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von Poop · 09-07-2007, 01:09 PM

Back to the old 5:1 business...
Still seen absolutely no confirmation or convincing explanation for the source of these figures. Often cited but apparently never backed up.

Not one piece of allied after action analysis that I've read, yet, makes this estimation, though it is referred to and refuted in at least one contemporary report so presumably it began at the time.

09-07-2007, 01:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,746	Back to the old 5:1 business... Still seen absolutely no confirmation or convincing explanation for the source of these figures. Often cited but apparently never backed up. Not one piece of allied after action analysis that I've read, yet, makes this estimation, though it is referred to and refuted in at least one contemporary report so presumably it began at the time. __________________ It's only the Internet. Last edited by von Poop; 09-07-2007 at 01:11 PM.