Quote Originally Posted by nokhor
excluding the commanding general, what's the most important quality for an army to have?

a) discipline
b) equipment
c) training
d) junior officers
e) morale
f) something else
I would go for training and discipline. I think these two are the most important qualities in the army(however nowdays equipment has an increasingly important role: you can't shoot down a B-2 with a crossbow no matter how well trained you are ).two examples come to my mind : The Spartans and Napoleon's Imperial Guard. These figting forces weren't significantly(if at all) better equipped than their opponents, but usually managed to win against the odds due to the sheer 'quality'(aka. training, morale and discipline) of the soldiers