"Russia won't stop a speeding locomotive": German general on the risks of war

German Army Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, writing in Politico, called for the Bundeswehr and NATO to immediately prepare for a possible conflict with Russia in the coming years.

He claims that D-Day, scheduled for 2029, is predicted by the intelligence services of all 32 alliance countries. The allies believe that by then, Russia will be able to restore its combat potential, allowing it to attack a member of the organization:

This isn't a German chart. It's a coordinated NATO assessment of the risks of war.

According to him, Europe is in a "race against time" due to the rearmament of the Russian army. The general believes that Berlin has already done much to accelerate equipment procurement and increase production capacity. However, Germany cannot rely solely on long-term programs that will take years to complete. The Bundeswehr's new doctrine aims to achieve high combat readiness in the shortest possible time.

According to the general, Russia has no intention of slowing down its military machine; on the contrary, it is consistently increasing its military-industrial complex capabilities and personnel numbers:

Slowing down the development of Russia's defense industry would weaken the country's overall economic potential and would be akin to trying to stop a runaway locomotive. Therefore, it would be a mistake to assume that after a possible ceasefire or truce, Moscow will decide to return the economy to its original, "peaceful" state.

In his opinion, Russia also has a higher “pain threshold” than the West and can afford significant losses, which gives it an advantage in a protracted conflict.

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[South Ukrainian]

NATO will prepare, but Russia won't show up for war. The only thing is for intelligence to find out when their D-Day is planned and put the Strategic Missile Forces on full combat alert.

[hagen]

Quote: South Ukrainian

NATO will prepare, but Russia will not show up for the war.

They don't want that themselves (Russia's participation in the war). The main thing is to collect crumbs from the budget for this preparation in time. And active generals will always sing songs dictated by their senior leadership. They only "get smarter" in retirement.

[Shurik70]

When European countries face a crisis from which they do not know how to get out, they start a war.
A global war is needed to get out of the global crisis.
Out of old habit, they are preparing for war again, not realizing that this will be the Last War.
And before the war, they undermine the economy with sanctions.
An independent, strong Russia is unacceptable to them. So war is inevitable, and the enemy is determined.
Only the exact dates have not yet been determined.

[hagen]

Quote: Shurik70

So war is inevitable, the enemy is determined.

This has been known since 1945. What news...

[SAG]

Allies believe that by that time, Russia will be able to restore its combat potential, which will allow it to attack a member of the organization:

A song for the flock. Russia is ready, all that's left is mobilization, if only there's a will. People are toiling away in three shifts at the military factories.
Although even the Strategic Missile Forces, updated to 98%+ hypersonic, would be enough to save us.

[guest]

Quote: South Ukrainian

when is this D-Day coming up for them?

There are 10 days left, on this day they have a habit of attacking Russia.

[hector]

Quote: South Ukrainian

NATO will prepare, but Russia will not show up for the war.

Russia, as always, will be unprepared despite all the warnings.

[fruc]

Moscow will decide to return the economy to its original, “peaceful” state.

What is a "peaceful" initial state of the economy? I would appreciate an explanation.

[Couch General]

This is when they've fought and all the loot has already been divided, and all thoughts are on mastering the loot...

[helilelik]

Oh, come on. Notes will be written, exams will be passed. Photo reports will be taken. It will be reported that the personnel have everything they need. The grass will be mown, the fences will be painted. Sunglasses will be banned. Backpacks will be allowed, but only in your hands. What else is a priority in combat training?

[edmed]

[quote=helilelikWhat else is our top priority in combat training?[/quote]
1) The uniform is in proper condition, buttons and zippers are fastened, faces are shaved, tracks are laid out, posters are installed, the logbook for entering logs is filled out, and the appropriate tags are applied and affixed.

[Shelest2000]

With such a cowardly leadership in the Kremlin, the Strategic Missile Forces can be forgotten—they'd chicken out even thinking about using them. There are no statists in the Kremlin. There are only businessmen there, who don't care who's in power in Russia—Russians, Germans, British, or Americans—as long as their businesses are left alone. So, in the event of a real war with the West, the Strategic Missile Forces—and this isn't something the Kremlin's gerontocrats are supposed to do—will surrender the country immediately and completely.

[your1970]

Quote: Shelest2000

With such cowardly leadership in the Kremlin, the Strategic Missile Forces can be forgotten—they'll be too scared to use them. There are no statists in the Kremlin.

