Infantry - rated out of 10 for each nation

[Jazon]

Hi guys,
I guess without giving my own rating there are two more factors that should be taken into consideration for estimating infantry performance ratio. One thing is overall physical condition of the conscripts - their health, and capabilities. For instance: poorer societies "human material" were poorer. Before great war average German male, from working class was in better shape than for example Russian one - working and living conditions in Germany were better - so conscripts were better material to forge effective fighting force. Many British males at the era, especially from working class suffered malnutrition and other diseases. Also their average height were actually below official British Army requirements - After losses during wartime British needed to lower the physical requirements for new recruits. Not mentioning Russian Army, which also had these kind of issues.
The other thing I would consider is literacy level of the society. Literate society gives more "material" for NCOs and also make advanced training for troops easier - just because they can read what they need to know, also its easier to command literate conscripts.
That's just my two thoughts about that, and both this factors acts in favor of the Germans.

[The Land]

The MG centered platoons, combined with defense in depth from 1916 and bruchmuller and stormtrooper tactics in 1917 gave birth to modern infantry tactics which weren't incorporated by other armies in ww1 (except the British with respect to artillery).

Yeah, this is the bit that isn't really true. The British Army used tactics that are recognisably 'stormtrooper' in 1918: maneuver in sections and half-sections, infiltrating forwards using terrain features, screening and bypassing strongpoints, low-level fire support from grenades and rifle grenades (in every section), machine guns (in every platoon), and trench mortars.

When I have bookshelves on which to put my books, I'll dig out the references..