• normanwall@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    For anyone who also doesn’t know what a battalion is, Wikipedia says

    “A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers.[1] Commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into several companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain. The typical battalion is built from three operational companies, one weapons company and one headquarters company. In some countries, battalions are exclusively infantry, while in others battalions are unit-level organizations.”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      25 days ago

      Soviet-style battalions are half that size though. They usually get augmented with more hardware and are then used as independent units, in what the Russians call a Battalion Tactical Group.

      If they lost a battalion, that’s 500-600 people, if they lost the whole BTG, it’s 700-800.