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Echelon  ●●●● </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Unit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">Company</a> / <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">Battery</a> / <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">Squadron</a> <b>❘</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(army)" title="Squadron (army)">Squadron</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cohort_(military_unit)" title="Cohort (military unit)">Cohort</a> <b>❘ ❘</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">Regiment</a> / <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_unit)#Groups_in_armies" title="Group (military unit)">Group</a>  <b>❘ ❘ ❘</b>  </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Formation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">Brigade</a> / <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">Group</a> / <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">Wing</a> <b>☓</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_legions" title="List of military legions">Legion</a> <b>☓☓</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a> <b>☓☓☓</b> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Command</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">Field army</a> / <a href="/wiki/Command_(military_formation)" title="Command (military formation)">Command</a> <b>☓☓☓☓</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_group" title="Army group">Army group</a> / <a href="/wiki/Front_(military_formation)" title="Front (military formation)">Front</a> <b>☓☓☓☓☓</b> </li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Region#Military_regions" title="Region">Region</a> / <a href="/wiki/Theater_(warfare)" title="Theater (warfare)">Theater</a> <b>☓☓☓☓☓☓</b> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Temporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detachment_(military)" title="Detachment (military)">Detachment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalk_(military)" title="Chalk (military)">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol#Military" title="Patrol">Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_force" title="Field force">Field force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">Task force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigade_group" title="Brigade group">Brigade group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_column" title="Flying column">Flying column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_command" title="Combat command">Combat command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regimental_combat_team" title="Regimental combat team">Regimental combat team</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Battalion tactical group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">Battlegroup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_army_(military_unit)" title="Group army (military unit)">Group army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_team" title="Combat team">Combat team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>A <b>battalion tactical group</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Батальонная тактическая группа</span>, <i>batal'onnaya takticheskaya gruppa</i>), abbreviated as <b>BTG</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined-arms</a> manoeuvre unit deployed by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Army">Russian Army</a> that is kept at a high level of readiness.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston_&_Massicot_5_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_&_Massicot_5-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A BTG typically comprises a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> (typically <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanised infantry</a>) of two to four <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">companies</a> reinforced with air-defence, artillery, engineering, and logistical support units, formed from a garrisoned army brigade. A tank company and rocket artillery typically reinforce such groupings. BTGs formed the mainstay of Russia's military intervention in Ukraine from 2013 to 2015, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">war in Donbas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_9-10_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore_9-10-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2021, Russia's defence minister said the country had about 170 BTGs.<sup id="cite_ref-Tass_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each BTG has approximately 600–800 officers and soldiers,<sup id="cite_ref-Daalder_et_al_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daalder_et_al-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of whom roughly 200 are infantrymen, equipped with vehicles typically including roughly 10 tanks and 40 <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: pp. 11–13">: pp. 11–13 </span></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Soviet_period">The Soviet period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Soviet period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> structured its tactical formations with the <a href="/wiki/Regiment#Russian/Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Regiment">maneuver regiment</a> as the smallest combined arms force and its subordinate <a href="/wiki/Battalion#Soviet_Armed_Forces" title="Battalion">battalions</a> as "pure" tank or motorized rifle formations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In practice, the Soviets reinforced their battalions into temporary combined arms groupings during field exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Depending on the assigned mission, a battalion could receive additional tanks or motorized rifle infantry, plus supporting elements like artillery, air defense, engineers, or reconnaissance units. For example, a tank battalion might be reinforced with an infantry company, an artillery battalion, and an engineer platoon to transform it into a combined arms force.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soviet military writers used the term "tactical group" to describe <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">combined arms formations</a>, with "company tactical groups" to describe company teams<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "battalion tactical groups" for battalion task forces.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1987, "battalion tactical group" was used to describe Soviet combined arms battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Battalion tactical groups were seen in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War" title="Soviet–Afghan War">Soviet–Afghan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blank_6_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blank_6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Soviets expanded the combined arms battalion concept as part of the "Army 2000" restructuring plan to make the army more agile and versatile for future war.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One element of this plan was "Division 87", which called for the permanent addition of a tank company to every motorized rifle battalion to turn them into a precursor for a larger and more flexible combined arms battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-Glantz_1996_342_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glantz_1996_342-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the permanent combined arms battalion experiment was abandoned. They were too expensive for the decaying Soviet economy to reorganize and maintain by the end of the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Glantz_1996_342_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glantz_1996_342-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The switch to a defensive military strategy under Soviet leader <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> rendered large-scale army reforms politically unacceptable.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Junior battalion commanders also lacked the experience to handle such complicated formations until later in their command assignments.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further tactical reform would have required the Soviets to abandon simple battle drills and introduce more sophisticated combat techniques down to the company and platoon level, which was only possible with a body of professional <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commissioned officers">non-commissioned officers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chechen_and_Georgian_wars">Chechen and Georgian wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chechen and Georgian wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ad-hoc battalion tactical groups were formed in the Russian Army as an expediency due to lack of manpower and equipment to field full-strength <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a> and <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a> during both <a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">the first</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">second Chechen Wars</a>, and also in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">2008 Russo-Georgian War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_(Grau).