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Defense Update
Issue 2, 2007 |
Modern Combat Gear for the Infantry New trends in infantry gear: Combat experience in the war against terror has reshaped military thinking.   |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
Urban Combat -- The Israeli Experience Recent conflicts are challenging the world's military powers with urban low-intensity conflict (urban-LIC) warfare... Stealth operations in LIC... New equipment fielded by israeli forces... Subterranean warfare... Rocket and mortar (RAM) attacks... etc. |
National Defense
October 2006
Grace Jean |
Armies Around Globe Trotting out High-tech Warrior Ensembles In as little as two years, soldiers will begin wearing kits designed to seamlessly accommodate and connect all their advanced gadgets and weapons, effectively turning each individual into an informational "node" within the larger troop network. |
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004 |
Land Warrior & Stryker Warrior Programs The goal of Land Warrior is to enhance a soldier's mobility, situational awareness, lethality, sustainability and survivability. |
National Defense
November 2015
Jim Schatz |
U.S. Military Losing Edge in Small Arms The current U.S. Army small arms development and acquisition system is dysfunctional and virtually unworkable, even for those within the system. |
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004 |
Infantry Combat Suits Particularly advanced infantry combat suits, are currently under development and should be fielded within the next five years, improving the capabilities of dismounted infantry in urban warfare. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
The role of Armor in Urban Combat Mutually supporting combined arms (armor-infantry) tactical element can achieve success while keeping casualties to a minimum... Improving visibility when "buttoned up" in tanks... Enhancing tank survivability in urban combat... Tank firepower adapted for urban warfare... etc. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Sergio Catignani |
Motivating Soldiers: The Example of the Israeli Defense Forces Combat motivation is a key factor in enabling conventional armies to win conflicts; in Israel's case, it has been referred to as the `secret weapon' of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). |
Popular Mechanics
July 14, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Top 5 High-Tech Guns for Next-Gen Infantry Reviews of five new weapons technologies are provided |
National Defense
January 2013
Dan Parsons |
Army, Marine Corps Succeed in Rapidly Fielding Specialized Individual Weapons In February, the Army began arming troops with the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System, which can be fitted to the underside of an M4 carbine barrel. It offers troops the ability to carry one gun with the power of two. |
National Defense
March 2013
Dan Parsons |
Industry Shooting for Army's First New Rifle in Half Century The M16's streak as the longest-running standard U.S. infantry rifle could be ended later this year when the Army announces results from two years of sorting through candidates for the "individual carbine" competition. |
National Defense
December 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics. |
National Defense
July 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Back to the Drawing Board: Army Rewrites Small Arms Plans Army leaders have concluded that the service's current inventory of small arms is ill suited to the guerrilla wars that U.S. ground forces now are fighting. |
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005 |
Advanced Weapon's Sights Improve Infantry Firepower, Accuracy In an effort to improve the accuracy and effect of small arms, modern armies are equipping their infantry soldiers with optical weapon's sights, previously used exclusively by Special Forces. |
National Defense
July 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Israel's Main Battle Tanks Adapted For Urban Combat, Low-Intensity Conflict Deadly attacks on light armored vehicles have prompted Israel Defense Forces to increase their use of main battle tanks in patrol roles or other types of low-intensity conflict normally assigned to smaller vehicles. |
Parameters
Summer 2004
Robert S. Bolia |
Overreliance on Technology in Warfare: The Yom Kippur War as a Case Study Using the Yom Kipper War as an example, this article describes the consequences of overreliance on technologically advanced systems over the course of a single war. |
World War II
November 2006
David P. Colley |
African American Platoons in World War II In March 1945, black volunteers forced the first breach in the U.S. Army's color barrier -- the first black soldiers officially serving shoulder to shoulder with whites in an American infantry unit since George Washington was in command of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. |
