Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:Which are more motivated fighters?: local conscripts or ideologically motivated foreign volunteers.
Also evidence from 1914 Britain VS Germany implies professional soldiers are militarily superior to conscripts (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVs1F3x ... 1&index=22)
What usually matters:
- Realistic practice
- Experience
What usually does not matter:
- Ideology
- How and why they ended up in the military