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Svarnas, Ilias. "The artillery fire direction center simulation." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FScarnas.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES))--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.Thesis advisor(s): Rudolph Darken, Joseph Sullivan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). Also available online.
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Bailey, J. P. A. "Artillery and Warfare 1945-2025." Thesis, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/4008.
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For millennia battles were essentially affairs of linear encounter. From the 10th
Century to the 20th Century, artillery generally fired directly in the two dimensional
plane,limiting potential effects. The development of indirect fire changed this ,
two-dimensional model. Warfare became not so much a matter of linear encounter
as one of engagement as cross and throughout an area; and artillery dominated land
operations in both the First and Second World Wars as a result.
Firepower was subsequently often applied in even greater weights, but its effects
were frequently excessive and high-value targets proved elusive. During the Cold
War in Europe,the importance of field artillery wanded relative to other arms.
Artillery could only regain its utility by acquiring the highest-value targets and
engaging them effectively with the appropriate degree of force in time and space true
precision, as opposed to mere accuracy at a point. Improvements in target
acquisition and accuracy will enable land systems once more to engage targets
effectively throughout the battlespace with implications for warfare analogous to
those precipitated by the introduction of indirect fire a century ago.
Land operations will become increasingly three-dimensional and Joint. The effects
of fire will increasingly be applied in, not merely via, the third dimensions, since
targets themselves will increasingly be located, not just on the area of a battlefield,
but in the volume of three-dimensional battlespace with values of indetermined
by considerations of the fourth dimension, time. Fire, lethal and non-lethal, will
also be targeted in other less tangible dimensions such as cyber-space and new
types of 'virtual counterfire' will also emerge in the forms of legal and moral
restraint. All will be viewed through the lens of perceptions.
The burgeoning of firepower from all sources now becomes the spur for changes in the relationship between the land and air components, mindful of those novel factors that will increasingly inhibit the application of that firepower.
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Algotson, Olle. "Artilleritaktik : Kodifiering i två tidsepoker, konsekvenser?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4789.
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Det svenska artilleriet är på väg att införa ett nytt haubitssystem till artilleribataljonerna. Det är inte bara ett nytt haubitssystem som är under införande utan också ett nytt reglemente. Det reglemente som finns idag är Förhandsutgåva Artillerireglemente Artilleribataljon 2012 och som titeln avslöjar är det en förhandsutgåva. Syftet med detta arbete är att analysera hur de grundläggande förmågorna tydliggörs i reglementet idag i jämförelse med reglementets föregångare Artillerireglemente Artilleribataljon 1985. Hur skildras de grundläggande förmågorna i reglementena och skiljer sig taktiken kopplat mot förmågorna idag mot den vi hade på 80-talet? Genom en kvalitativ textanalys av reglementena med grund ur 1985-års upplaga kommer utvalda delar att jämföras och analyseras. Därefter kommer taktiska konsekvenser av skillnaderna mellan reglementena att diskuteras. Resultatet av undersökningen påvisar tydliga skillnader i hur tydligt de grundläggande förmågorna och åtgärder som kopplas mot dessa presenteras i reglementena. Orsaker till detta, liksom utformningen av reglementena lyfts i diskussionen.Artillery Tactics Codification in two eras, consequences? - The Swedish Artillery is in the process of instituting a new howitzer system to the artillery battalion. Not only is the new howitzer system being introduced, but also a new artillery regulation. The regulation currently used is a preview release called Förhandsutgåva Artillerireglemente Artilleribataljon 2012. The aim of this work is to analyze how the essential abilities demonstrated in the current regulations compare with its forerunner Artillerireglemente Artilleribataljon 1985. How are the basic abilities depicted in the regulations and do the tactics in relation to the abilities differ between the current and the old regulation? Through a qualitative analysis of the regulations with the basic text from the 1985-years edition, selected parts are to be compared and analyzed. Thereafter, tactical implications of differences between the regulations are discussed. The results points to obvious differences in how clearly the essential abilities are presented in the regulations. Causes for these differences as well as the overall design of the regulations are argued in the discussion.
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Evans, Nick. "From drill to doctrine : forging the British Army's tactics 1897-1909." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2007. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/from-drill-to-doctrine--forging-the-british-armys-tactics-18971909(cd03a350-fd7a-43a8-a545-1f3f8ff76fed).html.
