In the city itself, nine battlegroups were deployed to attack armoured units which might attempt a breakout.
If either the 3rd Armored BCT or any of the NATO "battlegroups" were to engage the 1st Guards Tank Army, it is very likely most of their units would be rendered combat ineffective by massed artillery fires before they even had a chance to engage the hundreds of Russian tanks bearing down on them. .
Some contingents, such as the Nordic battlegroup, are a model of integration.
The unit currently on the roster, the "Weimar battlegroup", is led by Poland with contributions from France and Germany.
In the immediate aftermath of operation the Light Dragoons Battlegroup were suffering casualties as they tried to secure the area and resupply their patrol bases.
In the brutal fighting around Lambert-sur-Dives, Currie's battlegroup was able to inflict nearly 2,000 casualties on attacking German forces, including 300 killed and 1,100 captured.
A company of the 99th Brigade was attached to the 143rd Home Guard Regiment for operations the next day, and a 250-strong battlegroup was removed from the brigade and subordinated to the Karlovac Corps directly.
The 1 PARA battlegroup was ordered back to the United Kingdom to resume its spearhead role as the permanent stand-by battalion that would form the basis of any emergency deployment, while 42 Commando, Royal Marines, came ashore to replace the soldiers.
Each "battlegroup" is formed around a battalion-sized formation provided by NATO members; there is no viable plan in place to reinforce these units in a timely fashion, meaning that casualties among men and equipment could not be replaced, allowing for the rapid reduction of combat capability under conditions of the kind of heavy combat a ground war in Europe against Russian forces would entail.
Instead, the union is now creating 13 smaller and more flexible formations of 1,500 men, known as battlegroups, which are meant to deploy in troublespots within ten days.
