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Patrick Armstrong, Sic Semper Tyrannis: Russia Prepares for a Big War: The Significance of a Tank Army
People who already understand how armies are put together should skip Part 1.
Part 1. How armies are put together
One of the things that I find irritating about battles in movie is that the director seems to think that battles are about getting an inchoate mass of soldiers together, giving a rousing speech and yelling "Charge!" That is absolutely not how it works nor ever has worked. Real armies are assembled out of groupings made from smaller groupings, themselves made from still-smaller groupings and so on down to the smallest group.
The smallest group is about ten soldiers. This is the fundamental bonding size – these are your buddies, the people you will really remember, the ones you depend on and who depend on you and for whom you will fight and sacrifice. Yes, you're fighting for Freedom or some other Large Cause, but it's really your buddy you're doing it for. So we start with about ten soldiers.
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WNU Editor: A must read post.
Update: The U.S. is also getting ready for a "big war" in Europe .... U.S. Air Force Preparing for ‘High Volume’ Operations in Europe (National Defense).
Hat tip to Jay for this post.