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Abstract. From Drill to Doctrine. Forging the British Army's Tactics 1897-1909 This thesis examines the development of the Army's tactics from the 1897-8 "l Frontier Campaigns until the publication of Field Service Regulations (FSRs) 1909.- It scrutinises how the 3 tactical factors of firepower, mobility and protection, together with experience from the NW Frontier, the South African War and Manchuria caused British tactics to develop. The thesis shows that the Army's attitude towards low-level initiative developed significantly. Increased firepower made tactical extension essential. This prevented commanders controlling and made subordinate initiative vital. Developing initiative among subordinates caused the Army's disciplinary, educational and training systems to alter. The thesis finally examines doctrine's development, a system of fundamental principles designed to guide commanders, who now had to use initiative, in increasingly complex combat. This was caused by greater firepower, longer ranges, smokeless ammunition and wider extensions. This thesis demonstrates that the Army developed doctrine in the modem sense. Consequently changes occurred in the staff system, professional education and general training. The thesis argues that the Army's firepower grew quantitatively and qualitatively with the introduction of independent and Indirect Fire. Weapons were now developed doctrinally. The Army attached great significance to mobility and manoeuvre, seeing these as the means whereby it could defeat superior numbers. Cavalry roles developed to stress operational level manoeuvre rather than battlefield shock. It examines protection, arguing that the need for tactical extension and fieldcraft, both impelled by greater firepower, enforced initiative. The thesis argues that contemporaries felt that the 3 wars all taught broadly 2 All other abbreviations are in the Glossary similar lessons and that the resulting doctrine matched the short war which armies expected.
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Hughes, Jackson. "The monstrous anger of the guns : the development of British artillery tactics, 1914-1918 /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh893.pdf.
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Blomqvist, Torbjörn. "Karolinsk Stridstaktik : artilleriets och pikens roll 1700-1712 samt bataljonens stridsformering." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-208514.
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From a new perspective, this paper will examine the artillery and the pike role in the period 1700-1712 and the battalion´s battle formation in the Caroline combat tactics. Carolinian battle tactics were practiced during the period 1700-1721. The results from my study will be compared to existing research opinion regarding the selected subject areas, if the result confirms the thesis or question the existing research opinion. The source material used consists of eyewitness accounts from the period consisting of diaries, memoir, biography, general muster rolls and historical literature covering the subject. The analysis shows that the Caroline artillery took part in 12 battles during the period of 1700-1712. The analysis also shows that there was a close working between the infantry and artillery in attacks. This result contradicts the existing facility research mixture view that artillery was subordinate other weaponry because it prevented the Caroline attack tempo. In the analysis of the pike role in Caroline combat tactics, reveals nothing that confirms existing research opinion that the pike was an offensive melee weapon. Instead it seems that the pikes role was a support weapon with a defensive focus. The analysis of the battalion`s battle formation shows that the Caroline battalion battle formation did not follow the regulations of the battle formation. According to the existing research the battalion´s battle formation was as required by regulations. But according to the general muster rolls, there are differences between the battalions when it comes to the relationship of forces. So the Caroline battalion battle formation could not have been strictly required by regulations.
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Schneider, Michael W., and Anthony R. Ferrera. "A command and control wargame to train officers in the integration of tactics and logistics in a field artillery battalion." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26925.
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Dunne, Jonathan P. "Transformation of Marine Corps artillery in support of the 2015 expeditionary force." Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA490934.
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Hägglund, Lisa. "Artilleritaktik : En kvantitativ studie om Archerns taktiska möjligheter i urban miljö." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9329.
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Technology evolves quickly in the armed forces, however the quick progression and development in warfare is hindered when the war studies and tactics fall behind. This is apparent when examining the Swedish artillery system Archer. Even if “Archer” has the capability to shoot and use a high course trajectory, the tactics still focus on the traditional low course trajectory. A quantative study based on the principles of war (fire, movement and protection), examines if the high or low course trajectories are the most effective in an urban environment. Both the low and the high course trajectory has their own advantages however, in this study, the high course trajectory proves to be the most effective. This entails that the artillery tactics regarding the Archer needs to be examined and developed to match the technological advances.
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Harvey, Conrad E. "An Army without doctrine the evolution of US Army tactics in the absence of doctrine, 1779 to 1847 /." Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA471336.
