Talk:Red Army's tactics in World War II

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[edit] Essay

The topic of the article is indeed valid but I see no useful material in the article besides probably the "List of further readings". There is no hard facts, nor notable attributed opinions. The information of what some users of Wikipedia "find interesting" is beyond the scope of the project (see WP:NOT#PUBLISHER p.3) If there is no interest in developing the article I would suggest just to make it a redirect to somewhere Eastern Front (World War II). The list of literature maybe useful there Alex Bakharev 01:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. There are articles on Military tactics in Wikipedia. Perhaps you would like to contribute in the development of this article? It is a stub afterall. Martintg —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 03:06, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

You're far too polite. My answer to Alex Bakharev would have been this:

"What part of the concept of seed article, also called a WP:STUB, do you not understand?" 泥紅蓮_凸凹箱 04:06, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Alex Bakharev, this article is not useful. I suggest it be deleted. Is there something unique about Red Army tactics? It's a short bunch of sterotypes right now. DMorpheus (talk) 19:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree as well; I suggest it be reduced to a redirect, at the most, if nothing changes within a couple of weeks. Buckshot06 (talk) 03:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Red Army tactics

I would disagree with Alex, BUT...
The article is an important but underdeveloped item that reflects on many other articles, in part on several I'm editing.
Red Army tactics begun during the Russian Civil War, and are still a subject of study in the post-Cold War Russian Federation. They were an important source of development in military theory, and in particular of Armoured Warfare before, during and after the Second World War, and influenced the outcome of WW2, the Korean War, the Arab-Israeli wars and the Vietnam War.
Specifically during the pre-WW2 and and during WW2 these tactics both shaped and were shaped by the events and technology used by the USSR and the Third Reich.
Just because the original article was started by someone who was unable to develop it further, is not a good reason to redirect or merge to Eastern Front which is an article on the strategic employment of forces, and is too general to discuss tactical concepts. Yes, I know what I added is still an essay, but I can only do so much, so maybe others will come and add references where needed--Mrg3105 (talk) 05:41, 20 December 2007 (UTC)