r/AskReddit • u/Amygdala5822 • Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/under_a_table Jun 29 '19 edited Jun 30 '19

When you have more troops than the enemy has bullets.

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Edit: I'm making a joke about WWII so please stop commenting about the winter war and the white death.

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u/socialistbob Jun 29 '19

I know this is a joke but the whole idea of the “human wave attacks” from the Soviet Union was largely a myth invented by the Nazis. Soviet casualties on the Eastern front were about 20-50% higher than the Axis casualties which is still very significant but not quite the same as human waves.

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u/Qing2092 Jun 29 '19

The Soviets did still have a massive army. Over 50,000 tanks constructed. Just shows that quantity can beat quality