| In the British army - a brigade is made up of 3 battalions, each of which is usually up to 1000 men. 3 brigades represents a division, two divisions make up an army. A regiment is a specific entity, originally from a particular recruiting area, and distinctly identified as such, The Black Watch for instance, and these Regiments can have any number of Battalions, say two in peace time, but many in times of war, 5/6 upwards under conscription. The HLI once even had a 'bantam' battalion, made up of men short of stature, which was a feature of Glasgow and environs, probably because of poor diet.(WW1 or WW11). They were great fighting men, in fact I have heard them described as the most dangerous men in the world.
This has always been my understanding, but I am prepared to stand corrected, therefore please recognise this as my opinion.
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Last edited by Del Boy; March 30th, 2008 at 00:40.
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