Why do war games have formations what exactly do they offer to combat? Also do modern militaries use them? and if so what’s changed in terms of how the formations are made.
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The same reason that a playbook helps in sports. In a group activity there is an advantage to coordinated action. In order to coordinate action, people need to know what the others are doing at any given moment.
A formation means people on opposite ends of the battlefield know what the others are doing and can focus on their more local environment instead. And if a change in tactics is needed, being able to tell people to change to a formation is far faster than explaining specific new instructions to each individual.
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