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

[JMA]

A planning factor. Paint by numbers. Something for the observer controllers to use to abuse you with at the AAR "Well, certainly your unit was successful, but we're concerned that you did not have a 3:1 ratio over all (though your may well have been 8:1 where you through your strength against a point of weakness while the bulk of your opponent's force sat idle eslewhere...)

Yes in a peacetime army it could become a pain if misused in such a manner... but then who wants to be a soldier in peacetime?