Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
a) We might face a better enemy sometime - someone who's not stuck in the 19th century.
Is Newtonian physics stuck in 18th century?
The operational level may be another set of tactics, but it makes sense to separate it from small-unit and unit tactics simply because you cannot lead a corps like you can lead a company.
That's command. That's nothing to do with an supposed "operational level." All commanders and all levels are require to plan and conduct operations.
There are tactics for platoons and their are tactics for Corps. All do "operations."
Tactical success at battalion level can sabotage the corps leader's intent.
An example would be a battalion being able to defeat attackers when it was supposed to let them pass into a trap.
As the attackers were defeated, where's the problem? Looks like just a bad plan to me.
The differentiation between unit and formation tactics is useful in many ways.
The differentiation is the level of command. One is formation. One is Unit.