echelon - History Forum Echelon The echelon formation is used when the unit wants to maintain security or observation of one flank and enemy contact is unlikely In the company echelon formation (left or right), the lead platoon positions farthest from the echeloned flank, with each subsequent platoon located to the rear of and outside the platoon in front of it
Military Career of Alexander the Great, Start to Finish The Macedonian infantry was good; that asks too much We also see nothing of the sort under Alexander afterwards - attacks en echelon being a quite different animal Alexander may well be on horseback but, on balance, the nature of the language of our only (and poor) literary source, Diodorus, describes, for me, infantry work
The Spartan defeat at Leuktra and the Theban wedge. One of several aspects of the battle that interest me is Epaminondas' use of a 'wedge' or echelon formation, the protruding columns arrayed 50 shields deep, this proved devastatingly successful, which indicates that sheer weight mass played a role in phalanx combat, at least in this battle
After Villers bocage failed what if Monty and Dempsey had chosen . . . In addition, issuing them to rear echelon units (also done, like how they issued the Sten to rear echelon units) means that the rear echelon guys have the ability to fight back against tanks if one or two tanks get into their rear areas This is actually really important
Whats Your top 15 best Military generals of all time and why? Such a general is a great subcommander but should never be considered in the top echelon of generals Richard Gabriel correctly points out that his style of leading from the front is actually a major regression compared to his father Caesar is a much better general than Alexander, he's also light years better than Napoleon
Famous Cowards - History Forum After Gheluvelt, Hitler served as a courier, usually outside the firing range of artillery and machine guns, embedded in the relatively comfortable rear echelon, a place where soldiers even had set amounts of time off
most underrated Civil War general and most overrated? Most overrated was probably William Tecumseh Sherman Don't get me wrong, Sherman was a great general, but around a lot of circles he is treated like the god of war When in reality most modern commanders probably prefer to study Grant or Beauregard What do you think?
Ancient Casualties vs Modern Casualties | History Forum If you mean there are far more support and rear-echelon troops in modern times, sure Of course, that doesn't help the guys on the sharp end, since they take most of the hits
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