The Marines and Tactical Mobility: A Corps on the Move.

Abstract

Today's generation of defense planners realize that to fight and win on tomorrow's battlefields, the US Marine Corps will require more tactical mobility than is presently provided by Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) and helicopter assets. A number of innovations are on the drawing boards and in the test-beds that will dramatically change the way Marines fight in the future. The author discusses the impact of the US Navy's new Landing Craft Air-Cushioned (LCAC) and how it will combine with current and planned USMC troop-lift assets to provide the Corps with enhanced tactical mobility. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128992

Entities

People

  • James Laney Williams

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Helicopters
  • Landing Craft
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Maneuvers
  • Marine Corps
  • Navy
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.