Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Operations
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
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Category : Command and control systems
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Infantry
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Category : Infantry
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Infantry
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Report
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Mortar Utilization at the Army's Combat Training Centers
Author: Stephen J. Kirin
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Category : Infantry drill and tactics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This study was requested by the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), whose data collection process at the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) indicated that mortar platoons in both light and heavy battalions, in the United States and Europe, were not making an effective contribution to battle outcomes. Whereas their data contained anecdotal points and summary statements of mortar problems, CALL wished for a more systematic investigation of the mortar problem so it could recommend remedial actions. The objectives of this work were to answer four questions: Is it true that mortars are underutilized at the CTCs?; Are CTC results a proper measure of mortar performance?; If the first two answers are "yes", can the causes of underutilization be identified?; and Can fixes be identified in doctrine, training, organization, leadership, or equipment to improve mortar performance? Take Home Packages (THP) and field observations prepared by three CTCs were reviewed to assist in evaluating mortar training. These data suggested that light, medium, and heavy mortar weapons were underutilized or ineffective at all three CTCs studied: The National Training Center (NTC), the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), and the Combat Maneuver Training Center (CMTC). The authors also reviewed the methods employed at each CTC to replicate indirect fire and its effects. Battle Damage Assessment was performed by fire markers or by observer/controllers according to fire effects tables. These data confirmed that mortars caused little damage and mortar ammunition expenditure fell far below that expected. Mortars are underutilized at the CTCs because of perceived limited effects of suppression and, for heavy mortar training, limited dismounted infantry activity at NTC and CMTC. The authors conclude that staff planning failure is the prime cause of mortar underutilization. The responsibility for this problem is shared between the maneuver and fire support staffs. (45 tables, 16 figures, 19 refs.7.
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Category : Infantry drill and tactics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This study was requested by the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL), whose data collection process at the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) indicated that mortar platoons in both light and heavy battalions, in the United States and Europe, were not making an effective contribution to battle outcomes. Whereas their data contained anecdotal points and summary statements of mortar problems, CALL wished for a more systematic investigation of the mortar problem so it could recommend remedial actions. The objectives of this work were to answer four questions: Is it true that mortars are underutilized at the CTCs?; Are CTC results a proper measure of mortar performance?; If the first two answers are "yes", can the causes of underutilization be identified?; and Can fixes be identified in doctrine, training, organization, leadership, or equipment to improve mortar performance? Take Home Packages (THP) and field observations prepared by three CTCs were reviewed to assist in evaluating mortar training. These data suggested that light, medium, and heavy mortar weapons were underutilized or ineffective at all three CTCs studied: The National Training Center (NTC), the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), and the Combat Maneuver Training Center (CMTC). The authors also reviewed the methods employed at each CTC to replicate indirect fire and its effects. Battle Damage Assessment was performed by fire markers or by observer/controllers according to fire effects tables. These data confirmed that mortars caused little damage and mortar ammunition expenditure fell far below that expected. Mortars are underutilized at the CTCs because of perceived limited effects of suppression and, for heavy mortar training, limited dismounted infantry activity at NTC and CMTC. The authors conclude that staff planning failure is the prime cause of mortar underutilization. The responsibility for this problem is shared between the maneuver and fire support staffs. (45 tables, 16 figures, 19 refs.7.
United States Army Combat Forces Journal
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Index of Doctrinal, Training and Organizational Publications
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Rifle Company, Infantry, Airborne, and Mechanized
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The US Army in the Vietnam War 1965–73
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472802241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This book provides detailed information about how US Army units were organised and operated in America's longest war. Vietnam Special Forces veteran Gordon L Rottman examines the different types of infantry battalions and the units that supported them, their training and organisation down to platoon level. Aspects of the US Army's conventional and unconventional warfare doctrine are also addressed, along with a discussion of how replacements were trained and integrated into units. Among other areas of the US Army's involvement covered are individual and crew-served weapons, artillery, armoured fighting vehicles, transport, logistics, the complex chain of command, and combat operations.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472802241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This book provides detailed information about how US Army units were organised and operated in America's longest war. Vietnam Special Forces veteran Gordon L Rottman examines the different types of infantry battalions and the units that supported them, their training and organisation down to platoon level. Aspects of the US Army's conventional and unconventional warfare doctrine are also addressed, along with a discussion of how replacements were trained and integrated into units. Among other areas of the US Army's involvement covered are individual and crew-served weapons, artillery, armoured fighting vehicles, transport, logistics, the complex chain of command, and combat operations.
Ambush Valley
Author: Ambush Alley Ambush Alley Games
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849085358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In the 44-year long history of the Cold War, few conflicts symbolize it as fully as those in Vietnam. To contemporary observers, it was a war between the two ideological blocs of Communism and the West. From the forces of the Viet Cong and NVA and the American, South Vietnamese, Australian and other Free World forces, the wars that ravaged Indochina throughout the second half of the 20th century can be recreated with Vietnam, the latest companion volume for Force on Force. Orders of battle, scenarios and special theatre-specific rules give players an immersive experience of gaming in in the jungles, fields and towns of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849085358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
In the 44-year long history of the Cold War, few conflicts symbolize it as fully as those in Vietnam. To contemporary observers, it was a war between the two ideological blocs of Communism and the West. From the forces of the Viet Cong and NVA and the American, South Vietnamese, Australian and other Free World forces, the wars that ravaged Indochina throughout the second half of the 20th century can be recreated with Vietnam, the latest companion volume for Force on Force. Orders of battle, scenarios and special theatre-specific rules give players an immersive experience of gaming in in the jungles, fields and towns of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Small Unit Tactics, Including Communications
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Communications, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Publisher:
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Category : Communications, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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