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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
There was an arguement in the Infantry Journal about the ideal size for a recon patrol, being one man. The argument was that a single man would leave less trace, be able to hide in more places....
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From what I've read (Ron Reid Daly's
Top Secret War, if I remember right) there was one guy in the Selous Scouts who did extended LRRPs either alone or maybe, at most, with one guy he'd take with him. He had the same argument -- if the bad guys cut his trail they'd never think a single guy was anything friendly or enemy -- but it sounded like even among the Selous Scouts he was considered a bit touched in the head.