The more than two years running in the Russian Federation comprehensive military reform in the German speaking had been found only a small journalistic echo, which was limited to a few articles in newspapers and journals. But the same -Dnieper-Verlag from Klitzsch in Leipzig offers help. Recently, there are three books about the armed forces of the RF released after the armed forces reform , written by Dieter Stammer . In the first volume, the air force, air defense, airborne forces, strategic rocket forces, and the cosmic forces treated. The second issue deals with the Navy, including the land units. And third, the land forces, treated the interior troops of the Interior Ministry and the special forces of the military intelligence.
far, so good. The author has endeavored to catalog all military organizations in Russia. The course is very interesting - if the information would vote for all. Unfortunately, serious doubts remain with me. Sun appear in its list of military units that exist in this form, according to Russian sources no longer exist (eg in the Marine infantry in Issue 2). Or is dubious assumption conditions are specified. The funniest I find his portrayal of the 46th Operational Brigade of the interior troops stationed in Chechnya. According to Stammer, it has 11 (!) Battalions, but will do in these units, only 2,000 men service (No. 3 / 4, p. 40 f.). That does not, why should the compilations with a good piece to read skepticism.
This ambiguous impression continues with the pictures and illustrations. It is pleasing therefore that the issues are not as monotonous character columns, but are illustrated. If then, as in Issue 3 / 4 on page 57 above a photo of the Soviet period is assigned (the deployments to Afghanistan), although depicted on an aircraft after Introduced in 1991 marking the RF contribute, then that verges on falsification of history.
has here - as in the whole layout of the books - lacked a proper proofreading by the publisher. All magazines are unfortunately filled with many small mistakes that lead (at least for me) is always a permanent distrust of the author.
One of the reasons for the substantive error should be that Stammer not call his sources. There is only the short notice, that all information comes from the Russian press. I do not doubt, but the critical reader, it is therefore not possible to check information directly Stammers. Thus, the reading will be a matter of faith.
comes Unfortunately, for discussions of the many different aspects of military reform is too short (what has changed?). Becomes somehow finally Stammers statement that "Russia on the right track" is "the traditions of the Soviet Army to continue" (issue 1, 4th cover-S.). Thus, the significant structural changes in the last two years - in particular the move away from a large, on the mass mobilization aimed Army - negated.
Of the three books discussed here remains an ambiguous impression. is without doubt the positive test, the entire Military of the RF compact display (where is the appropriate entity). It could also, I win a lot of new insights. But creating the existing faults and shortcomings is to spoil the buyer of books to read. You are the author's credibility in any case detrimental, especially as it not the origin of the processed information he can understand.
uncritical Before reading must be urgently warned. One should check the information presented by Stammer whenever possible based on Russian sources. Therefore, the issues are unfortunately limited to those contemporaries who do not speak the Russian language, but still a bit over the armed forces the RF shall know. In this respect still exists a great void.
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