LibriVox recording of The Art of War (Neville Translation) by Niccolò Machiavelli. (Translated by Henry Neville.) Read in English by Clive Catterall The Art of War (1521) is the only book published by Niccolo Machiavelli during his lifetime, and he saw it as one of his finest achievements. The Art of War develops many themes introduced in Machiavelli’s earlier works “The Prince” and “Discourses” and presents them as the collected wisdom of a fictional leader Lord Fabrizio Colonna....
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It was requested that the Army Air Forces Board initiate a project to prepare a Field Manual on the tactics and technique of Troop Carrier Aviation. There is no known manual on this subject, as such, though there are many publication incorporating the various phases of troop carrier operations, usually under the heading of air transport. It is desired that this project serve to consolidate the loose ends of troop carrier aviation into a compact manual which will serve as a useful guide and to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, *AIRLIFT OPERATIONS, *TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, *MILITARY DOCTRINE, MANUALS, MILITARY...
The past decade has brought much change for warfighters, necessitating new materiel solutions to ensure our soldiers have what they need to accomplish the mission. Over the course of the last 10 years, doctrine, strategy, operations, tactics, techniques, procedures, as well as the threat and battlefield environments have changed significantly. From the initial invasion, to the withdrawal from Iraq, to the transfer of mission to Afghanistan, requirements for soldier s equipment, vehicles,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA, *DOCTRINE, MILITARY TACTICS
With the 1982 revision of the Army's basic manual on doctrine, Field Manual 100-5, a new term officially entered the Army's lexicon. The official recognition that there was such a thing as the operational level of war was long overdue, but the appearance of this new term in conjunction with the promulgation of a new doctrine-AirLand Battle-quite naturally led to a presumption that the two concepts were related. They are not. Airland Battle is a tactical doctrine, a doctrine essentially oriented...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *MILITARY DOCTRINE, MILITARY TACTICS, REPRINTS
In October 1963, the Military Publishing House of the Soviet Ministry of Defense brought out a revised edition of Voennaia Strategiia. Four months later RAND distributed Leon Goure's Notes on the Second Edition of Marshal V. D. Sokolevskii's Military Strategy (AD-600 081). The Goure study made a preliminary appraisal of the second edition on the basis of selected textual comparisons between it and the original work. The present study goes further. It examines the major factors underlying...
Topics: DTIC Archive, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA, *USSR, *MILITARY STRATEGY, *MILITARY TACTICS, PATTERNS
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Link to YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWUHg8YqoAA Video created by zanny . Rights to the gameplay footage belongs to Electronic Arts. pranking these silly bad guys ►My things Xbox: Sir Zanny Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZannyVids Discord (NOT a fan server, but very epic): https://discord.gg/U2qSnmJ ►Outro music: Holding on to You by Max Brodie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D1_B...
Topics: Star Wars, Battlefront 2, Using Real Military Tactics, Funny, Multiplayer Gameplay, Gaming, YouTube
This publication was provided for the use of resident and non-residents students of the US Army Field Artillery School. It provides definitions of tactical terms and examples of graphics that are commonly used in the support of maneuver tactics.
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL FORT SILL OK, GRAPHICS, MANEUVERS, MILITARY TACTICS
LibriVox recording of Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War, From His Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman. Read in English by David Wales This librivox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs, published in 1875. Sherman was one of the premier generals fighting for the North. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known...
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Source: Digital Library of India Scanning Centre: IISc, Bangalore Source Library: Carnegie Mellon University Date Accessioned: 7/9/2015 20:27 The Digital Library of India was a project under the auspices of the Government of India.
Topics: Literature, Civil War Military Tactics and The Southern Heritage, IISc, Bangalore, DLI Top-Up
The purpose of this paper is to describe the events of youth and early adulthood of Thomas J. Jackson, leading to his appointment to West Point and service in the Army. A brief account of his early Army career and teaching career precedes the main theme of this paper, a detailed portrayal of the famous Valley Campaign planned and executed by General Jackson. The conclusion will include a report of the leadership and tactics employed by General Jackson and the effects of the Valley Campaign on...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gingrich, Stewart L., AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *BIOGRAPHIES, *MILITARY TACTICS,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, COUNTERINSURGENCY,...
