Marine Tanks: The Hard Punch of America's Middle-Weight Fighting Force

Abstract

This paper annotates that the demonstrated offensive capability of Marine Tanks integrated into the Marine, Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) concept, combined with recent tactical and technical developments in training and equipment, has ensured the Marine Corps Tank Community possesses superior ability to be the hard punch of the United States Marine Corps a,s America's middle-weight fighting force. Though the world is in a constant state of change and today's environment might suggest a conventional conflict is not strongly probable. The stance of this paper is that our Nation and Corps must always be prepared to operate in the conventional arena. The Marine Corps might not be a fully mechanized armor tank force, and fiscal constraints threaten to continue whittling away at the conventional strength within the Corps ranks. It still should to continue to maintain a dedicated tank capability it can always have at its disposal to integrate into the MAGTF to ensure future battlefield success in any non-permissive future environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600655

Entities

People

  • Jared R. Duff

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

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