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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Excellent share sir, thank you.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Edited 5 y ago
Thank you for this article. Fighting from a column formation is often dangerous as the Romans became inflexible, dominated by the terrain and the enemy. A US Infantry battalion was marching in a column formation when it got attacked by the NVA. Some naval battles became disastrous when they attacked in a column formation.
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LTC Eric Udouj
LTC Eric Udouj
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Attacking from column is one of those risky items where speed was more important and you had good quality troops- and probably the French were the best masters of it prior to their losses in Russia...
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MAJ Ken Landgren
MAJ Ken Landgren
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LTC Eric Udouj - Yes, as a tanker when the enemy was not expected we used a column formation. When the enemy might be present we went into a counter column. When the enemy was expected we did a wedge formation.
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