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Thesis (M. of Military Art and Science)--U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 2007."A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Military Art and Science, Military History." Title from cover page of PDF file (viewed: May 29, 2008).
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Chiritoiu, Daniel Alexandru. "Commanding texts : knowledge-ordering, identity construction and ethics in 'military manuals' of the Roman Empire." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274141.
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This thesis is about ‘military manuals’ produced in the first few centuries of the Roman imperial period. It argues that these texts merit far more attention and appreciation than they have received in the scholarship so far. I will explore areas such as the way in which their authors order and rank Greek and Roman knowledge, engage with ideas about knowledge and power, help construct identity and discuss ethics and behavior. In the first chapter I will determine whether the authors operate within a specific ‘genre’, or ‘genres’, of military writing. Then I will explore how the texts relate to other traditions of technical texts, questions of audience, and finally the issue of their practicality. The second chapter will examine how authors tackle the issue of ‘Greek’ and ‘Roman’ knowledge, categorize, rank and use it for self-promotion. We will see how Roman knowledge is both subverted but also praised, and how Greek knowledge is at the same time placed above Roman knowledge and integrated into a narrative of continuity with it. The third chapter will focus on the use of Greek knowledge in the construction of Roman identity. I will explore how ‘manuals’ play a part in the identity of the Roman Empire, fitting into a picture of unity in diversity, and show how they contribute to Hadrian’s self-presentation. The fourth chapter will examine the ethical component in manuals. I will determine whether there was an ethical code of conduct in battle in the Classical world and whether it was different from general ethical norms. Then, we will examine whether our texts engage in any way with this ‘code’ and whether their individual approaches have anything in common or are fundamentally different.
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Blysa, Gustav. "Kombinerad bekämpning som metod för verkan : Lätt infanteritaktik under brittiska markoperationerna i Falklandskriget." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4006.
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Denna undersökning har studerat ett lätt infanteriförbands användning av kombinerad bekämpning som metod för verkan under en amfibieoperation samt vilka aspekter som påverkade möjligheten till kombinerad bekämpning p.g.a. operationens amfibiska karaktär. Fallet har utgjorts av Parachute Regiments två bataljoner som under Falklandskriget utkämpade tre slag vid Darwin – Goose Green, Mount Longdon och Wireless Ridge. Som analysverktyg har använts Robert Leonhards teori om den kombinerade bekämpningens tre principer. Indikatorer på principerna har varit syften med verkan hämtade ur teorin om de grundläggande förmågorna. Två av slagen befanns endast delvis kännetecknas av Leonhards två första principer, principerna om kompletterande system och dilemman. Den tredje principen om fördelaktig terräng uppfylldes inte. Det tredje slaget regementet utkämpade kännetecknades helt igenom av Leonhards två första principer medan den tredje delvis beaktades. Undersökningen konstaterar att kombinerad bekämpning som metod för verkan kan utvecklas av ett lätt infanteriförband under en amfibieoperation. Dock ledde ofördelaktig disponering av förbandet i de aktuella fallen till att kombinerad bekämpning tidvis omöjliggjordes. Leonhards tredje princip tenderade att förringas. De specifikt amfibiska aspekterna avseende möjligheten till kombinerad bekämpning utgjordes främst av tillgången till fartygsartilleri, kraven på helikoptertransporterbart fältartilleri samt bristen på lätta trossfordon.This dissertation has investigated how a light infantry force has used combined arms during an amphibious operation, specific factors related to the operations character affecting the possibility to develop combined arms have also been highlighted. The case chosen for the study was Parachute Regiments actions during the three battles of Darwin – Goose Green, Mount Longdon and Wireless Ridge during the Falklands War. As a analytical tool Robert Leonhard’s theory about the three principles of combined arms was used together with indicators borrowed from the theory about the warfighting functions purposes of fires. Two of the battles were found to be only partially characterized by Leonhard’s first two principles, complementary systems and dilemmas. The third principle about favorable terrain was neglected. The third battle was throughout characterized by the first two principles and to a larger extent than the former by the third principle. The dissertation concludes that light infantry can use combined arms during amphibious operations. The battles studied were, however, often characterized by unfavorable disposition of the force which affected the possibilities to use combined arms. Leonhard´s third principle was usually neglected. The most important amphibious aspects affecting the possibilities to combined arms were found to be naval gunfire support, light field artillery and the scarcity of light all-terrain vehicles.
