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How to Make America's Tanks More Lethal on the Battlefield

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The article lays out a path for an improved armor organization.The author makes some good points and anything would be an improvement over the existing structure.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-make-americas-tanks-more-lethal-the-battlefield-16755

Colonel Patrick Donahoe recently articulated the importance of the main battle tank in future conflicts. History has shown tanks are a valuable tool in the application of combined arms warfare, and commanders will continue to exploit the capabilities of the armored force, where appropriate, to counter the armored formations of our adversaries. The tank, however, is an inanimate object, incapable of understanding terrain and maneuvering to a position of relative advantage unless under the control of a highly trained and technically capable crew. Additionally, the direction of company, battalion, and brigade commanders and staffs proficient in the art of armored warfare expand its usefulness from one tank to dozens. Unfortunately, changes in force structure have diluted the expertise of our armored forces, which will necessarily affect performance on the battlefield.
 
This is a thought-provoking article. Sometimes I can't help but think we're a bunch of army mice stuck in a maze looking for last year's cheese. The most sobering part of the article is that we only have nine heavy brigades in the active force for the entire world. The author is on target with his comments. He linked to an article called 'Into the Greasy Grass—The Importance of the Tank in War Today and in the Future' that's worth reading.

http://www.thestrategybridge.com/the-bridge/2016/5/24/into-the-greasy-grassthe-importance-of-the-tank-in-war-today-and-in-the-future


Cheers, Mark

 
There was a thread on Army.ca about ten years ago called '"Trading Saber for Stealth" or "Are We a One Trick Pony?"' It covers quite a bit of ground related to this subject.

http://army.ca/forums/threads/35526/post-282772.html#msg282772

 
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