Many Russian soldiers still don’t use socks because they prefer the rag. It’s more adjustable for different feet, easier to wash in the field and less prone to holes. Newer is not always better.
Dependence on specific Technology and material things are actually severe handicaps in war.
Russians have beaten back numerous attacks on their soil and faced hard times for generations unimaginable to modern snowflakes. I was taught how to live off grid and survive when there is NOTHING.
Today I still grow hundreds of pounds of food and collect rainwater while neigbors scratch their heads.
If the grid goes down in 90% of Russia, people will barely flinch. They dont depend on the government or grid for anything. And Russians have far more hidden guns than the government can imagine.
If the grid goes down in 90% of the USA today, too many people will be completely helpless and starving. They’ll cannibalize this country until it collapses. Not a clue how to make their own water/food.
I like technology but people become far too dependent on it.
I made piroshki last weekend, meat, fried mmmmmmmmmmm