This study is a comparative analysis aimed at determining whether
or not the U.S. Army's heavy corps and armor/mechanized infantry
divisions actually possess the superior agility necessary to
transform the doctrinal tenet of AirLand Battle into a battlefield
capability, and use it as a means of defeating a much larger Soviet
opponent. Among the many conclusions which could be drawn from this
research are: agility has meaning only in a relative
sense--relative to one's opponent, in this case a Soviet opponent;
equivalent agility provides no advantage, superior agility must be
achieved; the agility of a unit can be measured; a U.S. heavy corps
and its major subordinate combat unit, the armor or mechanized
infantry division, are not as agile as their Soviet counterparts;
and the ability to apply agility as a mechanism for defeating a
Soviet attack absolutely depends on the acquisition of
near-perfect, real-time information about enemy and terrain
conditions, a capability which the U.S. Army cannot claim. The
study concludes there is a serious incongruity between the tenet of
agility expressed in AirLand Battle doctrine and the current
capability of the U.S. Army's ground maneuver units to apply it. To
make matters worse, agility has yet to become a principal criterion
in the development of U.S. Army individual and collective
performance-oriented training, force design, and materiel.
Fundamental deficiencies are highlighted, then followed with
recommendations which could eliminate or alleviate their effects.
General
Imprint: |
Biblioscholar
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
October 2012 |
Authors: |
John D Rosenberger
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
90 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-249-90987-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
|
LSN: |
1-249-90987-2 |
Barcode: |
9781249909873 |
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