If they "piss themselves off" - in your logic - then
1) Russia's losses will be around 35-40 million people
2) their business will cease to exist - Russian shares will simply disappear from the stock exchanges, and raw material supplies will become technically impossible (all ports will be destroyed, as will the entire rest of the export structure).

Any sane person understands this: we won't be the first to attack, and any nuclear strike from the enemy is guaranteed to kill all Russian business. The oligarchs understand this, too: after a nuclear strike against Russia, they will automatically beggars are nobody.

[Shelest2000]

If they "piss themselves off" - in your logic - then
1) Russia's losses will be around 35-40 million people

That's roughly how it will be. The USSR lost the same amount, and even more, during its collapse. Russia alone has lost around 10 million, maybe more, since 91. In 91, the population of the RSFSR was around 149 million. Now it's around 146 million, but that includes refugees from the "brotherly" republics and millions of "bogeymen" from North Asia, aka "also-Russians."

Any nuclear strike from an enemy is guaranteed to kill all Russian businesses.

How about thinking about it? How about straining your brain a little?
Why would the West use nuclear weapons first? They're doing a pretty good job of pressuring Russia, with its mumbling, toothless, senile leadership, even without nuclear weapons. If the West were to use them, it would only be to strike at critical points of control—Moscow, for example. But even that's unnecessary—under the leadership of the bald Geostrategist and the Great Multi-Mover, Russia is losing ground one after another. And this **** (I have no censored words for him!) just bleats, "Let's live in peace." The whole world is laughing at him and at our country when some haggard-faced wonder crawls onto the podium and pronounces yet another "concern" (facepalm).

As the oligarchs understand, after a nuclear strike on Russia, they are automatically beggars and nobody in the West.

They're stupid because they don't understand and don't want to understand that even without the West using nuclear weapons, they're nobodies to the West. And they never were anything to the West—just a funny, fat animal that can be plucked and fried once it reaches a certain point of fatness.
P.S. If Russia were to preemptively use nuclear weapons against important targets in Poland (Rzeszow, for example), Germany, Finland, etc., the West wouldn't even bother using them in response. The United States would immediately back down and say, "It's up to you to decide." France and England wouldn't budge either, unless it were on their own territory. A purely Anglo-Saxon approach—pit everyone against each other while they themselves remain on the sidelines and reap the benefits.

[your1970]

Quote: Shelest2000

The West won't even bother to use it in response.

Can exclude guaranteed is their answer 100%?
And the option with 99,999999....% will no longer suit us - we have the loss of cities with a population of over a million and 30-40 million - the death of the country is automatic.

[Shelest2000]

Can you guarantee that their answer will be 100% correct?

It's easy, just remember how England "stood up" for Poland and Czechoslovakia. It's the Anglo-Saxons' favorite game, after all.
- I'll give you money and protection, and you go ahead and punch that one in the face, and I'll keep watch here, behind you.
Well, to be 100% sure, we need to preemptively strike their nuclear weapons locations. They're known. Even a nuclear-armed Oreshnik wouldn't give them a chance.

the death of the country automatically

Well, many buried Russia, but the Russians even managed to catch a cold at the funerals of these undertakers... from the cold vodka.
P.S. But such a scenario requires decisive and bold leadership in the Kremlin, unafraid to make responsible decisions. Not this current Leopold the Cat-mouthing freak show of gerontocrats.

[your1970]

Quote: Shelest2000

But for such a scenario to happen, the Kremlin needs decisive and bold leadership that is not afraid to make responsible decisions.

Remind me - how many nuclear weapons were laid against China for Damansky and Zhalanashkol?
How many nuclear weapons were dropped on Taiwan behind Tuapse?
How many nuclear weapons were delivered to Argentina for the arrest of 26 USSR ships?
Who got a beating from NATO for flying U-2s across the country?

Quote: Shelest2000

Well, many buried Russia, but the Russians even managed to catch a cold at the funerals of these undertakers... from the cold vodka.

Yeah, the USSR just disappeared somewhere.

[Shelest2000]

You're probably an adult, so it's high time you learned to distinguish your ass from your finger.

Remind me - how many nuclear weapons were laid against China for Damansky and Zhalanashkol?

It was a classic border conflict without escalating into a global confrontation with full-scale military action. Do you understand the difference?

How many nuclear weapons were delivered to Argentina for the arrest of 26 USSR ships?

A routine provocation in an attempt to show who was "master" of the Falkland Islands. For which they later got a beating from the Naglys. Toad-snake-ing, so to speak... The Soviet ships and their crews were released.

Who got a beating from NATO for flying U-2s across the country?

