Re: [SG/DS] Unit Size Definitions
From: "Germ" <germ@g...>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 09:06:33 +0100
Subject: Re: [SG/DS] Unit Size Definitions
> Yeah.
> 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".
> John
Consistency is boring. We're not being different, we're
just adding character :)
Jeremey
germ@germy.co.uk