This monograph addresses the Malvinas/Falklands conflict from the Argentine perspective. Leaders must understand all sides of narratives in order to frame the right problem in armed conflicts. Existing Anglo-American literature does not reflect the...
This monograph assesses the potential for conflict in the Middle East as a result of water scarcity. It is guided by the Homer-Dixon model linking the contributions of environmental scarcity to violent conflict. The monograph begins with a general...
More than 60 years since the outbreak of war on the Korean Peninsula, the United States Armed Forces continue to stand by the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines of the Republic of Korea in an effort to deter further North Korean aggression. The...
This thesis examines the evolution of artillery tactics in World War II using General J. Lawton Collins’ US VII Corps as a case study. This study first reviews artillery doctrine and tactics during World War I and during the 1920s and 1930s, in...
Iran in the 1950s was in the cross hairs of the Cold War power struggle between the US and USSR. Strategically located, Iran became critical in the foreign policy endeavors of the Eisenhower Administration in the Middle East. After the decision to...
How might military practitioners incorporate social science concepts within the intelligence analytical framework to better define and understand the human dimension of an area of operation? Current military intelligence doctrine vaguely prescribes...
The United States Army medical system is currently facing some of its biggest medical concerns it has ever faced in over forty years. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing a high rate of injuries to our Soldiers. We will examine...
This study investigates the tank development concept of simultaneously evolving two parallel tank designs, and fielding both tanks in a high-low force mix. The high end of this force would consist of very high value and innovative Premium Tanks...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage, M37, by the personnel normally assigned to a howitzer section of an armored Field Artillery firing battery.
FM 6-65, Field Artillery Field Manual, Service of the Piece 75-mm Gun, M1917A1, Truck-drawn, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
The purpose of this manual is to provide a guide for the technical training of the personnel employed in the determination and application of firing data for seacoast artillery. This manual, on the principles of fire control and position finding,...
This manual prescribes a systematic procedure to be followed by gun crews of 3-inch antiaircraft guns manning materiel of the following types: the 3-inch antiaircraft guns M1917, M1917MI, and M1917MII on the fixed mounts M1917, M1917MI, and...
This FM describes elementary ballistics, effects of projectiles and fuze action, dispersion, the firing battery (initial laying, commands, and reports; fire commands and their execution), and observed fires.
Sections of this FM include: organization; posts- mounting and dismounting; movements of the carriages by hand; uncoupling and coupling; prepare for action and march order; duties in firing; additional information on the service of the piece; and...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery. The document provides information on organization, posts (mounting and dismounting),...
This field manual on the service of the piece, 75-mm gun, gives information on organization, posts (mounting and dismounting), movement of the carriages by hand, uncoupling and coupling, preparation for action and march order, duties in firing, and...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery. This FM details organization, posts (mounting and dismounting), movements of the carriage by...