Ebook: The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016

Machine generated contents note: Born In Crisis -- The new Russian Army -- The early 1990s: stuck in Soviet patterns -- Dedovshchina and crime -- The First Chechen War, 1994 -- 96 -- The lessons of defeat -- The 1990S: Power Projection -- Post-Soviet interventions, and peace-keeping -- The 2000S: First Reforms -- The Second Chechen War, 1999 -- 2002 -- Ivanov's reforms, 2001 -- 2007 -- 2008: Georgian Turning-Point -- The Georgian War -- The Serdyukov-Makarov reforms -- Putin's Army -- Divisions to brigades -- Chain of command -- Rearmament and re-equipment -- The "two armies" -- The Russian Soldier -- The draft -- Kontraktniki -- Training and exercises -- Officers and NCOs -- Service life and discipline -- Intervention Forces -- The rise of the Soviet VDV -- The Russian VDV -- The Naval Infantry -- The Spetsnaz -- Weapons & Equipment -- Personal and support weapons -- Ratnik -- the future Russian soldier -- Armored vehicles -- Artillery -- "Keeping up with the drones."