you can use fear, abuse and intimidation to make a guy run headlong into machine gun fire but you can't use it to make someone follow a thankless and tedious maintainence schedule without cutting corners.

VFmcnietzsche.bsky.socialNov 2, 2023 1:29am

What the fuck is up with weird authoritarians and not maintaining equipment? m.jpost.com/israel-news/...

IDF reservists say they received 'dangerous' tanks in call-up

Reservists called up due to the war between Israel and Hamas said they found issues with the engines and treads of the tanks.

As usual the Simpson nailed it

Having been an army mechanic, I’d never really considered why it’s like that, but this makes absolutely perfect sense

In the early days I was hoping the delay in the IDF ground offensive was a combination of the IDF brass complaining about the sheer insanity of idea and that Bibi was so stupid and corrupt that he would have stolen from the military budget. People have no idea how mighty US military logistics is.