Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century - Softcover

David L. Grange; Huba Wass De Czege; Richard D. Liebert; Charles A. Jarnot; Allen L. Huber; Lester E. Grau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563116162 ISBN 13: 9781563116162

Publisher: Turner, 2002

Synopsis

This book outlines how to reorganize the U.S. Army into a fully 2 and 3-Dimensional maneuver capable, ground force with terrain-agile, armored fighting vehicles sized to rapidly deploy by fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft to the scene of world conflicts and strike at the heart of freedom‚s enemies. The plan to build the Army into Air-Mech-Strike Forces, exploiting emerging information-age technologies, as well as America‚s supremacy in aircraft and helicopter delivery systems---at the lowest cost to the taxpayers, is described in detail. These Army warfighting organizations, using existing and some newly purchased equipment, will shape the battlefield to America‚s advantage, preserving the peace before it is lost; if not, then winning fights that must be fought quickly. The dangerous world we live in moves by the speed of the AIR, and the 21st Century U.S. Army 2D/3D combat team will dominate this medium by Air-Mech-Strike!

About this title

From the Publisher:

NEW ADVANCED CONCEPTS CONTAINED IN 2ND EDITION: * Enhanced definition of "Air-Mech-Strike" (it ain't rubber tired armored cars) * Computer simulations that show AMS 3D tracked tank force structure is far superior to existing and rubber-tired armored car IBCTs * Afghanistan Operation Anaconda Air-Mech operations using tracked BV-206s and M-GATOR ATVs * Sub-National Terrorist Group decisive maneuver defeat mechanisms * Defeat of enemy surveillance strike complexes (SSCs) by MANEUVER * Piasecki Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopters * Articulated armored fighting vehicles (BV-206S) * Nose Loading equipment for cargo 747s * Tracked and Air Cushion landing gear for extreme STOL airland operations * Reduced turrets to make M1/M2 into medium weight OFFENSIVE platforms * 2.75" Hydra-70 rockets on ground vehicles for better firepower/shock action * More exclusive photos of Air-Mech operations by U.S., British and Russians * ACTD proposals for 82nd Airborne and 101st Air Assault Divisions * Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) cargo airships to speed heavy 2D forces and logistics without need of runways/ports * Cost and performance comparisons of tracked tanks versus LAV-III/Stryker rubber-tired armored cars * Ducted-fan FTR concepts * Infared camouflage for armored fighting vehicles and troops * How AMS maneuver can collapse the will of our enemies

From the Inside Flap:

Air-Mech-Strike Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare "Commader - What of you had the ability to?..." *Strategically deploy your combat Brigade in 96 hours and your Division in 120. *Project your force directly into the area of operations, negating anti-access initiatives by your enemy. *Maneuver lethal, mobile and protected mechanized forces throughout your battlespace for positional advantage - at the right place, at the right time, with the right force mix. *Take advantage of all terrain, optimizing the strengths of your heavy and light forces against enemy weakness -- Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare. * Exercise greater agility over the enemy withh the flexibility and rapid tempo of your force. *Simultaneously strike your enemy from any direction. - Brigadier General (R) David Grange, Former Commander 1st Infantry Division

About this edition

• Publisher: Turner
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1563116162
• ISBN 13: 9781563116162
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Michael L. Sparks
• Illustrator: John E. Richards