
Radio War Nerd EP 324 — Chechen Wars, Pt. 3: The First Chechen War
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I Was Wounded and Captured by the Chechens
By january third, the hundred and 30 first brigade had lost 789 men killed and another 75 were captured. Only a hundred and 60 reached safety, including all their officers. A 20 of 26 tanks, a hundred and two of a hundred and 20 other armored vehicles taken out. Of the entire micot brigade, over a thousand men were wiped out in 60 hours. Pretty amazing. It's incredible, eh? So let me read a little bit of a first hand account to get an idea of what this was like. Here's an a pc a, a driver from the fifth motorized infantry. He was wounded and captured by the chenchens. And heres what he hears
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