RE: [SG] Artillery

--- Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:

> I know very little military history, but given the
> overhauls you can see
> within other branches of society in very short
> periods of time I would've
> though 150yrs was more than an enough time to pull
> it off. Military wise
> wasn't there some mammoth re-jig around about the
> same as Napoleon that saw
> some armies being much more efficient than others?

There were a couple.  

However if the reasons for military incompetence are
part of the culture then there's no hope.

Otherwise the French would have learned something in
the time period between 1870 and 1940 (a mere 70
years, I'll admit) that would prevent their getting
beat twice (and within 2 Brit Corps of getting beat a
third time in between them).  Learning lessons from
military actions is easy.  Learning the _right_
lessons and incorporating them into your military
institutions is a cast-iron bitch.

John

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