Change of military doctrine: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation refused the tactics of deployment of BTG - intelligence

According to experts from the UK Ministry of Defense, the concept of BTG was fundamental in the Russian army. But real fighting in Ukraine showed its inefficiency. The last three months of the war in Ukraine Russian armed forces have abandoned the tactics of deploying battalion tactical groups (BTG). According to UK Ministry of Defense, the concept of BTG has played a major role in the Russian military doctrine over the last ten years.

It is emphasized that this concept involved the integration of battalions with a complete set of auxiliary units, including armored vehicles, intelligence and artillery, but during intense fighting revealed its shortcomings. In particular, the British indicate that a relatively small amount of combat infantry in BTG was often insufficient for effective fighting.

In addition, the decentralized distribution of artillery did not allow Russian troops to fully use their advantage in the amount of weapons. "Only some of the BTG commanders are empowered to use the opportunities as designed in the BTG model," the British intelligence said. Both Russian experts and warlords were recognized by the mistakes of the Russian Federation's military command.

In particular, a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andriy Gurulev sharply criticized the use of BTG on a wide front. According to him, on the line of 100 km battalions are forced to "rush from corner to corner" to prevent the breakthrough of the Armed Forces. Gurulev acknowledged that the tactics of use of BTG is due to the acute shortage of personnel, which forced to form at least the minimum staffed units, which became BTG. "We are fighting today-battalion-tactical groups.

This is the main mistake. We have to fight regiments, brigades, divisions, armies. Everyone has to perform tasks, not collect units on crumbs,"-said the enemy general. Earlier, the UK Ministry of Defense spoke about the retreat of the occupation troops from Kherson. The publication stated that Russian troops suffered losses, which were calculated by dozens, not hundreds of units of military equipment.