Can somebody explain to me the number of people in various military groups?
Battalions, regiments, units… etc
Thank you in advance
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A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment.
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A battalionis a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldier... and subdivided into a number of companies
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A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers... Most companies are formed of three to seven platoons
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a platoon can be composed of 20–50 troops, athough specific platoons may range from 10 to 100 people.
Wikipedia is your friend here.
The exact number of people can vary wildy, especially in wartime. A battalion is a battalion no matter how many casualties it takes, and a brigade is still a brigade no matter how many men are in the supportive elements.
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The exact number of people can vary wildy, especially in wartime. A battalion is a battalion no matter how many casualties it takes, and a brigade is still a brigade no matter how many men are in the supportive elements.
There is also a Battle Group (Task Force if American).
It is a combination of the above and incorporates Infantry and Armour elements, depending on the size of the Battle Group.
Edit: Regiments are made up of Battalions.
For example:
PPCLI (a regiment) has 3 regular force battalions & 1 Reserve force battalions, but in wartime the 4th (which is the LER in Edmonton) would be active.
There are also Support Elements as well, Anti Armour, Motors, Machine Gun Det, then there is the Admin Coy
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Sitrep - 10/08/24 - New changes and directions in the Kursk & Bilhorod regions. An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In the Kursk region, Ukraine's operation continues with new gains. A closer look to Bilhorod as well.. https://twitter.com/user/status/1822404072009273613
People at the FSB headquarters on Lyubanka in Moscow are in shock at the sheer number of FSB officers who surrendered to the Ukrainians in Kursk region, especially as they waved white flags in abject humiliation, all captured on video for the world to see https://twitter.com/user/status/1822394823208526160
A tidbit from this video, not sure how reliable this information is, but it's plausible enough and both brilliant and very funny if true;
So apparently, the reason Russia wasn't reacting to an Ukrainian troop buildup in Sumy before this offensive was because...
Russia had purposefully created a false narrative that they were planning to attack Sumy, in order to divert Ukrainian troops away from the front. So when they saw Ukraine massing troops in Sumy, they thought "fantastic! They fell for our feint!"
If true, this was just brilliant intelligence judo from Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian operation in Kursk is almost one week into execution. As the Russians slowly but surely redeploy forces to seal off the breach in their border and attempt to push the Ukrainians back into #Ukraine, it is worth pondering the options the Ukrainians might have.. https://twitter.com/user/status/1822827083317612832
Kursk. Situation at 20:00 CET 10 Aug 2024 The liberation forces get back on track with significant advances. Number of prisoners is approaching 2000. Among the videos there are numerous groups of Akhmat-Kadirovites
Ukraine's operation in Kursk Oblast has allowed Ukrainian forces to at least temporarily seize the battlefield initiative in one area of the frontline and contest Russia's theater-wide initiative https://twitter.com/user/status/1822816053031768223
Hilarious the FSB, an organization designed for civilian oppression, border security, and counter/foreign intelligence and not military operations, is being put in charge of countering the Ukrainian invasion. That'll go as well as we'd expect.
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Seriously though, this is the second time Russia has seen large amounts of their territory invaded, the first being by the Wagner Group. I guess the Russians just have no ability to secure their borders? They are still using the strategy of let the invading armies enter and have the winter finish them off?
Shoigu and Gerasimov both should have been sacked near the beginning of the war. They are yes-men that would rather cover up what the truth is rather than report it to Putin. Putin likely wouldn't have even invaded if they had actually reported Ukrainian attitudes towards Russia and the actual readiness of Russia's armed forces (probably so they could continue grifting). But they were loyal in the whole Wagner bum rush to Moscow and they sack their more semi-competent generals like Surovikin (who sided with Pringles against Shoigu)
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Ukrainian forces appear to be advancing further within Kursk Oblast despite recent milblogger claims that Russian forces were stabilizing the frontline in Kursk Oblast. https://twitter.com/user/status/1823168917550047675
More chaos in the Kremlin. A day after Putin replaced Army chief Gerasimov and w/ FSB head Portnikov to oversee the defense of Kursk, lawmakers in the Kremlin say Putin has removed Portnikov and appointed Alexei Dyumin, his former bodyguard in the Russian equivalent of the Secret Service. What is this guy going to do with a military op?? Sure, he could lead the stealth seizure of Crimea against no opposition, but against a battle hardened offensive?
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President Vladimir Putin appointed his aide and former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin to oversee Russia’s military response to the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, a federal lawmaker said Tuesday, an apparent confirmation of rumors circulated earlier by Russian military bloggers.
“Indeed, Alexei Gennadyevich Dyumin was summoned yesterday and tasked with supervising the counterterrorist operation,” State Duma lawmaker Nikolai Ivanov, whose district is in the Kursk region, told the RTVI broadcaster.
Dyumin was the only non-cabinet member not connected with the military or security services who was present at a televised meeting with Putin on Monday. During that meeting, which was focused on the fighting in the Kursk region, the Kremlin leader ordered the military to “dislodge” Ukraine’s forces from Russian territory.
Later, an anonymous Telegram channel claiming insider knowledge claimed that Putin directed Dyumin to “coordinate all agencies currently operating in the Kursk region.”
Moscow launched counterterrorism operations in the border regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod on Friday, granting the military sweeping emergency powers.
The pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Politsatirka noted that Dyumin’s military experience, “especially since the annexation of Crimea,” could be crucial in coordinating defense efforts.
Rybar, a prominent pro-war channel run by a former Defense Ministry spokesman, interpreted Dyumin’s alleged appointment as a sign of Putin’s dissatisfaction with military and security leaders
