(April 7, 2017 at 1:24 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 7, 2017 at 1:08 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: That's a great example of what happens when government tries to save money on the military.
Actually, a good example of why one should restrict one's military in peacetime in order to force it to focus its mind on how to plan and forge doctrine that look ahead, maximize the quality of its personnel, and relies on efficiency and effectiveness rather than mass and gold plating, is the interwar German army that was forced to remain at a tiny fraction of the sizes of its potential adversaries.
Uh, crap. The government wanted the locals to form militias and respond to emergencies like they were trained professionals based on a few training sessions each year. The plan was idiotic and proven as such.
