Combat on the Russian Front

[Ratzki]

I won't argue facts that you have ample access to, but would like to ask at what point does a soldier move from Green to Regular to Vet.? I feel that a fully trained soldier, even one that has not seen combat, should be rated Regular, not Green. It seems that some of the Hungarian forces assembled in '41 were not untried but had some combat experience, the ones that did not would have had some time to train so that is why I question the Green rating. Forces without time to fully train are Green as they are still willing participants, and avoid the Conscript rating. I am going by the standard that U.S. forces involved in the opening of the war on Iraq would not be considered a Green force by any means, they are highly trained and motivated and what they lack in experience would be made up for with the training they had at home. Therefore, a Regular rating.