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Your comment about the increase in firepower resonates through every military.

No military ever had enough firepower (with the exception of the US in the Gulf Wars).

Both the number of weapons and the amount of ammunition needed is usually underestimated.

The Ukraine War is a prime example, with artillery and ammunition being in short supply (especially glaring is the western European situation, where their militaries equipped for a war of a few weeks against a numerically limited enemy).

In crass terms, most militaries prepare to fight Luxembourg, even when Russia is the likely enemy.

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At the beginning of the Great War, everybody anticipated a relatively short conflict, and few people foresaw the trench stalemate. The armies, therefore, were well prepared for the war they thought they had to fight. Thanks to Falkenhayn, who replaced Moltke as Chief of the OHL after the opening round, the German Army began adjusting to the new military realities somewhat earlier than the others.

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