on this than I do, but it seems rather unlikely. Also, I think it is unlikely that the crews of these IFVs would be better trained than not only Russian crews, but many Western as well. In the Mujahedeen obat, the tank crews get a 20 point experience penalty. Could that be an idea worth looking into?
The ammo layout of the captured tanks is also an issue. I would think they would run out of ATGMs and other sophisticated AT rounds (sabot, DC-HEAT etc) pretty quick, whereas the USSR ammo depots they had access to would contain considerable amounts of 100, 115 and 125 HE rounds, so a shift towards more HE rounds would make sense to me, at least. Also, I remember reading that the guerillas used the ERA packs on captured tanks for IEDs, so stripping the Chechen tanks of ERA might possibly make sense as well..? This is mere speculation, I do not have any sources to bolster my opinions with. But I think this makes sense
Furthermore, the Chechen infantrymen have a lot of night vision equipment. I do believe they found some stuff in the weapon depots, but I do not believe they were and still are as well equipped as the US Army...
Hope you'll consider some of these suggestions!
Re obat 70 Chechnya
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