• Multihedra [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Highly sus. At first the language made me think a tank “company” is defined to be 14 tanks while a “battalion” was defined to be 88 (which would be even more sus, but I’d want to know where the numbering scheme came from)

    But I don’t think there are precise numerics like that for the formations, so it seems to be Germany being sketchy as hell

      • Staines [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        A tank platoon in NATO/Ukrainian doctrine is 4 tanks, not the Soviet/Russian doctrine 3 tanks.

        A tank company is 3 platoons, plus a command tank (so, 13).

        A tank battalion is 3 companies, plus a command tank (so, 40).

        Two battalions would be 80, so I'm not sure how they arrived at the numbers 14 or 88.