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Originally Posted by grylsyjaeger
10:1
That's the ratio of support services personnel to combat personnel in the Australian Army.
And support service corps have more officers than other corps because of the heavy administrative and logistics burdens.
I imagine most other armies around the world have similar ratios.
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Yeah. Allot of people don't really realize how logistically intensive modern warfare is...especially when you're trying to launch offensive operations as shown in these trailers. Who do you suppose keeps all those air planes, vehicles, ships and troops supplied with supplies and fuel?
It gets even crazier when you realize that the logistical tail end you're sending to support your army ALSO has a logistical tail end (trucks and supply planes and ships need fuel to you know)