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This is the most bloody stubborn practical sys-admin like conduct of war and ops of which I have ever read.

Tanks are cool, but planes are more mobile: should we just use planes? Nyet! Add rotor; is now flying tank!

Reuse calibers? Nyet! Dumb peasant Ivan can confuse 120mm howitzer with mortar with tank round--better to just have different calibers and avoid that entire logistics problem entirely!

Mortars can be made of steel and rifled, and have twice the accuracy: can we use those? Nyet! Build ten mortars for price of one fancy-pants mortar, get 5 times the accuracy!

It's amazing.

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