Gunnair Gunnair:
Please... offer up the examples for discussion then.
Mali 2012, a Captain lead a sucessful coup d'état against the elected government I've read number in the mid 30s for core members.
Muammar Gaddafi at the rank of lieutenant, in 1969 lead 70 troops mostly from the Signal Corps in a bloodless coup.
Siamese coup d'état of 1932 was started by 7 men only two were in the military.
1980 Liberia suffered a coup lead by a Master Sergeant.
Most succesful coup d'état are conducted by higher ranking officers which implies that many of the soldiers under their command would follow their orders. Which sorta implies that low ranked members that lead a succesful coup do not have large numbers under their command.