--- In snorkack@..., "magyareagle" <magyareagle@y...> wrote:
According to army.mod.uk and nationmaster.com "its military structure
it is divided into corps (administrative groupings by common
function), and divisions and brigades (large formations, somewhat
fluid in nature)"
It is made up of five divisions (six if you include HQ Northern
Ireland) each one comprising 3-6 brigades. Specialist units include
15(UK)Psychological Operations Group and the Special Forces. In terms
of special forces the British have the SAS (Special Air Service),
the SBS (Special Boat Service), 16 AAB (Air Assault Brigade,
Pathfinder Platoon, the Parachute Regiment, and the No.47 Squadron
(Special Forces flight) RAF. The SAS also serves as an anti Terrorism
unit along with the SO19 Firearms unit of the Metropolitan Police. The
unit nearest to Hogwarts would probably be the 52nd infantry brigade,
currently based in Edinburgh Castle.
Hope this helps!
Balint D. Szoke
After I posted that request I stumbled onto the wikapedia site which
did a decent job of detailing the organizational structure.
There are two ready divisions, 1st armored and 2nd mechanized infantry
which have core regiments, but can be augmented by adding additional
regiments under the divisional commander. It sounds pretty unwieldy to
me, but if it works for them, who am I to tell them they are wrong.
The corp level units exist mostly on paper only. Corps are constructed
as needed, built around an administrative regiment. Unlike the US, the
UK has no standing corps, they have the structure of one and it can be
activated in times of war, but in peace its mostly a toothless entity.
This is all assuming that the wikapedia information is correct.
I believe I have enough information to work with now. And I do
appreciate everyone that replied. Finally, as an aside to whomever
coded the MOD website. GET A CLUE! Just trying to find out basic
information is like pulling teeth from a jellyfish! :)
- Bob
