An essential read as the Marvel fan base prepares for Avengers: Endgame, courtesy of The Angry Staff Officer:
The world is blessed that Steve Rogers never made it past captain. The Battle of Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War is a master class in how not to use an infantry battalion. However, from his failure, we can extract some fundamental lessons[…]
[On Steve Rogers' willingness to send his vehicular support away before battle was joined…] It is true that the transport craft were unarmoured and open-topped. If fighting an adversary with strong anti-armour or indirect fire capabilities, sending them away would be reasonable. However, the Thanosian forces lacked this entirely. Their troops were incapable of using ranged weapons, or indeed, higher brain functions. They traveled on foot and bit the opposition to death.
Captain Roger’s disregard for vehicles is perhaps excusable as being on brand for a career light infantry officer. […]
Excellent, level headed work.[note]I suspect Capt. Rogers will find himself given plenty of opportunities to put his undoubted personal attributes as a brave and effective soldier to good use in the next film. Probably not so many big setpiece battles to organise, hopefully lots more sneaking around and surprising/overpowering his adversaries one enemy combatant at a time.[/note] The thing is, I'm not sure any of the Avengers are terribly good generals: not unless it's revealed at the end that everything has transpired according to Doctor Strange's grand strategic plan.
[RT via Charlie Stross]