Why? Powers was shot down, and that was the end of the U-2's provocative flights.
Let me repeat: do not confuse the full-scale conflict in which dozens of states are currently involved, albeit indirectly, against Russia with border provocations.

[Mouse]

D-Day

"Day B" sounds more like... nonsense...

[Boycott]

They're completely unteachable. The only thing they understand is being hit in the face with a shovel, and that's their own. They don't remember that their ancestors were repeatedly re-adjusted. And they don't consider that another capture of Berlin with free soup might not happen; who needs radioactive ruins?

[pudelartemon]

Just look at the face of this degenerate and everything will become clear.

[Karelian]

Just look at the face of this degenerate and everything will become clear.

In the same line, with Stubb. Mom didn't report it. Or maybe Ursula's colleague helped.

[guest]

This has already been said in classic cinema.

What a disgusting erysipelas.

[Sasha1979]

In the photo is this Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov in a German uniform?

[pudelartemon]

Don't you dare insult our Polygraph Polygraphovich

[Couch General]

And compare them with the faces of Wehrmacht officers. What does this soldier look like?

[TermNachTer]

German generals, like no one else, know how to fight Russia))) It's a pity the name Bismarck has been forgotten in Germany - he was a smart guy.

[Karelian]

So many years, so many generations. It's no wonder it's forgotten. Especially if you help them forget. And they also have the last name Paulus and Stalingrad.

[Irek]

What else can he say when his country is going down the drain?

[Prisoner]

A locomotive? You idiot, you seem to have forgotten about the rail war, you inadequate old fart. Learn the language: "Hyundai Hoch," "Hitler Kaput," "lie down, you bastard," and "I am not a Nazi."

[cpls22]

Slowing down the development of Russia's defense industry would weaken the country's overall economic potential and would be akin to trying to stop a runaway locomotive. Therefore, it would be a mistake to assume that after a possible ceasefire or truce, Moscow will decide to return the economy to its original, "peaceful" state.

Didn't it occur to him that after victory, the economy would simply shift to rebuilding the destroyed? Already, a huge number of cities lie in ruins. Simply rebuilding them now, under bombs, is pointless. Incidentally, the EU is also counting on capturing a share of the reconstruction market—in the territories they hope to defend.

[D16]

the economy will simply switch to the path of rebuilding what was destroyed?

Miratorg and others will restore what they need themselves, and evacuate the pensioners who survived the fighting. And the military will continue to work three shifts. Until D-Day or another Gorby. Dialectics .

[cpls22]

Quote: D16

Miratorg and others will restore what they need themselves, and evacuate the pensioners who survived the fighting. And the military will continue to work three shifts. Until D-Day or another Gorby. Dialectics .

We will see The military can shift from quantity to quality, absorbing the experience of the Air Defense Forces. But first, it will replenish strategic reserves. In three shifts, yes.

[ANB]

Incidentally, the EU is also hoping to capture a share of the reconstruction market in the territories it hopes to defend.

A market is when people pay. Ukraine already has practically no money of its own.

[cpls22]

Quote: ANB

A market is when people pay. Ukraine already has practically no money of its own.

So they are counting on reparations.

[edmed]

So they are counting on reparations[/quote]
And their chances are not zero, looking at all these Minsk, Istanbul, Anchorages, Abramovich's trips to kiss the Azovites passionately, I won't be very surprised by the phrase "Be understanding."

[cpls22]

Quote: edmed

And their chances are not zero, looking at all these Minsk, Istanbul, Anchorages, Abramovich's trips to kiss the Azovites passionately, I won't be very surprised by the phrase "Be understanding."

It's never clear where you're coming from with these conclusions. Do you know the details of these contacts? That's the thing...
A simple example is the negotiations between Iran and the Americans. Each presents its own list of demands and denies the other's. But the Americans are whipping up so much noise and false rumors around this. You're now unwittingly participating in a similar "wedding." The downside isn't mine, by the way.

[edmed]

I couldn't care less. Trump and Iran have their own wedding. Minsk—let's just force the LPR and DPR into Ukraine. Istanbul—the failure to quickly end the so-called North Atlantic Treaty Organization and goodwill gestures, meaning withdrawal from Kyiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv, escape from Kharkiv, withdrawal from Kherson. Anchorage—likely Doni will step in and help sort things out. Who gives a damn about agreements, and how could he have talked Kyiv into leaving Dombass, or even in a way that would have ended the war? And how does the "Chukotka Chief" keep running back and forth? Apparently he's gotten bored of sitting at home?

