Re: [SG/DS] Unit Size Definitions

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:48:28 -0400 "laserlight@quixnet.net"
<laserlight@quixnet.net> writes:
>JohnA said:
>> If you Brits had a consistent system, then that would
>> be an acceptable way of phrasing it.  But with the
>> changes in your structure, plus the names vs. numbers
>> issue, amalgamations (no US unit has ever been saddled
>> with a designation like "17/21st Lancers"), plus
>> stupidities like every Brit Royal Artillery battalion
>> being part of the same regiment while most infantry
>> units are single-bat, etc, etc, etc it's safe to say
>> "The Brits have to be different".
>
>It's an intelligence ploy.  You can picture opposing intel officers
>swearing under their breath: "17/21 Lancers-what does that mean?  14th
>Queen's Own Light Grenadier Guards Rifle Regiment?  What the heck is 
>that? 
>On this photo, this unit is supposedly a regiment, that one is listed 
>as a
>battalion but it's three times the size...did someone switch labels 
>again?
>The computer translation lists Highlanders as mountain troops, is that
>right?"
>

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