The paper presents the results and the method of analysis for an attack-defense game involving allocation of resources. Each player is assumed to have several different types of resources to be divided in an optimal fashion among a fixed set of targets. The payoff function of the game is convex. The 'No Soft-Spot' principle of M. Dresher, (Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications', Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961). The results quoted are slightly less general than those...
Topics: DTIC Archive, RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA, *MILITARY STRATEGY, *GAME THEORY, MATRICES(MATHEMATICS),...
This thesis examines different strategies for a patrol boat in a riverine ambush before and after the ambush. Mathematical models employing concepts from games of strategy and statistical decision theory are used to study optimal tactics for the patrol boat before the ambush. A matrix game with the payoff a function of combat outcomes and combatant utility functions is used to study the optimal tactics for the boat and the ambushers. Using concepts of the statistical decision theory, various...
Topics: Ambush, Military tactics, Games of strategy, Decision theory, Dynamic combat model, Stochastic...
Military decision making is influenced by a commander's perception of the physical environment. The information presented in the physical domain and how it is processed may be altered to persuade an adversary into making predetermined decisions. Prepersuasion social influence tactics may be used to structure a situation to establish a favorable climate for influence. Examples of how prepersuasion influence has impacted the military decision making process have been demonstrated in several...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *MILITARY TACTICS, *DECISION MAKING, MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMMAND NATICK MA, *MILITARY SUPPLIES,...
Population-centric counterinsurgency (COIN) has become the American Army's new way of war. The principles and ideas that emerged out of the Army's counterinsurgency field manual (FM), FM 3-24, published in late 2006, have become transcendent. The field manual has moved beyond simple Army doctrine for countering insurgencies to become the defining characteristic of the Army's new way of war. In the American Army today, everyone is a counterinsurgent. It is easy to find examples of FM 3-24's...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *COUNTERINSURGENCY, MILITARY DOCTRINE, MILITARY...
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Topics: Infantry drill and tactics -- Juvenile literature, Infantry drill and tactics, Drill and minor...
Since the start of Russia s annexation of Crimea and its hybrid warfare campaign in eastern Ukraine, policy experts and practitioners alike have been closely monitoring Russia s efforts to influence and potentially reintegrate the Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan into a Russia-centric political and economic space. These countries are all states of the former Soviet Union that have sizable ethnic Russian populations and Russian-speaking communities. As such, they present Vladimir...
Topics: DTIC Archive, CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ARLINGTON VA, *FOREIGN POLICY, DECISION MAKING, MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS, MILITARY...
Without prejudice to the hypothesis that either of Lanchester's laws - linear or square - accurately depicts the attrition of forces over short periods of time in the engagements of small land-combat units (e.g. platoons or companies), it may be asked whether an elementary form of these laws, or a simple generalization of them, adequately describes the course and outcome of battles between armies. Specifically, the goal of the investigation reported here was to determine, by an examination of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, WILLARD, D, *LANCHESTER EQUATIONS, MILITARY HISTORY, LAND WARFARE, ATTRITION,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, JOINT PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH SERVICE ARLINGTON VA, *MILITARY HISTORY, USSR, MILITARY...
The essay is a review of the various methods of teaching tactics at the Command and General Staff College. Peacetime learning and its objective of training for war are examined. In making this review it is found that the current methods of teaching tactics incorporate many techniques and procedures used prior to World War II. The revitalized teaching procedures, within the framework of a modern, dynamic battlefield have meaningful application as tactics are made the imaginative, challenging and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Tate, Clyde J., ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *TEACHING METHODS, *MILITARY...
Tactical success in combat does not of itself guarantee victory in war. What matters ultimately in war is strategic success: attainment of our political aims and the protection of our national interests. The operational level of war provides the linkage between tactics and strategy. It is the discipline of conceiving, focusing, and exploiting a variety of tactical actions to realize a strategic aim. With that thought as our point of departure, this publication discusses the intermediate,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON DC, *MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS, MARINE CORPS...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, *ARTILLERY,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC, *ETHICS, WARFARE, MILITARY TACTICS, MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, COUNTERINSURGENCY,...
