[PDF] Field Artillery In Military Operations Other Than War eBook

Author : Combat Institute
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Page : 54 pages
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Release : 2012-04-25
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The initial conflicts in the Global War on Terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq, pose significant challenges for the armed forces of the United States and its coalition allies. Among the challenges is the use of field artillery in those campaigns that fall short of conventional warfare. Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower necessary to destroy targets in decisive phase III combat operations is not necessary in phase IV stability operations. However, the phasing of campaigns has become increasingly fluid as operations shift from phase III to IV and back to phase III, or activities in one portion of a country are in phase IV while in another portion phase III operations rage. The challenges of this environment are significant but not new. The US military has faced them before, in places like the American West, the Philippines, Latin America, Vietnam, and others. Dr. Larry Yates' study, Field Artillery in Military Operations Other Than War: An Overview of the US Experience, captures the unique contributions of that branch in a variety of operational experiences. In doing so, this work provides the modern officer with a reference to the continuing utility of field artillery in any future conflict. combat Studies Institute.

Author : Combat Studies Institute Press
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Page : 54 pages
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Release : 2019-07-02
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ISBN : 9781077582118

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The initial conflicts in the Global War on Terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq, pose significant challenges for the armed forces of the United States and its coalition allies. Among the challenges is the use of field artillery in those campaigns that fall short of conventional warfare. Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower necessary to destroy targets in decisive phase III combat operations is not necessary in phase IV stability operations.

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Page : 55 pages
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Release : 2006
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One of the principal developments in European military technology during the 13th and 14th centuries was the advent of artillery tubes that used gunpowder to launch their projectiles at enemy targets. Initially, these artillery pieces were extremely large, heavy, cumbersome, inaccurate, and unreliable. Over the ensuing centuries, however, continuous technological breakthrough resulted in smaller, lighter, more accurate field guns that could, using many refines techniques, fire a variety of munitions over longer ranges. As the guns became more versatile and mobile, their utility expanded: besides their initial use as siege and garrison weapons, they quickly became fixtures on the conventional battlefield as well. Over the course of several centuries, commanders and other military specialists made adjustments in artillery techniques and placement that, given improvements in accuracy, weight, mobility, range, vulnerability, and target acquisitioning, employed the pieces in ways that would wreak as much havoc while enjoying as much protection as possible.

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Page : 389 pages
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Release : 1992
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The Table of Contents reads as follows: Chapter I -- Birth Pains: 1775-1783; Chapter II -- Field Artillery and the New Nation: 1784-1815; Chapter III -- Developing a Field Artillery System: 1815-1861; Chapter IV -- Field Artillery in the Civil War: 1861-1865; Chapter V -- Towards a New Field Artillery: 1865-1898; Chapter VI -- More Modernization: 1898-1918; Chapter VII -- The Interwar Years: 1919-1939; Chapter VIII -- Field Artillery in World War II: 1939-1945; Chapter IX -- Cold War Years: 1945-1954; Chapter X -- From the Pentomic to the Heavy Division 1955-1980; and Epilogue -- Field Artillery of the 1980s.