tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post967557763544142946..comments2024-03-29T12:15:13.832+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Robert Leonhard on "surprise"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-27150763829770597062016-04-24T18:27:10.350+02:002016-04-24T18:27:10.350+02:00It depends on how you define the scope. WW2 divisi...It depends on how you define the scope. WW2 division that took 10% casualties could mean that some battalions lost far more. In Zetterling book on Normandy there is a very detailed list of the German formations head count.<br />Formations that were considered destroyed in popular culture had close to 10000 men, but few Pz and PzG.<br />So cleary the battalions took a very heavy beating, far more then the division overall.Madnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-89399999430873580072016-04-23T15:31:23.831+02:002016-04-23T15:31:23.831+02:00There qwas an American professional journal articl...There qwas an American professional journal article summarizing the problem several (maybe 20) years ago, either "Infantry Journal" or "Armor Magazine". The issue should be publsihed for free in the archives, but I'm too lazy to look it up. I haven't seen a more comprehensive and convincing text on the topic yet. It's but one of several problems regardng simulated combat realism, of course.<br /><br />Concerning your infantry battalion; no, it's still not fully ready. It's not simultaneously ready to face artillery, air attack, infiltration by infantry, combined arms assault etc. It can maintain some degree of readiness against some threats, but not against all at the same time.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-53604966548899924302016-04-23T09:15:12.772+02:002016-04-23T09:15:12.772+02:00'Military units are perpetually unready to fig...'Military units are perpetually unready to fight. Unreadiness is the natural condition of all forces, both friendly and enemy.'<br />Even if thats true, some branches are clearly less disadvantaged by it then others. A totally unready fighter squadron can't do jack squat, because they won't have fuel, ammo, spare parts, aircraft and aircrew on the base, etc. But a totally unready infantry battalion can still occupy territory and secure its perimiter (at a minimum).<br /><br />'In reality, they'd have broken and fled after taking 10-40% casualties (according to miltiary history documents).'<br />You've quoted this figure before, sven, but do you have a specific source? Google searchs on this topic don't reveal anything of value.kesler12https://www.blogger.com/profile/06730943788519488679noreply@blogger.com