Quote Originally Posted by sandbag View Post
Why? Simple: the "Iron Mountain" is effective because it leaves little to chance.
Risk mitigation as TTP? Okay. Mayhap you're looking at the wrong end.
Decimating support units in favor of more infantry is a good concept if those units don't actually have to be supported. You make that worse when you strip your "tail" out in the hopes that higher-echelon support units will be there to help, and said units aren't on the battlefield yet.
Which brings up two questions; why aren't they there and, more importantly, does that mean the design of units that are on the ground is flawed in that they need (want?) too much 'stuff?'
...That said, I've watched the 82d Busborne in action, and I did not like what I saw.
S'okay, most of the bus riders aren't too impressed by the rest of the Army either.