Us Army And Marine Corps Mraps

Author : Mike Guardia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780962566

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US Army and Marine Corps MRAPs by Mike Guardia Pdf

The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle is the newest land warfare system in the United States Army and Marine Corps inventory. Designed to meet the challenges of operating in a counterinsurgency environment, the MRAP has taken survivability to a new level. MRAPs are currently manufactured by three companies: BAE Systems, Navistar International Military Group, and Force Protection Inc. Each company manufactures an MRAP according to one of three classifications set by the US Department of Defense: Category I, Category II, or Category III. The Category I MRAPs are designed for urban combat. Category II covers the MRAPs designed for convoy security, medical evacuation, and explosive ordnance disposal. The Category III MRAP performs the same function as Category II but is designed to carry more personnel. Since their introduction in 2007, MRAPs have performed remarkably in the asymmetric warfare environment. Their unique design and survivability characteristics have saved the lives hundreds of soldiers who otherwise would have been lost to landmines or IED attacks. As with any combat system, however, the MRAP is not without its drawbacks.

Author : Christopher J. Lamb,Matthew J. Schmidt,Berit G. Fitzsimmons
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781257130436

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MRAPs, Irregular Warfare, and Pentagon Reform by Christopher J. Lamb,Matthew J. Schmidt,Berit G. Fitzsimmons Pdf

This report asserts that mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles offer an excellent case study for investigating the current debate over the Pentagon's approach to developing and fielding irregular warfare capabilities. However it also contends improving irregular warfare capabities will require more extensive reforms.

Author : Mike Guardia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780962573

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US Army and Marine Corps MRAPs by Mike Guardia Pdf

The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle is the newest land warfare system in the United States Army and Marine Corps inventory. Designed to meet the challenges of operating in a counterinsurgency environment, the MRAP has taken survivability to a new level. MRAPs are currently manufactured by three companies: BAE Systems, Navistar International Military Group, and Force Protection Inc. Each company manufactures an MRAP according to one of three classifications set by the US Department of Defense: Category I, Category II, or Category III. The Category I MRAPs are designed for urban combat. Category II covers the MRAPs designed for convoy security, medical evacuation, and explosive ordnance disposal. The Category III MRAP performs the same function as Category II but is designed to carry more personnel. Since their introduction in 2007, MRAPs have performed remarkably in the asymmetric warfare environment. Their unique design and survivability characteristics have saved the lives hundreds of soldiers who otherwise would have been lost to landmines or IED attacks. As with any combat system, however, the MRAP is not without its drawbacks.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : MINN:31951D03536516L

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Army and Marine Corps Ground System Modernization Programs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Pdf

Author : J. Kenneth Eward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472806796

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US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations Uniforms & Equipment 2000–15 by J. Kenneth Eward Pdf

In the age of modern warfare the changing landscape of the 21st century battlefield has demanded a transformation within the US Marine Corps Special Operations. Adapting to a huge range of combat environments, an enormous array of specialist uniforms, protective armour and battlefield electronic devices have been developed to facilitate missions in the most extreme conditions. A special forces operator may now have available to him a dozen distinct types of body armour and two dozen different weapons; never before in American military history has so much been given to so few. Authored by J. Kenneth Eward, professor at the American Military University, and illustrated throughout with photographs and meticulous colour plates, this volume offers the first detailed, authoritative study of the characteristics, and performance in the field, of the most modern combat gear and weapons provided for USMC specialist operators to date.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Military research
ISBN : MINN:31951D03156672N

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Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010: U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Africa Command ... ballistic missile defense programs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Military research
ISBN : PURD:32754081248076

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Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : James D’Angina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849089036

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LAV-25 by James D’Angina Pdf

The Light Armored Vehicle 25 (LAV-25) has played a significant role in transforming United States Marine Corps doctrine since its introduction in the early 1980s. The Marine Corps' Light Armored Vehicle program was based on the proven Swiss MOWAG Piranha series of 4x4, 6x6, and 8x8 wheeled vehicles. However, developing organizational units, tactics, and employment of the weapon system within the force structure of the Marine Corps proved to be more of a challenge than fielding the weapon system. This resulted in multiple re-designations for LAV units within the Corps. The LAV first saw combat in Panama during Operation Just Cause and LAV-25s have fought in every major conflict since, including Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This book covers the design, development, and deployment of this continuingly successful vehicle.

Author : John F. Graf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : 0897477375

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U.S. MRAPs by John F. Graf Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435083101881

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Weapon Systems by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015090412977

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Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Lt. General David Barno,Nora Bensahel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190672072

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Adaptation under Fire by Lt. General David Barno,Nora Bensahel Pdf

A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: "We have a perfect record in predicting the next war. We have never once gotten it right." In the face of such great uncertainty, militaries must be able to adapt rapidly in order to win. Adaptation under Fire identifies the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical examples and the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Authors David Barno and Nora Bensahel argue that militaries facing unknown future conflicts must nevertheless make choices about the type of doctrine that their units will use, the weapons and equipment they will purchase, and the kind of leaders they will select and develop to guide the force to victory. Yet after a war begins, many of these choices will prove flawed in the unpredictable crucible of the battlefield. For a U.S. military facing diverse global threats, its ability to adapt quickly and effectively to those unforeseen circumstances may spell the difference between victory and defeat. Barno and Bensahel start by providing a framework for understanding adaptation and include historical cases of success and failure. Next, they examine U.S. military adaptation during the nation's recent wars, and explain why certain forms of adaptation have proven problematic. In the final section, Barno and Bensahel conclude that the U.S. military must become much more adaptable in order to address the fast-changing security challenges of the future, and they offer recommendations on how to do so before it is too late.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : United States
ISBN : UCR:31210023151291

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Department of Defense Appropriations for 2011: DOD budget overview for FY 2011; Army and Marine Corps ground equipment; National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve readiness; National Capital Region by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN : MINN:30000010464893

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Armor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas A. Marks,Kirklin J. Bateman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000713046

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Perspectives on the American Way of War by Thomas A. Marks,Kirklin J. Bateman Pdf

Perspectives on the American Way of War examines salient cases of American experience in irregular warfare, focusing upon the post-World War II era. This book asks why recent misfires have emerged in irregular warfare from an institutional, professional, and academic context which regularly produces evidence that there is in fact no lack of understanding of both irregular challenges and correct responses. Expert contributors explore the reasoning behind the inability to achieve victory, however defined, and argue that what security professionals have failed to fully recognize, even today, is that what is at issue is not warfare suffused with politics but rather the very opposite, politics suffused with warfare. Perspectives on the American Way of War will be of great interest to scholars of war and conflict studies, strategic and military studies, insurgency and counterinsurgency, and terrorism and counterterrorism. The book was originally published as a special issue of Small Wars & