ABSTRACT
The manpower resources that made possible the rise in authorized ground force manpower during the period under review clearly affected the character and quality of the order of battle. The impact of these sources, which was compounded over time, was not positive: the overwhelming majority of the combat frameworks added to the ground order of battle after the Yom Kippur War were set up within the reserve system. One-third of the supplemental manpower added to the regular ground force array in the years 1973-1982 was provided through an increase in the number of permanent slots. About two-thirds of the additional manpower that accumulated during the decade in the regular ground force array was provided by an increase in the number of compulsory slots. The uses made of manpower inputs, like the sources, had a cumulative impact on the character and quality of the ground force order of battle—however, the impact of the uses was even stronger.
