Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Bofferbrauer2]

shavenferret said:

Bofferbrau, if i understand this correctly, Ukraine is moving to a corps based system where the corps will control smaller brigades, whereas right now not all brigades are part of a corps. I guess the advantage of moving to a corps system is like using a coordinated fist, versus attacking with 4 separate fingers. Also, i imagine that NATO will need ukraine to move to a corps system. Is this big news or more meh stuff? Let us know of any thoughts on this.


https://mil.in.ua/en/news/syrskyi-armed-forces-of-ukraine-begin-transition-to-corps-based-command-system/

The way I understand it that before the brigades were mostly independent of each other and had no overarching regional command that helped coordinate brigades in any given region. The corps, which consist of many brigades (normally, a corps is made up of 2-6 divisions, which themselves contain 2-4 brigades), will become an overarching command structure in any region to coordinate the defenses better than before, where it came from the top brass directly to the brigades individually, creating some friction and a lack of coordination between those individual brigades.

Just FYI, a NATO-standard brigade generally contains ~5000 troops, a division 10000-15000 troops, so 2-3 brigades, and a corps between 40000 and 80000, so normally 3-6 divisions worth of personnel. The Ukrainian Corps however seem to be a bit smaller, containing only 4-5 brigades plus a recon regiment (or even just a recon bataillon, which is even smaller), plus some smaller combat units (probably independent regiments and battalions) plus logistics, which will probably just be enough for 30k-35k military personnel in an Ukrainian Corps at full strength.

Tactically, this gives Ukraine some bigger groups to handle both the offensive and defensive tasks, and allowing them to do so in a semi-regional fashion instead of just local as they did so far. This will increase coordination, and with it, effectiveness on the battlefield - especially when it comes to making good use of artillery, air support and attack drone usage.

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