Vergeltungswaffe Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Saw these and they're chock full of interesting info, TOE experiments, and so on. Armor Journal Spring 2022 Armor Journal Winter 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) On 6/26/2022 at 12:23 PM, Vergeltungswaffe said: Saw these and they're chock full of interesting info, TOE experiments, and so on. Armor Journal Spring 2022 Armor Journal Winter 2022 Out of likes. All of it is excellent, but page nine of the spring edition has a very educational letter from a senior sergeant that would like to use a couple of defense contractors for targets on the main gun live fire course. He didn't put quite like that but his meaning was EXTREMELY clear... Edit: To put it another way the whiz bang stuff is only useful when it goes whiz and bang on command, every single time. Edited June 28, 2022 by dan/california 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 . From page 22 of the spring edition "Unlike larger UAS such as Gray Eagle, the Shadow is agile enough to displace frequently and keep up with the squadron. It also allows for a manned/ unmanned teaming capability that increases the survivability of aviation assets against an enemy equipped with man-portable and SHORAD air-defense systems." They Army needs to have a hard think about virtually any system that cannot displace at least every few hours. The only alternative is one hundred percent reliable air defense system that can reliably intercept both SRBMs, and cruise missiles. Hitting fixed positions with those was the only thing the Russians have showed any competence at, at least until they ran through their newer stuff. I am as certain as I can be from open sources that the Chinese have a LOT of that capability. A merely bad CEP is good enough if they shoot enough of them. I am also fairly certain the Chinese consider the Western issues with cluster munitions to be faintly amusing if they think about them at all. Furthermore small to medium UAVs you can afford to lose and replace are better than bigger more capable systems that have to preserved at all cost. A competent near peer enemy will commit manned fighters to near suicidal missions to take down the biggest most capable UAVs if they have too. If a Global Hawk or Reaper is flying over your forces and has any fires capacity to talk to you are losing the bleeping war. The bad guys might do something underhanded and actually be READY for the next time after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Drones will probably do most if not all of the recon in a near peer fight. All the spy satellites would probably be smashed early on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 I don't know what the publication schedule is, but the first edition that really digs into lessons learned from Ukraine is going to e amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Yep, lots of robots and drones being talked about in there. I also think the Cube division is an interesting concept. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THH149 Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I must read this article in the Winter 2022 edition... The Russian Army and Maneuver Defense by Dr. Lester W. Grau and MAJ Charles K. Bartles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I wonder what happened to my paper subscription. Didn't receive any issues for some time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 "On the open steppes of Eastern Europe or comparable desert terrain, mounted infantry has similar operational mobility to armor but must dismount to fight. On foot, an infantryman is capable of seizing a building or manning a trench but is nowhere near as tactically speedy or powerful as a main battle tank. In a featureless battlefield bereft of infantry’s usual choices for cover, tanks’ speed and protection will become more critical, and battles will become more fluid." Above is a quote from the cube division article. I would say that the results in Ukraine have pretty been 100% the other way. Modern ATGMs and ISR have resulted in a nearly static battlefield most of the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcoe Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 19 hours ago, dan/california said: "On the open steppes of Eastern Europe or comparable desert terrain, mounted infantry has similar operational mobility to armor but must dismount to fight. On foot, an infantryman is capable of seizing a building or manning a trench but is nowhere near as tactically speedy or powerful as a main battle tank. In a featureless battlefield bereft of infantry’s usual choices for cover, tanks’ speed and protection will become more critical, and battles will become more fluid." Above is a quote from the cube division article. I would say that the results in Ukraine have pretty been 100% the other way. Modern ATGMs and ISR have resulted in a nearly static battlefield most of the time. For sure. Makes you wonder, if February was cold enough to freeze and the Russians had more tactical/operational maneuverability would the war have still turned into a static war? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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