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Originally Posted by B.T.
When there is the time, where your company has a strength of something like 20 men, what will the CO do? Will he really try to find another unit and keep up the fighting?
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The great majority of units are still in contact and under the command of higher units. A Company comander for example is reporting to, supported by and under the orders of his Battalion. The Battalion is likewise subject to the Brigade and the Brigade to the Division.
There appears to be very few units out of contact of higher command which are Brigade sized or less. Therefore, I doubt the Company commander of his 20 men is going to have much choice in the matter - if his unit is incapable of carrying out it's assigned tasks due to lack of manpower, it
will be amalgamated with other understrength units either by being broken up and it's members used as reinforcements, or having other units broken up and their members reassigned to it to bring up the numbers.