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| | Design for an UN Legion -- Project on Defense Alternatives |
 | | Naturally, the capacity of the legion to meet the requirements of any specific operation would depend heavily on the operation's scope, the level of hostility in the theater, and the size and capability of potential belligerent forces. |
 | | Assuming that the legion's heaviest assets, its APCs and light tanks, weigh between 16 tons (APCs) and 25 tons (light tanks), it should be able to deploy the lead element of a brigade -- a reinforced light mechanized infantry battalion -- in approximately 100 C-141 sorties. |
 | | Each of the field bases would have at its disposal at least 18 utility helicopters, which could be used to ferry troops, and 300 ground vehicles including cargo trucks, tankers, repair and recovery vehicles, and ambulances. |
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