Their public has been fed a steady doze of jingoistic nonsense over the past decade that now they actually believe that they can really go for a full blown war with us and win.
This system ain't going anywhere unless it is forced to change by extreme circumstances. The same gentleman presented the idea that CSS format be changed to allow for more competition. The cabinet rejected it and we are still stuck with same rot learning format.
Also, the situation in most...
fun fact: the mortars regiment were once also part of the artillery. I think after 2005, all of them were converted to either field of medium regiments and the mortars were handed over to the infantry
Hitler's war with USSR should have been over in 1941 if all had gone as envisaged by the Germans. It didn't. Hence, the Germans faced a two front war.
Hitler's decision to move Army group's center's resources towards Ukraine resulted in one of the biggest defeats in history of the USSR and...
I believe he wanted to do a repeat of the German Army maneuver in the 1940s French campaign. But this time there were no Manstein or Guderian to lead them, the Germans did not rule the sky and lacked resources. Above all, they were fighting against seasoned troops as opposed to their 1940s campaign.
The general will be missed. He proved quite adept at handling public relations and perception.
here's :cheers: to the new DG, let's hope he leaves his mark as well.
And I believe ad-hocism might one of the reasons for such a foresight. You can not just jumble people together in a high pressure situation and expect them to work just fine. This may work at the lower level where there is less coordination required and the ground staff may be adept at pulling...
But with heightened risk comes greater reward. The point of all the training, investment and planning should be to have a decisive victory in the shortest amount of time as we should not be embroiled in a long full fledged war given the resource and manpower difference between us and India. And...
As usual, an extremely informative and commendable post. hats off!!!
One question though, why doesn't PA combine both Armoured Divs into a single armoured Corps. Two armoured divs supported by two mech/motorized infantry div? It can be reminiscent of the Germans armoured Corps during WWW2. Not...
Every stock market responds to adverse security situations much in the same way. Take a look at NASDAZ etc.
"As of noon Friday, the Dow Jones fell over 170 points, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 dipped 39 and 14 points...