How does the US military compare to the British military?
as the answerer above has already stated both militaries are designed to fight wars in two different ways, this is reflected in training and equipment of both militaries. for a start the US military doctrine is based on overwhelming firepower, (the famed shock and awe) to make this work they require lots and lots and lots of heavy weaponry, from powerful aircraft to a huge fleet of warships, the army is packed with heavy tanks and artillery and is supported by its own ‘in-house’ air arm who in turn bring further firepower into play (primarily helicopter gunships, but also other assets such a drones etc) the average American soldier is far less trained than his British counterpart (US vs British BASIC Infantry training 10-14 weeks US, vs a total of 40 weeks basic British) The reason for less training of US riflemen is because the infantry are not considered the battle winning force by the US, instead their role is to support the heavy weapons, they find the enemy, hold him in place and
