Reorganizing the Tank Battalion TOW and Scout Platoons

Abstract

Now more than ever, the modern battlefield has changed how the Marine Corps organizes, equips, trains, and fights. Small unit leaders are relying on their creativity and ingenuity to meet these unique challenges. Specifically, TOW and scout platoon commanders are rethinking the organization and employment of their units. Currently, tank battalions? TOW and scout platoons are organized under the Headquarters and Service Company. The Marine Corps should organize the TOW and scout platoons into an anti-armor company to provide the tank battalion an addition maneuver unit with a more effective leadership structure that is qualified to conduct a wider range of tactical tasks and is better prepared to fight in the contemporary operating environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508091

Entities

People

  • S. D. Gobin

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Battlefields
  • Command And Control
  • Employment
  • End Items
  • Expeditionary Warfare
  • Gun Mounts
  • Guns
  • Information Operations
  • Machine Guns
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

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