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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you can only fit so many people in any space – same goes with firepower (even ancient firepower; so including spears and swords). formations maximize the use of your own firepower and minimize the risk of enemy firepower being used effectively.
they had major psychological effects too; as most battles in war weren’t won by killing every last man but by trying to force the enemy into submitting and surrendering – tugging at the fears of the enemy soldiers by being more organized and more able to respond as a cohesive unit faster against any threat they tried to impose.
with the invention of modern military tactics as well as REAL firepower, standing in a big square isn’t going to do you much good. the range of how deadly an individual soldier will be has increased by a thousand fold. i can’t stab someone 3m away, but i could shoot them with a pipe, nail, elastic band and round.
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