The Lessons of Agincourt and their Application to the Future of Warfare

Abstract

England won the Battle of Agincourt (1415) because they used projected firepower, supported by complementary protection, to offset Frances advantage in mass. This conclusion shaped the development of a future concept reliant on manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T). The concept uses autonomously piloted HMMWVs with mounted howitzers that fire surveillance drones with swarm logic to conduct reconnaissance. This concept was tested using a decision game. Respondent feedback led to the addition of kinetic kill and signature management capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176538

Entities

People

  • Daniel P Mahoney

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Artillery
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Drone Swarms
  • Indirect Fire
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Munitions
  • Target Designators
  • Targeting
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs