Fire Support for a Modernized Brigade.
Abstract
Modernization of US Army forces has progressed rapidly in all areas over the past few years. New equipment is more sophisticated and more capable. Often new equipment is fielded without doctrine to support its employment, and doctrine is either derived, or as a minimum modified, based on experience in the field. Field artillery forces are being modernized at the same time the armor and infantry forces with whom they fight are acquiring new equipment. The addition of the M1 Abrams tank, the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle has given the maneuver units the ability to move great distances very rapidly and the ability to strike objectives deep in the enemy rear. The field artillery, so critical to developing total combat power, has not experienced a comparable mobility improvement. Thus, insuring the availability of critical fire support has become more difficult. This subject needs to be considered by the leadership of the US Army, and by the field artillery community in particular, to see that this deficiency does not continue. The author feels it imperative to add that there are some who contend that the mobility differential problem will be nonexistent in war because, according to them, if maneuver units are moving fast enough to outrun their artillery, then obviously resistance is so light, field artillery is not required. Additional keywords: FIST(Fire Support Team), FIST vehicles.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 19, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA157012
Entities
People
- T. W. Karr
Organizations
- United States Army War College