A very good Post, Rae. The light infantry tactics are pretty much what the Finns used as well during the WW2 as well, especially during the Winter War. The use of terrain and snow for concealment allowed us to take out vastly greater enemy forces. This is still the doctrine of the Finnish Army (and will be even more as there has been some hefty budgetary cuts that have forced the Army to adapt - what used to be a task for the whole platoon will now become more a responsibility of a squad and some new technology).
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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