Re: [DS and SG] Regiments of the Crown

On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, John M. Atkinson wrote:

> Thomas Barclay wrote:
> 
> > I quibble with the word Modern.....
> 
> Yeah, that requires tanks which don't have stress fractures in the
> turret armor. . . :)

Or helicopters that don't fall out of the sky with no prior notice... :(
It's a mark of the bravery of Canadian troops that they still fly the
labradors.

> want) about 15K men.	Russians have something like 8K.  Part of this
is
> that while the US division has a full-up logistical train, the Russian
> division does away with nonessentials like hospitals, kitchens, trucks
> to transport rations, etc.  Basically they are set up to supply fuel
and
> ammo and nothing else.  

Well, Russian units are self-containing on the regiment level, aren't
they?  Isn't this because they don't expect any support from higher up?

> Not that fighting in triple-canopy jungle with untrained undisciplined
> conscripts had anything to do with combat effectiveness.  Coupled, of
> course, with the fact that this was before the US really understood
and
> trained for the implications of assault rifles being the standard
> infantry weapon.

This was also before the burst-fire option on the M16A2.

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