Talk:Division slice

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk18:23, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that in 1977 the division slice of each US Army mechanized division was 48,000 men compared to 17,000 in the Soviet Army? "Thus, the "division slice" -the division, itself plus a proportional share of nondivisional troops and administrative overheads-is 17,000 for Soviet mechanized divisions vis-à-vis 48,000 or more for a comparable U.S. divisions" from: Norton, Augustus R. (1977). "NATO and Metaphors: The Nuclear Threshold". Naval War College Review. 30 (2): 67. ISSN 0028-1484.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 2 August 2020 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited:   - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting:  
  • Other problems:   - ALT1 has a problem, this is cited to one 1950 source. Although it may be true throughout the existence of the Soviet Army, it would need either a better source or else specification of time period. ALT0 appears to be correct, but is not very interesting.
QPQ: Done.

Overall:   PS I added backlinks to this, the only article that mentions it appears to be American logistics in the Normandy campaign. (t · c) buidhe 16:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Buidhe, I agree. How about the following - Dumelow (talk) 17:45, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks Buidhe, I've struck ALT3 - I was trying to find a succinct way of "potential war with NATO" but you're right, it isn't the same thing. Happy for ALT2 to run - Dumelow (talk) 05:36, 3 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
  ALT2 only (t · c) buidhe 06:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)Reply


For those of us who actually served in the US Army, we used the term "division slice" to describe the parts of a division that a Brigade received from task organization.

For example, a brigade has it's three maneuver battalions, and then receives a "slice" of the division's air defense battalion, or engineer battalion, or CEWI battalion, etc. The "slice" was that platoon or company cut out to go work with the maneuver brigade.

I can't speak to the sources from in the article, but what I mentioned above is what is taught in the US Army's service schools ...

Would be great if you can find a source and add that as an alternative definition - Dumelow (talk) 17:50, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Reply