Originally Posted By mbinky:
Rght now I think UA is just trading land for time.  I don’t expect to see any large scale counteroffensives until late summer, early fall.  

I believe UA is building a very large force but that takes time.  It has been 3 months, about 12 weeks.  Assuming they started training new forces on the day of the invasion that still does not mean they are ready to go.  

I have no idea how long a UA soldiers boot camp is but I imagine they aren’t just handing them a uniform and a rife and sending them to the front.  Not if they want to win anyway.  And not only do they need the training, the need the equipment.  Helmets, boots, individual weapons.  Word is they are trying to field a million man army.  Thats a lot of equipment.

I did a little googling on how long it took the US to basically train a force drone WWII.  From recruit to theater.  If UA is training anywhere close to this (which I assume they are; they seem to follow the western model of training your troops and not the Russian model of just tossing them into the fray).

Found this interesting post on Reddit.

"The length and rigor of training of units was not based upon their composition, but upon their type and role. I’ll use Infantry branch units and replacements as an example, since I have the most documentation on them. Part of the below is taken from an older answer. On February 16, 1942, General Headquarters, U.S. Army (which would give way a month later to the Army Ground Forces, Army Service Forces, and Army Air Forces) dictated 44 weeks (a hair over 10 months) as the period necessary to prepare an newly-activated infantry division for combat. The specified training period was reduced to 35 weeks beginning on November 1, 1942:

Training Length:

Basic and Individual Training
13 weeks

Small Unit Training
11 weeks

Combined Arms Training
11 weeks

On January. 5, 1943, combined arms training was lengthened by a week to allow for more time to conduct a regiment-sized (with one battalion of the regiment utilizing live ammunition) "battle" exercise supported by tank, tank destroyer, and field artillery units. On February 4, 1943, small unit training was lengthened by a week to incorporate new exercises which involved infiltration, close combat, and combat in cities. On April 28, 1943, the War Department mandated that all combat troops complete a course in "transition" firing before moving from basic rifle training to combat exercises. This lengthened basic and individual training by a week;

Training Length:

Basic and Individual Training
14 weeks

Small Unit Training
12 weeks

Combined Arms Training
12 weeks


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