MlA2s, Smart Ammunition, and Time and Space Theory (Or, Why I Would Not Want To Be the Threat),

Abstract

As if simply reading about digital command and control (C2) enhancements was not enough excitement for one tanker to stand, along comes Major Bruce Held's March-April 1995 ARMOR article on future smart munitions. The result is this article's bottom line: a digital tank platoon in the defense, using Smart, Target Activated, Fire and Forget (STAFF) ammunition, can destroy an attacking motorized rifle battalion (MRB). Read that as an 11.5:1 kill ratio. Further, the digital platoon can do so with less than one basic load of ammunition and still retain at least 1800 meters of standoff distance from the lead enemy element. Given some assumptions, this theory can be proved both in time and space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323150

Entities

People

  • Mike Pryor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Battlefields
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Doctrine
  • Indirect Fire
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Line Of Sight
  • Munitions
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Targets
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Military Science

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space