I did five posts on analyzing force ratios using the campaign database. They are here:
Analysis for Force Ratios using the Campaign Data Base (CaDB) – The Dupuy Institute
Analysis for Force Ratios using the Campaign Data Base (CaDB) – continued – The Dupuy Institute
I think this is actually kind of a big deal, and will be presenting it at HADSS in July: Updated Schedule for HADSS 2024 – The Dupuy Institute and at HAAC in October: Next Revised Schedule for the Third Historical Analysis Annual Conference (HAAC), 8 – 10 October 2024 – The Dupuy Institute
Now, as part of that presentation, I do compare it to the division-level engagements. I have posted about this before. They are here:
The World War I Cases from the Division-level Database – The Dupuy Institute
The World War II Cases from the Division-level Database – The Dupuy Institute
Post-World War II Cases from the Division-level Database – The Dupuy Institute
Force Ratios at Kharkov and Kursk, 1943 – The Dupuy Institute
Force Ratios in the Arab-Israeli Wars (1956-1973) – The Dupuy Institute
And a summary of force ratios and 3-to-1 rule posts:
Summation of Human Factors and Force Ratio posts – The Dupuy Institute
Summation of Force Ratio Posts – The Dupuy Institute
JSTOR, Trevor Dupuy, Combat Data and the 3:1 Rule – The Dupuy Institute
And more stuff:
Force Ratios and CRTs – The Dupuy Institute
and most recently here:
The 3-to-1 rule and the War in Ukraine – The Dupuy Institute
And in the first few chapters of my book War by Numbers.
Anyhow, we have discussed force ratios at the division-level and have now addressed them at the army-level by using the campaign databases. We do have the ability to look at them at Battalion and Company-level, which I will probably do at some point in the future. We do have a couple of databases to address this. They are no where near as robust as our division-level data base (752 cases) but as they are the only thing out there like that, they will have to do.
Battalion and Company Level Data Bases – The Dupuy Institute
At some point this will all probably be assembled in my future book More War by Numbers, which is half-written. Probably won’t get serious about that book until 2025.