Lanchester Combat Models with Suppressive Fire and/or Unit Disintegration
Abstract
The impact on several Lanchester models of adding suppressive fire and having a unit become combat ineffective before all its elements are destroyed is investigated. In addition to a lethal fire capability which causes permanent losses suppressive fire is incorporated into the classical equations by adding a suppressive fire capability which reduces the instantaneous enemy force. The revised equations are used to develop some tradeoff curves for lethal versus suppressive weapons in a combat force. The model's applicability to electronic warfare systems and point defense systems, which act as suppressive weapons in the model's equations, is illustrated. A quick test for determining the winner of a Lanchester model combat for the case of homogeneous attrition equations is developed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0761759
Entities
People
- Russell Reddoch
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School