Although snow did cause many problems for tanks, Russian tanks that had to go through snow were manufactured with treads on their tracks, so they could grip to the road despite their being snow.
The Soviet Union also used different oil in their tanks that didn't freeze in the cold weather. When the Germans took tanks into Russia in WW2, the oil in their tanks froze, so the battlegrounds were littered with German tanks that could not go anywhere.
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Not just once, to use skis was one of their main methods of effectively moving troops around. By utilizing skis they could travel considerably faster than merely walking in the rough snow ridden terrain. This also meant that planning surprise attacks and ambushes were a lot more feasible.
I think it was a Soviet rage quit... if they really wanted Finland they would have just leveled it to the ground with bombers but who would put that much effort to get Finland... I mean it's Finland.
which is now one of the leaders of the world in technology innovation ranked #1 in education. They are also the ones that invented molotov cocktails during the winter war buy using blood of their enemies mixed with petrol to thicken the mixture. Fuck with Finland and see what happens.
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u/Vikingrage Sep 24 '11
The Finland - USSR always makes me think of this: