Making the Most of What We Have - Combat Power and the Bradley Dismounted Infantryman.

摘要

Many authors in recent years have lamented the decrease of dismounted infantrymen in J-series Bradley mechanized infantry units. This decrease is often described as a shortage and portrayed as a critical weakness of Bradley units. This monographs takes a fundamentally different approach to the issue and examines not whether there are enough infantrymen in Bradley units but whether Bradley units can generate sufficient combat power to win on the battlefield with the vehicles, men, weapons systems, and organization they currently have. In pursuing the answer to this question, the author employs Brigadier General Huba Wass de Czege's Relative Combat Power Model to analyze how well Bradley units perform doctrinal missions against the typical Soviet force arrays they could expect to see on the modern battlefield. Data and reports on field performance, particularly lessons learned from NTC rotations, provide valuable insights into Bradley unit strengths and weaknesses as they apply to firepower, maneuver, protection, and leadership. Keywords: Infantry, Combat forces, Combat power, Battlefields. (cp)