Force Ratios (the old 3-to-1 rule)

[Tukhachevskii]

Actually, I think mapping doctrinal development is like an exercise in the history of ideas. Anyway, I'm sure I was taught at Uni that the 3:1 rule had something (for the life of me I can't recall what) to do with Lanchester's Square rule (or perhaps they are related).


Which see Chimpanzes and the mathematics of battle

Actually, scratch that, see this...

Aggregation, Disaggregation and the 3:1 Rule in Ground Combat...just stumbled onto it whilst look for schtuff on Lanchester! (by which I meant the chimp article above)