[RayChuang88]

What drove the Soviets nuts was the fact the Red Army was completely no match for the Finnish troops that could move with lightning speed on skis, which meant the Red Army was constantly being outflanked by the Finns. Small wonder why the Russians suffered HUGE losses until the spring thaw, when the superiority of the Red Army mechanized divisions finally prevailed.

It was a lesson not lost on the British--they modeled the Special Air Service (SAS) operating in North Africa to move in small, highly mobile teams across the Western Desert, and that tactic gave no grief to the German forces in North Africa.

[hoosierham]

One advantage to the single or small unit is while the attacker shoots immediately at anything that moves,the defenders need to identify their target to keep from killing their own.