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Searle, Deane. "Low Intensity Conflict: Contemporary Approaches and Strategic Thinking." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2591.
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Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) is a significant feature of the contemporary world and it is a particular challenge to the armed forces of many states which are involved is such conflict, or are likely to become so. This thesis is not concerned with how such difficult conflict situations arise. Rather it is concerned with how, from the point of view of the state, they may be contained and ultimately brought to a satisfactory resolution. The work is thus concerned with the practicalities of ending LIC. More specifically, the purpose of this research is to establish a framework of doctrinal and military principles applicable to the prevention and resolution of LIC. The principles of this thesis are based in numerous historical examples of LIC and six in depth case studies. These distilled principles are analysed in two central chapters, and are then applied in two latter defence force chapters so as to ensure there practicality and resilience. Numerous defence academics and military practitioners have been consulted in the production of this thesis; their contribution has further reinforced the functionality of the principles examined in this research. The research illustrates the criticality of a holistic approach to LIC. The function of this approach is to guarantee the stability of the sovereign state, by unifying civil, police, intelligence and military services. The effectiveness of the military elements must also be ensured, as military force is central to the suppression of LIC. Consequently, the research makes strategic and operational prescriptions, so as to improve the capability of defence forces that are concerned with preventing or resolving LIC.
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Randall, Mark. "Reflections of war: changes in tactics and technology in the diaries and memoirs of Canadian soldiers 1916-1918." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/915.
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The Great War was in many ways a conflict defined by technology. The rapid advancements in technology over the decades leading up to 1914 coupled with the outdated tactics employed by all sides created the stalemate of Trench Warfare. Improvements to the existing technology, the addition of new technology, as well as an evolution in tactics led to the breakout, and eventual Allied victory, of 1918. These changes in tactics and technology significantly affected the lives of frontline soldiers.
This thesis asks if the tactical and technological changes, in the final two years of the war, were reflected in diaries and memoirs of Canadian soldiers serving at the front. The diaries and memoirs of the soldiers do reflect many of the changes found in the secondary sources. Surprisingly, however, the primary sources often provide more detail about how these weapons were employed by the Germans. Unless the soldier in question was directly involved in their use, or was witnessing a spectacular event, accounts of Canadian artillery, machine gun and poison gas use are often short and lacking in detail.
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Hawkins, John Michael. "The Limits of Fire Support: American Finances and Firepower Restraint during the Vietnam War." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151185.
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Excessive unobserved firepower expenditures by Allied forces during the Vietnam War defied the traditional counterinsurgency principle that population protection should be valued more than destruction of the enemy. Many historians have pointed to this discontinuity in their arguments, but none have examined the available firepower records in detail. This study compiles and analyzes available, artillery-related U.S. and Allied archival records to test historical assertions about the balance between conventional and counterinsurgent military strategy as it changed over time.
It finds that, between 1965 and 1970, the commanders of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), Generals William Westmoreland and Creighton Abrams, shared significant continuity of strategic and tactical thought. Both commanders tolerated U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Allied unobserved firepower at levels inappropriate for counterinsurgency and both reduced Army harassment and interdiction fire (H&I) as a response to increasing budgetary pressure. Before 1968, the Army expended nearly 40 percent of artillery ammunition as H&I – a form of unobserved fire that sought merely to hinder enemy movement and to lower enemy morale, rather than to inflict any appreciable enemy casualties. To save money, Westmoreland reduced H&I, or “interdiction” after a semantic name change in February 1968, to just over 29 percent of ammunition expended in July 1968, the first full month of Abrams’ command. Abrams likewise pursued dollar savings with his “Five-by-Five Plan” of August 1968 that reduced Army artillery interdiction expenditures to nearly ten percent of ammunition by January 1969. Yet Abrams allowed Army interdiction to stabilize near this level until early 1970, when recurring financial pressure prompted him to virtually eliminate the practice. Meanwhile, Marines fired H&I at historically high rates into the final months of 1970 and Australian “Harassing Fire” surpassed Army and Marine Corps totals during the same period. South Vietnamese artillery also fired high rates of H&I, but Filipino and Thai artillery eschewed H&I in quiet areas of operation and Republic of Korea [ROK] forces abandoned H&I in late 1968 as a direct response to MACV’s budgetary pressure. Financial pressure, rather than strategic change, drove MACV’s unobserved firepower reductions during the Vietnam War.