Originally posted by CK:
One thing I learned as a boy soldier was that troops will strip their rations from what they're issued to what they want to carry. Instead of carrying the 10+ items in the ration bag, they might bring the tea, tinned beef and the candy bar.
I think that if there was a shooting war, one way our troops could remain in field is for somebody to resupply caches with tasty food. We can't carry a 3 month supply on our backs. But sympathetic citizens might be willing to sneak a small load of rations to a forward position behind the lines.
CK
Yeah, sneaking in resupply caches is one of those skillsets for guerrilla support operatives.
It is my opinion that personnel numbers on actual offensive operation fighting forces can be kept to a minimum if those fighters are fairly elite and well supported with food, supplies, ammunition, safe havens and medical care. Cache supply points and anonymous supply drops would have to play a big element in this.
