Well I strongly disagree. 95% is certainly good enough. No definition in warfare can be perfect. EG:Originally Posted by Fuchs
What is a Tank? CV-120? CVR-T?
Define a mortar, bearing in mind there are breach loading, rifled, direct fire mortar systems.
Some definitions of regular and irregular are going to be very context specific, so yes the context will provide a dimension so....
Examples:
* East India Companies - Regular in the context of whom they are contracted to, and used against
* European 15th-17th century mercs.- same as above
* Japanese warrior monks. - Serving the Emperor and fighting against whom?
* Boers - very definitely irregular.
Native Americans fighting Native Americans, is State v State Warfare or Nation v Nation. - context.
My definition is not to serve a general theory of war, but to provide the basis for teaching/discussion for Western/NATO armies in the early 21st century.
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