03-20-2010, 07:54 PM
Just a thought on the testudo. This formation was used to approach an enemy firing at the troops. If a large, single century testodu were used, this would mean the enemy could concentrate their firepower at a single moving object, making the chances of slipping an arrow or other projectile through higher. Not being a military commander or even a soldier, I may be very wrong and welcome thoughts of the armed forces men partaking on RAT, but in my view it would be a good thing to divide the enemy firepower over several moving targets. So I could envision a century splitting up into several testudo's for the advance against the enemy.
