Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"Serious maths issue with all that! There is no “cut of 20,000 or 30% as the current strength is around 73,000 if that."
Tusa is a journo - maths not required - but its still a forecast cut which ever way you look at it.
The issue really is the continued salami slicing rather than deciding to scrap certain tasks for good
Offhand, I'd say that - if correct - cuts on that scale to Percy probably indicate removal of tasks (or at least reduction to lowest feasible) for the army, while ensuring proper enabling functions (eg Artillery, GBAD, CSS) are reconstituted so you have a usable (though perhaps not sustainable beyond a certain duration) all-arms heavy force and an associated light force, built around 16AA. If they're really sensible, they'll provide an uplift in manpower numbers for the RN and RAF as well.