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png/366px-Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png" decoding="async" width="366" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png/549px-Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png/732px-Battalion_Tactical_Group_Structure_%28Grau%29.png 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="677" /></a><figcaption>Standard Russian BTG structure</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the Georgian War, in October 2008, the Ministry of Defence announced that it intended to reform the Russian army by creating "permanent readiness" brigades, which led to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Russian_military_reform" title="2008 Russian military reform">2008 Russian military reform</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Anatoliy_Serdyukov" class="mw-redirect" title="Anatoliy Serdyukov">Anatoliy Serdyukov</a> was dismissed as defence minister and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu" title="Sergei Shoigu">Sergei Shoigu</a> in November 2012, this plan was shelved in favour of forming “permanent readiness” BTGs within garrison brigades. These were planned to be 100% staffed by contract soldiers (i.e., non-conscript volunteers). According to sources quoted by the Russian <a href="/wiki/Interfax" title="Interfax">Interfax</a> agency, the reason for this was lack of manpower to form full-strength brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-McDermott_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDermott-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russo-Ukrainian_War">Russo-Ukrainian War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Russo-Ukrainian War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reports from the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a> cited in the July–September 2016 edition of the US military journal <i>Armor</i> identified BTGs as the majority of Russian units deployed there. These BTGs comprised a tank company, three mechanised infantry companies, two anti-tank companies, two or three artillery batteries, and two air-defence batteries.<sup id="cite_ref-Fox_5_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fox_5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of BTGs deployed in the Donbass war came from Russia's <a href="/wiki/49th_Combined_Arms_Army" title="49th Combined Arms Army">49th Army</a> and 6th Tank Brigade, though BTGs were deployed from nearly every field army and corps in the Russian Army.<sup id="cite_ref-Fox_&_Rossow_5-6_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fox_&_Rossow_5-6-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BTGs typically composed roughly half of the equipment and personnel of the deploying brigade. BTG personnel typically only includes "contract" soldiers. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Donbas (2014–2022)">Donbass War</a>, in 2016 the Russian <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Chief of the General Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a> announced plans to expand the number of BTGs from 96 to 125 by 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_14_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore_14-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerasimov claimed that BTGs would be primarily staffed by contract soldiers by 2018. In September 2018 Gerasimov claimed that Russia had 126 "permanently battle-ready" BTGs. In March 2019, Shoigu, addressing the lower house of the Russian Duma, claimed that Russia had 136 BTGs.<sup id="cite_ref-Felgenhauer_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Felgenhauer-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2021 Shoigu claimed that Russia had around 170 BTGs.<sup id="cite_ref-Tass_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the March–April 2021 escalation in tensions between Russia and Ukraine, US officials estimated that around 48 of Russia's BTGs had moved to the border with Ukraine. Ukrainian officials estimated that 56 BTGs would be moved to the border.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the tensions on the border between Russia and Ukraine in late 2021 US officials estimated that the Russian deployment opposite Ukraine would reach 100 BTGs by January 2022, with around 50 BTGs estimated as already being in place by December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Roth_et_al_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roth_et_al-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> BTGs were initially the main fighting units, seeing action in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mariupol" title="Siege of Mariupol">Siege of Mariupol</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">Battle of Donetsk Airport</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debaltseve" title="Battle of Debaltseve">Battle of Debaltseve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_15-16_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore_15-16-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK Ministry of Defence observed that from September to November 2022, Russian forces had largely stopped deploying BTGs, noting their intrinsic weaknesses.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advantages_and_disadvantages">Advantages and disadvantages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Advantages and disadvantages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The combination of different weapons systems including heavy ones at a low organisational level allows heavy artillery bombardments to be laid on more easily and makes them available for use tactically. As such, a BTG can engage opposing units out to a longer range than, for example, a US <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">Brigade Combat Team</a> (BCT), which does not have heavy weapons devolved down to it.<sup id="cite_ref-Fox_6_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fox_6-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to two BTGs can compose a brigade in the Russian army. Divisions and regiments have been superseded by brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-cancian_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancian-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the basic BTG's relative lack of manpower (they deploy with about 200 infantrymen) means it is not designed to hold ground but to continually inflict casualties while remaining mobile. This makes it reliant upon <a href="/wiki/Russian_Naval_Infantry" title="Russian Naval Infantry">Marines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Forces" title="Russian Airborne Forces">VDV</a> and other troops such as paramilitaries (pro-Russian militias in the Donbass war) to hold ground or provide security along the flanks and rear.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: p. 3">: p. 3 </span></sup> That said it is a flexible tactical formation and additional infantry can be added if needed/available as the mission requires.<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By Russian law, conscripts are not allowed to serve in BTGs outside of Russia. Outside of Russia, the troops of a BTG serve on a volunteer basis.<sup id="cite_ref-cancian_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancian-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The limited manpower of the BTG makes the commanders less likely to engage in urban combat than a <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">BCT</a> commander. As they derive their manpower and equipment primarily through the cannibalisation of a larger unit, their sustainability in long-term operations is also in doubt.<sup id="cite_ref-Fiore_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fiore-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: pp. 11–13">: pp. 11–13 </span></sup> The role for attacking urban environments in Russian doctrine is normally carried out by Marines and VDV (Airborne and air assault troops), this is even more so after 1st Battle of Grozny. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battlegroup_(army)" title="Battlegroup (army)">Battlegroup (army)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">Task force</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battalion_tactical_group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Boston_&_Massicot_5-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Boston_&_Massicot_5_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBostonMassicot2017" class="citation journal cs1">Boston, Scott; 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