Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
As time passes I really do believe that armies need to be flexible with regard to organisational structure and weapons and equipment...
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Seems modern soldiers not only carry too much weight but also labour under the burden of the inflexible military procurement bureaucratic nightmare that straight-jackets modern armies.

Is there really an ideal squad size or equipment scale? Surely you go to a new place and look, listen and learn and adapt before you have to put too many troopies in body-bags?
One would think...

Apparently it was not meant to be...

Several feelers out on the article. One negative back, others working.