T. E. Lawrence and Mao Tse-Tung were successful leaders of guerrilla movements. The strategic objectives and principles of each are analyzed and discussed and the differences and similarities compared. The analysis of their strategies reveals several common principles which can be used to develop guerrilla strategy for other areas of the world at present and in the future.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Gabbert, Howard M, ARMY WAR COLLEGE CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *GUERRILLA WARFARE,...
T. E. Lawrence and Mao Tse Tung are two of the masters of modern guerrilla warfare. The writings of each man and descriptions of their campaigns were studied to derive the principles upon which they based their strategic decisions. Comparison of these principles revealed many similarities and only one major difference: Lawrence taught that pitched battles should be avoided while Mao preached the need to encircle and annihilate enemy forces completely. Offensive battles and defensive battles...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Lacquement, Hubert W., ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *GUERRILLA WARFARE,...
Saddam Hussein miscalculated when he invaded Iran on September 22, 1980. Expecting a rapid victory that would consolidate his power and position, Hussein instead found himself drawn into a costly war of attrition with a fanatical if not overly competent enemy. As the conflict progressed over eight years, Hussein escalated from his planned limited strike to seize territory, to a war of attrition, then to a war of terror directed against the will of the Iranian people. Because Hussein did not...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Krause, Merrick, NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC, *MILITARY STRATEGY, WARFARE,...
This project extends research initiated by Major Dave Kenney into Special Operations Forces use of light-sport aircraft to gain an operational advantage over known and potential adversaries. Major Kenney's December 2012 master's thesis concluded that Special Operations Air Mobility Vehicles (SOAMV) enabled a proven doctrine for sustainable circumvention of anti-access and area-denial technologies. This conclusion sparked intense interest across USSOCOM and created demand for a feasible SOAMV...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, AIRCRAFT, MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, NIGHT WARFARE,...
The United States Marine Corps is evolving itself into inadequacy. For the past 60+ years, since midway through World War II, the Marine Corps has sought to become a maneuver warfare force, an ideal concept for third generation warfare. Recent world conflicts, however, have reverted to an earlier form of warfare characterized by asymmetric, population based tactics and strategies, and the loss of legitimacy of nation state powers. For the sake of argument, this will be referred to as fourth...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA, *MARINE CORPS, *WARFARE,...
LibriVox recording of Sherman's March To The Sea, And The Burning Of Columbia, South Carolina, From His Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman. Read in English by David Wales This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And December 1864) of American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs. Sherman was one of the premier generals fighting for the North. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as...
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Problem: Air Force transitioning to IP network. New tactical IP radio links emerging. What is missing that limits effectiveness of near-term use of IP radio links? Carry mix of C2 and routine SA traffic Wide variety of link types in use. Some legacy links not IP capable. Objective: Develop tools and techniques to improve near-term effectiveness of emerging tactical IP links. Provide facilities to enable new links to act as useful extensions of the developing infrastructure. Allow net-centric...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA, *COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS, *RADIO LINKS, ADAPTERS, AIR FORCE,...
Deception can be a useful defensive technique against cyber attacks. It has the advantage of unexpectedness to attackers and offers a variety of tactics. Honeypots are a good tool for deception. They act as decoy computers to confuse attackers and exhaust their time and resources. The objective of this thesis was to test the effectiveness of some honeypot tools in real networks by varying their location and virtualization, and by adding more deception to them. We tested both a web honeypot tool...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *COMPUTER SECURITY, DECEPTION, INTRUSION...
This bulletin is designed to discuss the Soviet antitank guided missile and to propose tactics and techniques that can be used to degrade its effectiveness. Before being able to counter a system, we must first know it. To this end, the SWATTER and SAGGER antitank guided missile systems are discussed in detail, by showing how they are employed, how they operate, how effective they are, how they are integrated into an offense or defense on the battlefield, and what strength and weaknesses they...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORTMONROE VA, *ANTITANK MISSILES, OPERATIONAL...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Helmbold, Robert L., NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER WARMINSTERPA, *AIR DEFENSE,...
