French unit sizes as an indication of casualites they have taken in the war

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Olefin

I agree completely with sickness and desertion having taken its toll.

Ok, so sounds like we're agreed that if you look at the order of battle and the number of men it's obvious that they have taken casualties in combat, and suffered losses due to desertion, sickness, and possibly a host of other reasons and thats why their units are smaller. Maybe one of their ships sunk en route (I think someone mentioned the possibility of the Soviets torpedoing one in one of the threads about this, but a ship could go down for a number of reasons other than enemy action)

(It also occurred to me last night that one of those unidentified reasons could be that the French troops in Quebec could have come from units assigned to the FAR).

Originally Posted by Olefin

After all Africa is not exactly the healthiest place to be even when there is widespread medical aid and assistance.

To be fair, my comments about sickness were intended to refer to French forces in general, not Africa specifically, but you make a good point.