Comments on: Russian Infiltration Tactics https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/russian-infiltration-tactics/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 09:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/russian-infiltration-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-295787 Isegoria Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:01:01 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25363#comment-295787 I suppose the US military analysts saw the eastern front, with its vast open spaces, playing out differently from the densely populated western front, as in the previous war.

]]> By: Goober https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/russian-infiltration-tactics/comment-page-1/#comment-286684 Goober Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:16:50 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25363#comment-286684 This was only deemed possible by US military analysts because the German army was so spread out over such a large front.

To their peril, I believe. If we’d ever gone to war with the Russians, I think we’d have been shocked at how porous even tight lines can be. I think we learned that hard lesson in Vietnam, where infiltration was so pervasive that there really were no lines to speak of during the entire war. If I’m more than 20 yards from somebody, I can sneak past them without them finding me nine times out of ten. Can any military commander really assume that he can close his front to gaps no larger than 20 yards?

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