Some techniques used to summarize total costs employed in systems analyses are classified, described, and compared. Their respective advantages and disadvantages are given, and some implications of each are brought out. Five cost-summarizing techniques are selected and distinctions between them are based on common usage. The procedures are termed: Five-Year System Cost, period outlay, net cost, present cost, annual cost. Necessary to their discussion is an understanding of the major types and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA SYSTEMS EVALUATION GROUP, *MILITARY TACTICS,...
The paper compares the guerrilla strategies of Mao, Tse-tung and T. E. Lawrence and determines whether a broad strategy for guerrilla warfare can be developed. The techniques of Mao and Lawrence were compared, and differences and similarities noted. The techniques were found to be remarkably similar; and the two notable differences, in methods for gaining popular support and in military objectives, resulted more from differences in environment than in the philosophies of the two men. They both...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rametta, Thomas P, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *GUERRILLA WARFARE,...
Because of its unique MTOE, Apache troop has developed its own tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for movement and reconnaissance in built-up areas (BUAs). The TTP's that will be discussed in this article can be adopted or modified by other cavalrymen. They are not intended to be the only solution, but to illustrate how one troop gets the job done.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rouleau, Rich, CENTER FOR ARMY LESSONS LEARNED FORT LEAVENWORTH KS, *RECONNAISSANCE,...
Contents: Barrier and Obstacle Doctrine in World War II -- Obstacles and Barriers ad Defensive System Concepts, Comparison of Concepts. Labor and Material, and Summary and Projections; Combat Experience with Barriers in World War II -- The Attack of the XLVIII Panzer Corps on the Sixtth Guard Army of the Voronezh Army Group at Kursk, 5 - 12 July 1943, The Nikopol Bridgehead, 13 January - 8 February 1944, and II Giogo Pass, 12 - 17 September 1944, The Battle of the Bulge, 16 - 24 December 1944,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, HISTORICAL EVALUATION AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DUNN LORING VA, *BARRIERS, WARFARE,...
Field research was carried out to develop and refine engagement simulation techniques to support armored cavalry tactical training. As a first step in this research program, exercise control procedures and rules of engagement were developed by research personnel to support armored cavalry engagement simulation training. Weapon signature simulation techniques for armored cavalry weapons for which simulation techniques did not exist were also developed. These were tested in a series of field...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bosely,John J, HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH INC MCLEAN VA, *ARMY TRAINING, SIMULATION,...
The essay examines and compares the guerrilla strategies of T. E. Lawrence and Mao Tse-Tung. The similarities and dissimilarities in their personal histories and in their strategies are noted.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Butler, Jr, Oliver J, ARMY WAR COLLEGE CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *GUERRILLA WARFARE,...
The campaign of the Second Battle of Manassas was one of many campaigns during the Civil War that was waged in the valley between Washington D.C. and Roanoke, Virginia between 1862-1864. But none embodied the excitement and boldness in the execution of the operational art of war as it did. This study is based on the historical accounts and data obtained from Official Records and Regimental Histories, letters, and other recordings of first hand accounts of the events and personalities involved...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hough,Michael A, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *BATTLES, *LAND WARFARE,...
This TRADOC BULLETIN is intended to provide to commanders, and others concerned with military training, timely information on weapons, tactics, and training. It is not intended to supplant doctrinal publications, but to supplement material on how to fight with data derived from tests, recent intelligence, or other sources.
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORTMONROE VA, *MILITARY CAPABILITIES, *MILITARY...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, MILITARY STRATEGY,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE (ARMY) WASHINGTON DC, *ARMY OPERATIONS, COUNTERINSURGENCY,...
As the 16th Engineer Battalion arrived on the ground in Baghdad, Iraq, the No. 1 priority for all units was force protection. Units under 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, occupied central Baghdad east of the Tigris River. The major challenge facing units in the heart of the densely populated city was finding suitable and defendable terrain for forward operating bases (FOBs). This article reflects the impressions and experiences of a mechanized combat engineer company commander. It also...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY ENGINEER SCHOOL FORT LEONARD WOOD MO, *FORWARD AREAS, *PROTECTION, GROUND LEVEL,...
