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Originally Posted by Big K
Ucar,
so everything comes to an end with the "Human resources" right?...
i mean you can have the equipment but if you can not have the operator theres no combat value...
btw,
as ex-recruit(not been in a combat), i clearly and sadly agree with Ucar...my unit was not a combat unit but,
i remember my basic training....yes....theres a better basic training in the game of "Call of Duty"...a normal recruit during his basics shots 12 rounds if hes lucky...me i shot 9 rounds with a G-3 from 1975 
my brother was at a border division....they were called themselves as "border eagles" heheh but my bro and his mates were calling themselves as "border grubs" 
but please dont forget that many PKK terrorists have their basics in the Turkish Army...by saying this i mean that when we have to judge Turkish Army and defence politics we have to realize the very special statue of Turkey in every manner... |
Dear Big K
You are highly accurate in your assesment. We are forced to rely on recruits with a very low degree of prior training. Moreover, the distribution of modern equipment, and the personnel traned in their use is very limited. The living standards of our NCOs, and the social disparities between the officers corps, and the remaining personnel is creating serious frictions.
What happens is, we have to "untrain" recruits and fresh NCOs first, then train them again, all the while having to endure lacking personnel in combat sweeps and patrolling, because on paper the personnel allocation is at 100%. Since we lose a whole class of recruits every 3 months after having them for 3-9 months, this places a heavy burden on personnel who has to conduct training as well as combat duties.
PKK on the other hand, has a very experienced core personnel who are not rotated unless eliminated. In a tactical sense, they have more experience per unit leader when compared to the Turkish Armed Forces. Their advantage is terrain, and mobility. We on the other hand, rely on airmobile tactics, and heavy firepower whenever we can fix them in place.
The new transition to a 100% proffesional unit creation will result in the combination of our current abilities with greater mobility. This will hopefully improve reaction times, and shock ability.