Nowadays, many commanders of various ranks refer to a difficult period of uncertainty. After all, in the military, everything has to be transformed, changed, reorganized, and brought in line with the realities of life.

In this regard, I would like to recall... The year 1945. The Great War had ended. A multi-million-strong group of our troops and hundreds of high-ranking headquarters were concentrated in East Germany. However, the army is a unique organism. It must either fight or engage in intensive combat training. There is no third option, as inaction corrupts. Soviet officers excelled in warfare. However, when it came to abruptly transitioning to peaceful combat training, even generals and colonels struggled.

The gunpowder smoke had not yet cleared from the battlefields, but Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, ensured that the transition period would not be prolonged. I will not list all of his initiatives. Instead, I will focus on the most significant one: in November 1945, a scientific conference was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief to study the Warsaw-Poznan Operation of the 1st Belorussian Front. This marked the beginning of the scientific and practical study of the combat experience that we had to pay so dearly for.

Currently, due to the country's difficult economic situation, the command is forced to refrain from conducting not only large-scale maneuvers but also tactical exercises and training sessions involving the mass deployment of military equipment and weapons. However, there are still opportunities for improving units from platoons to battalions (divisions).

In my opinion, an example of this is the 382nd Guards Port Arthur Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Motor Rifle Regiment, with which I keep in touch. This regiment, stationed in Dauria, was considered one of the exemplary regiments in the Trans-Baikal Military District and the Ground Forces, and it continues to maintain its high standards. I had the opportunity to visit the Guards Motor Rifle Regiment during an instructor-training session. It is a long-standing tradition to invite war veterans to these sessions.

We were pleased with the demonstration of tactical training on the topic "Actions of a Motorized Rifle Platoon in a Combat Reconnaissance Patrol." The training was conducted by the battalion commander, Captain A. Kochurov (now a major and a student at the Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Federation). He organized the training perfectly. He incorporated elements of a military game into the regular tactical lesson.

I can foresee the objections of the authoritative authors of methodological developments. According to the established theoretical views, a military game is one of the forms of training for military command and control bodies. However, in this case, it is only a platoon, and it is questionable whether such a large-scale exercise can be replaced by conventional tactical training. I would like to express my opinion: I fully support the experimental approach advocated by Major Kochurov. I firmly believe that military games can be conducted in battalions and companies using maps, diagrams, and even on the ground. If similar game moments and other innovations are practiced in platoons, it will only benefit them.

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