John Kettler Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I couldn't find the right thread, but some time ago we had a raging debate on the effects of shock and surprise, as it applied to the introduction of a new weapon particularly. I still haven't found the Russian sources, though am leaning toward Savkin's PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONAL ART & TACTICS. What I have found, though, is the same sort of information in the linked RUSI piece, together with explicit references from British OR studies on Shock & Surprise. The small guns are discussed because the article is about the combat leverage such weapons could supply in places like Afghanistan. [PDF] high explosive: Shock Effect in Dismounted Combat - RUSI http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets...DS_feb2010.pdf Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Here's a white paper covering many of the same issues. [PDF] THE LAND WARFARE PAPERS - Association of the United States ... www.ausa.org/.../Land%20Warfare%20Papers/LWP_45.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 This one reveals a stunner. Surprise can offset huge force ratio advantages, sometimes as much as 2000:1. [PDF] Manoeuvre and Weapons Effect on the Battlefield - RUSI www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/RDS_Oct2010_Storr.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalins Organ Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 RUSI links go to the home page - do they require a subscription? And the ausa link goes to nowhere - "web page not found" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Rather than posting the full URL, JK* or his reptoid impersonator have posted abbreviated URLs. They can be found if you search for the PDF title in the linked domain's homepage. *I think he's using text editor program to create his message and then copy&pasting it into the forum's message box resulting in a mangled mess without checking what he's posted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Wicky, No, I simply copy pasted exactly what Google had. Worked fine when I used it. I did NOT use TextEdit, which is the Mac text editor. I do NOT know why the problem is occurring. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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