Tactical Responses to Concentrated Artillery

The focus of this study is on how the armies of different nations countered the threat of massive concentrated artillery and/or other types of preparatory fires. Not all were successful, and the reasons for the success or failure of each army provides the contemporary military commander an opportuni...

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Main Authors: Holbrook, James R, Dunn, Michael E, Stephenson, Roy R, Lewis, Samuel J, Huber, Thomas M, Robertson, William G, Bjorge, Gary J, Gawrych, George W
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARAB ARTILLERY
ARAB FORCES
ARABS
ARTILLERY
ARTILLERY FIRE
BAGRATION OPERATION
BELORUSSIAN OPERATION
CHINA
CHINESE FORCES
COUNTERATTACK
COUNTERMEASURES
EGYPT
Fire Control and Bombing Systems
FIRST WORLD WAR
Guns
Humanities and History
IDF(ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES)
ISRAELIS
JAPAN
JAPANESE FORCES
KOREAN WAR
LESSONS LEARNED
MIDDLE EAST WAR 1973
MILITARY COMMANDERS
MILITARY HISTORY
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
MILITARY TACTICS
NORTH AFRICA
OKINAWA
RAMADAN WAR
RUSSIA
RUSSIAN ARTILLERY
SECOND WORLD WAR
SOVIET ARTILLERY
SYRIA
TRENCH WARFARE
USSR
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Summary:The focus of this study is on how the armies of different nations countered the threat of massive concentrated artillery and/or other types of preparatory fires. Not all were successful, and the reasons for the success or failure of each army provides the contemporary military commander an opportunity to learn from his predecessors and benefit from their hard-learned lessons. The following studies are included: Soviet Artillery in Battle: A Historical Perspective, by Lieutenant Colonel James R. Holbrook; World War I: Elastic Defense and the U.S. 3d Division at the Marne River, by Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Dunn; The Impact of Massive Artillery Fires on Command, Control, and Communications in the European and North African Theaters during World War II, by Lieutenant Colonel Roy R. Stephenson; German Counterartillery Measures on the Eastern Front in 1944-45: Operation Bagration, by Dr. Samuel J. Lewis; Japanese Counterartillery Methods on Okinawa, April-June 1945, by Dr. Thomas M. Huber; The Korean War: The United Nations' Response to Heavy Bombardment, by Dr. William Glenn Robertson; The Korean War: Chinese Forces' Response to Heavy Bombardment, by Dr. Gary J. Bjorge; and Israeli Defensive Measures Against Arab Artillery, by Dr. George W. Gawrych. CSI Report No. 13.