The number is significant. The statutory limit on US army general staff is 241, and most of those guys are quite recent retirees. Countries had putsches with

The number is significant. The statutory limit on US army general staff is 241, and most of those guys are quite recent retirees. Countries had putsches with much lesser portion of generals mutinying, and some times made without general staff involvement as such. In fact there are almost as much succesful putches on record by majors, and colonels, than generals.