The ACE (Armored Combat Earthmover) - Too Little, Too Late.

Abstract

The basic thrust of this essay is making the reader aware of the long delays and frustrations experienced by the engineer community in fielding a much needed combat engineer vehicle, the M-9 armored combat earthmover (ACE). The essay explains the capabilities of the ace, describes its history and development and the need and impact for such an engineer vehicle in the field today to support armor/infantry teams on the highly lethal and fluid battlefields envisioned in the next war. The bottom line is that hopefully we are not fielding too few of them too late. The ace is no3 fielded in only one unit but it has already proven its effectiveness. Basically I am suggesting that the Army and Congress fully support the fielding of the ace now without any further delays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182923

Entities

People

  • Philip H. Shoemaker

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Battlefields
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Communities
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Frustration
  • Governments
  • Procurement
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Strategic Security Studies