Toward Combined Arms Warfare


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The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76


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This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.




The Other End of the Spear


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This book looks at several troop categories based on primary function and analyzes the ratio between these categories to develop a general historical ratio. This ratio is called the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio. McGrath's study finds that this ratio, among types of deployed US forces, has steadily declined since World War II, just as the nature of warfare itself has changed. At the same time, the percentage of deployed forces devoted to logistics functions and to base and life support functions have increased, especially with the advent of the large-scale of use of civilian contractors. This work provides a unique analysis of the size and composition of military forces as found in historical patterns. Extensively illustrated with charts, diagrams, and tables. (Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press)







Task Analyses of Military Intelligence Critical Combat Functions


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"This preface provides the user with necessary and relevant information concerning the development of critical combat functions (CCF): CCF 1, Conduct Intelligence Planning, CCF 2, Collect Information, CCF 3, Process Information, and CCF 4, Disseminate Intelligence, as performed by a brigade. A CCF is defined as. an integration (i.e., interelationship) among participants and tasks that represents a force multiplier with a definable outcome. Participants and organizational structure identified in this analysis are based on table of organization and equipment (TOE) 87042L1OO, dated 10/05/95. Field Manual (FM) 71-3, The Armored and Mechanized Infantry Brigade, January 1996, was used to identify special staff positions. These analyses of a brigade's performance of the CCFs which compose the Intelligence Bafflefield Operating System (BOS) are a product of the process of developing a training strategy for the brigade. The analyses describe tasks, participants, products, processes, and relationships necessary for providing intelligence to the heavy brigade commander and staff, higher and lower units, supporting units, and adjacent units."--DTIC.







Seek, Strike, and Destroy


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In the seventy years that have passed since the tank first appeared, antitank combat has presented one of the greatest challenges in land warfare. Dramatic improvements in tank technology and doctrine over the years have precipitated equally innovative developments in the antitank field. One cycle in this ongoing arms race occurred during the early years of World War II when the U.S. Army sought desperately to find an antidote to the vaunted German blitzkrieg. This Leavenworth Paper analyzes the origins of the tank destroyer concept, evaluates the doctrine and equipment with which tank destroyer units fought, and assesses the effectiveness of the tank destroyer in battle.




Infantry


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Armor


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The magazine of mobile warfare.