ORIGINAL: Arjuna
BTW just for the record Bil is an old stuck in the mud. He is also right most times, which can be very annoying.[;)]
Wait a minute I want to add that to my diary. [:D]
ORIGINAL: Bletchley_Geek
That's a bit harsh, Bil.
Perhaps... but you will never convince me that moving hundreds of tons of supplies that are stockpiled in a Brigade or Division supply dump can be done in any way other than at a snails pace... at least not without sacrificing the actual resupply of the subordinate commands. Long supply chains are a fact of warfare and mobile units often outrun their supply and this is often the only thing that brings their advance to a halt.
I think what you are referring to in your examples above are not major supply dumps but supply points, which trickle supply down from the main supply dump (Regiment, Brigade, or Division) and usually only have on hand a bit more than they can inherently carry.. so for these formations yes they can jump forward... however for the large supply dumps, moving these forward was not an easy matter and could take days to accomplish.. and usually with outside help (move by rail, corps level assets, etc.). These Supply Points are not currently represented in Command Ops (BFTB and HTTR, but will be in LOTB).
Regiments in particular rarely had large supply dumps of their own but gathered their supply from Division, and the line units, (Battalions) would grab their needed supplies from these points and move them to their Companies with their own inherent transport.
Bil
