This monograph determines the utility of the “reconnaissance-pull” concept for division commanders. Although the term, “recon-pull” is becoming widely used by many Army leaders, analysis proves that the concept is rarely applied in...
Committee 15, Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School, 1948-1949; Cantey, J.; Sykes, J. R.; Peyton, J. L.; Edmondson, C. C.; Noel, J. C.; Drews, R. E.; Crouch, H. J.; Stockton, J. B.
This is a story of the 10th Armored Division and what the division did in the Saar-Moselle Triangle during November and December of 1944, and again in February 1945. This document considers the actions of the division from about the 8th of...
Committee 13, Officers Advanced Course, Armored School; Osborne, Robert J. C.; Throckmorton, John W.; Killian, John J.; Carpenter, Robert W.; Reynolds, Walter E., Jr.; Williams, Frank A.; Young, Sidney H., Jr.; Cobb, John H., Jr.
This report describes the 9th Armored Division in the exploitation, from the breakout of the Remagen bridgehead to the encirclement of Leipsig. Table of contents: the enemy, logistics and statistics, expanding the bridgehead, reduction of Limburg,...
The black regiments, which came into being in 1866, quickly won the respect of their opponents. In 1867, fewer than 70 of the raw recruits repulsed an estimated 900 warriors and Mexican bandits. During their years on the frontier, they had numerous...
The 9th Cavalry regiment came into existence by virtue of an act of Congress approved by the President in July of 1866, and published in General Order 56 on August 1, 1866. In a letter of instruction dated August 13, 1866, Major General P.H....
This letter summarizes views regarding the problem of land warfare mobility, an assessment of total mobility (including consideration of conventional military surface systems of vehicles, roads, bridges, etc., and theater logistics systems), the...
This response to a request regarding land warfare mobility tries to examine and develop technological, doctrinal and organizational concepts required to significantly improve land warfare mobility. The study concentrates on improving the land...
Addresses the possibilities of achieving progress in the areas of mobility as it applies to the Army- utilization of fuel cells, vehicular design changes, cargo carriers utilizing improved power sources, aircraft design improvement, utilization of...
This document is a response to a letter requesting ideas on Army aviation requirements, 1963-1968. Major General William W. Dick addresses troop lift, armed reconnaissance, command/liaison/evacuation, artillery observation and conduct of fire,...
This letter is a response to General Howze's solicitation of thoughts and ideas on the expansion of aviation capabilities and resources. The document contains information on operational and organizational concepts for Army aviation (1969-1975).
This letter expresses the views on the application of air vehicles to provide improved land warfare mobility. It includes enclosures/appendices with observations for the improvement of Army employment of air vehicles during the 1963-1968 and...
This document describes the mission to develop a logistical concept for resupply of tactical forces using Army aircraft instead of truck companies with STRAC OPLAN 55-61 as a guide.
Why has an S2 never won a wargame when playing predicted enemy courses of action against a friendly course of action during the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP)? Why did the V Corps commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) respond to...
Considered the first documented commitment of a Western-style army facing a nation-wide insurgency, the Peninsular War deserves a critical examination of French pacification methods. In spite of a severe defeat, the Grande Armee achieved success...
Wheeler, Charles Brewster and Tschappat, William H.
While artillery experts are agreed as to the advantages of increased rapidity of fire for field guns, they appear not to have decided upon the most desirable form of field carriage, nor to what limits the increased rapidity of fire should be...
This study concludes that the Air Attack Team Regiment (AATR), as a part of the corps aviation brigade, is the option that provides the Army with the best utilization of the A-10. The AATR combines the two main elements of a highly successful...