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You can't exactly strategically deploy food.

dpc59 10y ago
You can certainly strategically fuck up your enemy's supply lines. War is one of the main causes of famine for this reason.
- RUG3Y 10y ago
  One of the ways they did what you describe is by placing these concrete walls around troubled enclaves. They weren't restricting food but munitions had to now be taken through checkpoints.
JoelBennett 10y ago
I dunno... North Korea might say differently.
SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
Aren't strategic food supplies what keeps sieges from being a 4-week affair? Then how you allocate and deploy food is a measure of where you could potentially resist a seige.
vacri 10y ago
Food is one of the primary resources that is strategically deployed. On a tactical level, mealie bags and biscuit boxes were famously used to defend a British outpost in the Zulu wars. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift
beachstartup 10y ago
yeah you can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal,_Ready-to-Eat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal,_Ready-to-Eat i have no military experience but i'm guessing this is actually one of the easiest things to strategically deploy. a day's worth of ammo for a platoon probably weighs a few hundred pounds. a day's worth of food is probably like 10 pounds.
- fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
  But: 1. in most wars the soldiers are actually fighting a very small proportion of the time. They are eating, drinking and creating waste every day. 2. Those dehydrated rations will need to be rehydrated. So you need to supply in the region of 3 litres of clean (soldiers are not as effective if they are sick) water each day (more in hot climates).
  - throwanem 10y ago
    MREs aren't dehydrated. That's why they're called "ready to eat"; you just open the pouch and chow down.
  - beachstartup 10y ago
    in a forward operating base there are firefights every day. see: restrepo, korengal films.
Falkon1313 10y ago
That's exactly what they did during the Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles). Close to 9,000 tons per day of food and supplies by the end.

dpc59 10y ago

You can certainly strategically fuck up your enemy's supply lines. War is one of the main causes of famine for this reason.

RUG3Y 10y ago
One of the ways they did what you describe is by placing these concrete walls around troubled enclaves. They weren't restricting food but munitions had to now be taken through checkpoints.

JoelBennett 10y ago

I dunno... North Korea might say differently.

SomeStupidPoint 10y ago

Aren't strategic food supplies what keeps sieges from being a 4-week affair? Then how you allocate and deploy food is a measure of where you could potentially resist a seige.

vacri 10y ago

Food is one of the primary resources that is strategically deployed. On a tactical level, mealie bags and biscuit boxes were famously used to defend a British outpost in the Zulu wars. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift

beachstartup 10y ago

yeah you can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal,_Ready-to-Eat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal,_Ready-to-Eat i have no military experience but i'm guessing this is actually one of the easiest things to strategically deploy. a day's worth of ammo for a platoon probably weighs a few hundred pounds. a day's worth of food is probably like 10 pounds.

fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
But: 1. in most wars the soldiers are actually fighting a very small proportion of the time. They are eating, drinking and creating waste every day. 2. Those dehydrated rations will need to be rehydrated. So you need to supply in the region of 3 litres of clean (soldiers are not as effective if they are sick) water each day (more in hot climates).
- throwanem 10y ago
  MREs aren't dehydrated. That's why they're called "ready to eat"; you just open the pouch and chow down.
- beachstartup 10y ago
  in a forward operating base there are firefights every day. see: restrepo, korengal films.

Falkon1313 10y ago

That's exactly what they did during the Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles). Close to 9,000 tons per day of food and supplies by the end.