[cpls22]

Instead of concrete details of negotiations, you have a collection of foreign propaganda cliches. I'm not interested in such a conversation. All the best.

[edmed]

The body's hardness allows it to survive in an aggressive environment. Have a nice one you too.

[spektr9]

They are insuring themselves in case the grandmaster and the urashki are unable to gain a foothold after 30 years, and those who come will want to Ukrainians and sympathizers in the toilets... Of course, it's a very unlikely option, but the guys always take precautions, just like in '86 with Duga they took precautions in case the marked one and the drunk failed

[Soldatov V.]

Interesting times. Hitler carefully concealed his intention to attack the USSR, even signing the Non-Aggression Pact, and then attacking without declaring war. And now they're openly announcing preparations for war and even setting a tentative date. And this is coming from the current commander of the German ground forces. A new Paulus. Should we laugh or cry? Maybe we should also announce preparations for a defense against NATO by the date they've announced. Build fortified areas, backup airfields, stockpile equipment and ammunition, manufacture UAVs and missiles, about twenty million each. Define targets, and don't forget about bomb shelters. So that 41 doesn't repeat itself. I think this would be an appropriate response, if our intelligence, in the form of modern-day Stirlitzkopfs, confirms this about the West's plans.

[bukhach]

It's better to prepare a counterattack instead of defense, otherwise it turns out we're giving the initiative to these condoms. Again, it's better to conduct a b.d. on someone else's territory. I'm tired of always first at home and only then at theirs. It's time to respond to this abomination with dignity without any hesitation.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

"Russia won't stop a speeding locomotive": German general on the risks of war

Why the hell would you stop SOMEONE ELSE'S locomotive rushing into the abyss?!

[Lynx2000]

"Russia won't stop a speeding locomotive": German general on the risks of war

Commander of the German ground forces, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding

Well, well, regarding the illustration in the article, apparently his grandfathers perished on the Eastern Front and didn't tell their grandson about the "Rail War"...

This scarecrow calls for the bombing of Russian cities.

[NakedMan]

As I understand it, he talks more about NATO military factories that send weapons to Ukraine, and no one is going to stop them even after the latter’s defeat.

[Foaly]

He says Russia won't be able to reduce military production. But he also believes that Russia has no other way to use the weapons it produces except to attack Europe. In reality, Russia could significantly increase its military-industrial exports—the world is already ready for this—and use the proceeds to rebuild what's been destroyed.

[Kelwin]

Funny people, but practical – choosing a memorial stone in advance is a sign of higher nervous activity. We'll add radionuclides according to the price list...

[Alex F._2]

If a locomotive is rushing towards us, then we don’t need to stop it, we just evaporate it... and nothing happened!

[Vyacheslav Boldyrev]

Everything is moving stubbornly and inexorably towards a nuclear strike, and although Putin doesn't want it, it will probably happen anyway, without him.
Such is the inexorable logic of events!

[Major_Tom]

Such is the inexorable logic of events!

Are you so eager to die?

[Silba]

One thing is a bit reassuring: while they were hammering our military-industrial complex and army before, the West also became distracted and complacent. Otherwise, they should have set this "hour" even earlier. Unfortunately, they've come to their senses, and now they're escalating their attacks on our regions, demonstrating the reality of the attacks, and there's no point in boasting. Indeed, the only question is: when will our leaders come to their senses? When will their loved ones start dying every day?

[former soldier]

Europe, like a pathological suicide, stubbornly strives for its own destruction.

[Stepnyak]

I hope that next time we will never leave Berlin.

[Dormidont Syropupkin]

The locomotive might not stop, but the depot and tracks could be destroyed.

[Hamburger]

Dieser deutsche Generalleutnant mit seinem fanatischen Blick – ein dummer und gefährlicher Mensch. Solche Typen werden uns ins Verderben führen.

[Anotag]

Hat die Geschichte Deutschlands Ihrem Volk so etwas nicht beigebracht? An der Macht sind sie so intelligent und gebildet, die sich je nach Situation so schnell um 360 Grad entfalten. Nun, wählen Sie nicht offensichtlich diejenigen, die Deutschland zur Katastrophe führen werden, in die Macht.

[Anotag]

Reading N. Starikov's "Who Forced Hitler to Attack Stalin?" History repeats itself. Who will ultimately be "Hitler" and who "Stalin"? But now a complication has arisen that is confusing all plans: the nuclear triad of the Russian Ministry of Defense. And China and others are on the horizon.