Two days later, after, as the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the press conference, said the need for a law, protecting our citizens, operating as part of private military companies, 17 January, the first deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on State Building Emelyanov promised to make a law for consideration within a month, says Valery Shiryaev in “Novaya Gazeta”. Formally, now go forth under Article mercenaries for the staff of PMCs Wagner and the like to legalize their status. Since the role of PMCs in the Syrian campaign, all found to be a significant, we recorded the opinion of famous military, reserve Colonel, participants in the war in Afghanistan and Chechnya Rustem Klupova, Russian Army Chief of Intelligence of the Armed Forces in 2007-2009.
“Civic position on the delicate issue of PMC for myself, I have not yet developed. But, as a military, I am convinced, that for PMCs and drones of the future field of battle.
Major military powers, obviously, We are going to war with each other indirectly, in third countries. In this form, and the cold war, we can be considered as a protracted Third World, that in order to avoid a direct collision, fraught with global nuclear conflict and the collapse of civilization, It took place in a third country.
In Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan were fighting third-country forces, which led the military experts of the USSR and the USA. Now there is a very rapid evolution of means and methods of warfare. States compete in the economy, energy and even in the cultural field without the use of the army. The conflict also in third countries going to demonstrate their capabilities and ambitions.
Besides, In all these countries the electorate rival equally sensitive about the human cost of wars, regardless of, Is it real or imaginary democracy. The death of the military - it is always political damage for the ruling class and the government. PMCs are already in a major way to get away from this problem,, and in the near future, this practice will become common place. According to my sources, for many of the reports about the successes of our army in Syria was in fact the work of PMCs.
Yes, this is the Russian special forces, but in a new format. They fulfill the requests of commanders in theater. I say, including, and the work of air controllers, suggests videoconferencing planes on targets.
Some tasks can only be solved with the involvement of PMCs. In this case, the losses, they carried, not included in the statistics of the Armed Forces. This is what we have learned, Like many other, Americans.
scale, almost openly, they began to use PMCs in Iraq. First they trusted communication, then the dirty work to restore order in the rebellious areas. Today they perform multiple functions.
French Foreign Legion in the political sense - a type of PMCs. He was born during the French fight for their colonies, where he passed his whole story. After all, the citizens of France is not so sorry for the victims of the Romanians, Russian or Bosnians. Their death does not bear political tension. Legion of law does not even have the right to fight in France.
As long as our PMC Command used in Syria as the most advanced units, speaking terms NATO - troops cover, and how to explore.
Weapons heavy mortars they did not have, although no one bothers to give them the division cannon artillery and tanks allied Syrian Army - a logical decision. Artillery - the main type of infantry support, and an artillery spotter must be in the forefront of the coming of PMC units. And guns can be any Arabs or Africans.
The next key figure in this chain - the senior battery officer, he, too, should be a professional. If not military, means - employees of PMCs. The competent organization of the struggle involves the creation of the planning team of fire destruction of such pro, which will be distributed between the objectives and priority artillery, missiles and so on in vast parts of the front. The most convenient for such actions of PMCs tactical unit, sufficient self - Battalion. Even the Soviet Army Charter provided for such purposes reinforced motorized infantry battalion.
Future units PMCs can quickly move through the vast outback in a mechanized battalion with a tank company, mortar battery, artillery battalion, modern flamethrower platoon with CBT system “Pinocchio”, eg. They can be given as needed division of electronic warfare and reconnaissance. At a distance of about 20-25 km from this battalion must be nominated by his eyes - at least reconnaissance patrols with unmanned vehicles. So be sure to air controllers.
With regard to the departmental rivalry, I can say, that of those who fought in Syria and directly interact with the army, I heard about the PMC only respectful words. They saw with their own eyes, these people are fighting and dying on the battlefield. sarcasm, judgments about their incompetence not heard.
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to understand, What is the market-military security services, give only one number. AT 2012 the total volume of funds, which has been allocated to pay for the PMC services worldwide, was about 350 billions of dollars. This is bigger, than the budget of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
The contradiction of our tradition of warfare in attracting PMCs have, of course. Country designed to protect farmers, townspeople, teachers or workers. That is, since the time of Minin and Pozharsky and simple people fought to the Chechen war, raised under the gun. Following this tradition, Many military leaders still consider to be right to throw into the fire recruited from youth-at their desks.
And for the money to hire not just professionals, and mercenaries - is a completely new approach, rather, manufacturable, than patriotic. We are not accustomed to such. I think, it is here rooted aversion PMC ideas in the minds of some of the military.
In history there are examples of mercenary conscientious performance of duty, until sacrifice, there is also evidence of transition to the enemy. No wonder one Iraqi general in 2003, I repeated the phrase Macedon: “Donkey, loaded with gold, take any city”. They are cases - almost the norm.
Time will tell, what will PMCs in Russia, but it will serve our boys, "War romance", in the economic crisis. Many experts good level, unable to resist the army because of the quarrelsome nature, find their place in PMC. Over the past two years I just attacked numerous military, who asked to bring them with management or with those of PMC, who to gaining, - all we wanted to fight in Syria.
These Daredevil - a very well trained officers. They know, any salary in PMC, and see, that the state does not skimp on the state awards, that the founder of PMC Wagner was awarded in the Kremlin. I think, problems with qualified personnel is not expected in the near future”.
a source: chvk.info
