Mitch Wrote:
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> The first video is a Russian Engineering Battalion
> equal to a US engineering Company in personnel.
>
> The Second is a Russian Armored Infantry Battalion
> equal to a US infantry company in size
>
> The third video is a Russian Tank Battalion
> slightly larger than a US company
>
> The forth is a rocket Artillery battalion about
> the size of a MLRS battery but no where near as
> accurate or destructive.
>
> In total this is 1 Russian division minus ADA and
> support troops.
>
> The passenger cars carried the personnel assigned
> to the units. Russian doctrine is send their
> equipment with a full combat load of ammunition
> and equipment and to have the personnel with the
> equipment in the event they need to offload and
> fight as quick as possible. US forces ship their
> equipment without ammo or light weapons and the
> personnel follow in either a special train or
> plane.

Thanks for the information Mitch. The last paragraph answers my previous question of why nothing is chained down.