LANCHESTER MODELS FOR PHASE 2 INSURGENCY

Abstract

Deterministic forms of Lanchester's Equations applicable to Phase II insurgency are developed. Three types of military activity are identified and modeled: (1) Skirmish where maneuver is used on both sides and surprise is not a major factor, (2) Ambush where, due to the surprise element, the attackers' weapon efficiencies are undergoing rapid and significant change during the early stages of conflict, and (3) Siege, attack of a fixed perimeter fortification (typically, Strategic Hamlets). The effects of captured-in-action and troop morale as manifest in battle-stress desertions are included in each case. Numerical solutions for illustratively chosen parameters are obtained by digital computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624457

Entities

People

  • Marvin B. Schaffer

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Defense
  • Battles
  • Casualties
  • Desertion
  • Digital Computers
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Foreign Languages
  • High Explosives
  • Insurgency
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operations Research
  • Small Arms
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies