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2005-08-01 Afghanistan/South Asia

Indian Army in a fix over counterinsurgency battalions

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Posted by john 2005-08-01 11:52|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I would suggest to India that what they need are literally enormous numbers of reserves, trained with Russian ultra-cheap training methods. That is, create about 25 Corps, give them uniforms and pointed sticks, and have a permanent training Corps give each Corps two weeks of training a year just to be replacements. After a few years of the basics, take their best and train them to be field artillerymen, ADA and signal, say having 20 Corps infantry and 5 Corps others. It doesn't take that much resources, and gives India the capability to fight China without relying overmuch on high tech.
It also lets their professional army maximize its high tech skills, while the reserves can both maintain a strong defensive line and exploit a collapse in the enemy lines. This way, the best China could hope to achieve would be a stalemate.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-01 16:25|| 2005-08-01 16:25|| Front Page Top

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