About the so-called "period of life in the battle" - a soldier, company, units of armored vehicles - everyone heard, who came into contact with the military sphere.
Idea of that, that there is a fixed duration of existence for each military unit, arose from the experience of headquarters, from an analysis of the results of the war with the Nazis. Average time, during which the warhead retained its combat effectiveness, and received the name "period of life". This does not mean that, that at the end of this time the entire unit will be surely killed, and tanks or other equipment destroyed.
For a model, you can take the division - the main tactical unit. To fulfill her mission, so that the rifle units had the required number of soldiers - and they stop the battle, not only dying, but also seriously injured (on 1 the fallen 3-6 wounded) or sick.
Engineer companies must possess not only human, but also with technical resources, eg, when creating a crossing. These reserves run out sooner or later. Expenditure of heavy mechanized ferries TMM-3 or pontoons will cause a sharp decrease in the ability of the connection to develop its attack. Respectively, the period of the "life" of the unit in a combat operation will greatly decrease.
Fatal meters
The first serious attempt to compute, concerning the lifetime of an individual fighter in battle, using various types of weapons, using this or that strategy was displayed in a unique work “The Future War in the Technical, economic and political relations ”. The work of the Polish railwayman and financier Ivan Bliokh was published in 6 t. at 1898 g. The calculation algorithm was not particularly difficult. From the French military strategy 1890 g. took a unit attack plan. We took the numbers obtained at the test site, showing the probability of hitting a growth target, 3-line rifleman in the trenches. The speed of movement of the French troops during the attack were known. Then standard math was used, yielding an amazing result. for example, if from the border to 0,5 km to 100 entrenched soldiers with the aforementioned rifles will approach 637 french infantry troops, then even at maximum speed to the border 25 m, from which in those days it was considered expedient to transfer to a melee attack with a bayonet, only about 100 human. Pacifism in numbers
At the time of publication of the work And. Blioja in the Old World there was no war, but in the simple mathematical calculations of the author the whole situation was already reflected, which will take shape in the First World War. Attacking masses of infantrymen will be destroyed by the defending enemy. According to Blioch's research, as an infantryman approaches an enemy trench, his chances of survival are less and less. In his work, the banker showed this in the form of a diagram. He believed, that this argument alone will demonstrate the impossibility of a world military conflict. Blioch tried to spread his work as much as possible. Reviewing his book, the Russian emperor decided to convene the Hague Conference for disarmament in 1899 year. AND. Blioch became a Nobel Prize laureate.
But the financier's hopes did not materialize. His work could not prevent the war.
The average “period of life in battle” was safely used by the commanders at headquarters and in those cases, when it was required to establish the time of combat capability of the attacking tank units in the conditions of the enemy using neutron bombs. It was necessary to figure out what kind of force a nuclear explosion would burn the enemy’s anti-tank missiles and increase the life span of their armored vehicles. The tasks of using colossal capacities were determined by elementary mathematical calculations - a nuclear conflict in Europe must be prevented.
Current military operations control systems, from the most ambitious to strategic, apply different and more precise simulation settings. The latter is now being held on a true time scale.. Although the main objective of all these studies remains old: increase the maximum period of existence of equipment and personnel in the battle.
Author: Darina
