Maintaining Tank and Infantry Integration Training

Abstract

During the Battle of Grozny, a Chechen fighter said, "The Russian infantry wouldn't get out of their BMPs to fight, so their tanks had no infantry support. We just stood on the balconies and dropped grenades on them as they drove by underneath." The idea that infantry needs to support tanks in restricted terrain or that tanks become easy targets for dismounted enemy soldiers is not a new concept. The Marine Corps understands this concept, but it does not train to it until time of war. As a result of lessons learned in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), tank and infantry integration training has become a requirement at the small unit level. This integration training needs to remain a training priority after the conclusion of OIF so that Marines sustain required skills for future combat operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA505349

Entities

People

  • M. J. Walters

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Battles
  • California
  • Combat Operations
  • Infantry
  • Information Operations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Tactical Training
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

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