Committee 8 Officers Advanced Course, The Armored School; Himes, Cecil; Krampitz, Charles T.; Heffelfinger, Hugo W.; Falls, Carroll M., Jr.; Stout, Morris C.; Boehmer, William J.; Plume, Stephen K.; Styer, George D.; Huddleston, James M.
This study covers the drive for, capture of, and withdrawal from Crailsheim by the 10th Armored Division during the period 4-10 April 1945. The main purpose in studying this particular action was to increase the knowledge of armored operations in...
The 1956 Suez Crisis is the first example of a preemptive strike after World War II. The episode provides lessons about the lengths to which nations will go to secure their interests and the limits of the United Nation 's influence. How the UN...
As of Spring 1999, the United States Army continues discussing the design of the Army After Next and the need to create an operationally significant force capable of deploying rapidly, conducting distributed operations using maneuver and firepower,...
"The present text-book has been compiled with the object of presenting as clearly as possible the elementary principles of the course in Ordnance and Gunnery as taught at the Military Academy, and of so arranging it that it can be readily used for...
The U.S. Army today is faced with a dilemma. This situation arises from the conflict of having to logistically support potential Army commitments worldwide with outdated techniques and equipment. Up to now, the Army has relied on Logistics Over the...
Contents of this after action report for the 716th Tank Battalion include operation maps, a narrative history, lessons learned, and an appendix with information on field orders, battalion journal/operation reports, officers' roster, casualty...
Reviews the Allied operations in the Ruhr in 1945 in order to determine the lessons to be learned. Looks at the strategic importance of the Ruhr area because of its participation in the coal industry and also the strategic concept of the Ruhr...
Assesses the bombing results of heavy bombardment units operating under VIII Bomber Command. Looks at accuracy in the theater of daylight bombardment operations.
Includes a listing of the school staff members, instructors, list of graduates, class questionnaire, study of academic performance and grading for the school year 1938-39.
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1923. The document addresses canal operations and trade via Panama (traffic, water supply, accidents, salvage operations, etc.). The second section discusses general business...
Governs research, development and acquisition and Life Cycle Management (LCM) of Army materiel to satisfy approved Army requirements, and applies to major systems, non major systems, highly sensitive clarified acquisition programs, automated...
Studies the arctic and subarctic transportation problems, including types of equipment maintenance methods and limitations. Arctic transportation presents many problems involving extreme climatic conditions and terrain. When weather is good, the...
This monograph seeks to determine the adequacy of current U.S. Army doctrine as it pertains to the planning and execution of attacks by an armored force in restrictive terrain. Many circumstances and possible threats will require the use of a...
Committee 28, Officers Advanced Course, the Armored School; Frankel, Henry; Noseck, Kenneth A; Fox, Victor B.; Williams, Walter H.; Wilson, Weldon W.; Wallace, Jerry G.; Hughes, John W., Jr.; Irving, John H.; Young, Maurice L.
This is a report of committee investigation of the use of armor in mountainous warfare in World War II. It considers the employment of armored units of all sizes from section to division. It was the purpose of this report to collect for ready...