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Originally Posted by Fusilier
They do.
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Let me make myself clearer.
I am speaking only to the late Twilight War after the nuclear exchanges. Before for the nukes fly I imagine that the Soviets have a very high desertion rate. Once the nuclear exchange has started, the average Soviet serviceman is faced with the same problem that most servicemen have: "Where am I going to desert to?"
With society in ruins there is a greater chance of avoiding the Soviet security apparatus, or at least the KGB and MVD become a more localized threat, incapable of coordinating their manhunts over large areas. On the other hand, with society in ruins, any single individual moving east away from the front is going to stick out even more. There would be fewer and fewer communities to blend into.
That's also why I see Soviet units suffering a higher rate of mutiny. Rather than chance deserting alone, dissatisfaction in the unit builds until the mutineers are confident that they can seize control and take the entire unit out of the line with the intention of going home. With low readiness category divisions raised in particular geographic areas, this makes the mutineers job even easier because they everyone in the division (mostly) has the same destination in mind. They can travel as a group, with all the advantages and disadvantages that implies, rather than break up into tiny groups all heading to different destinations.
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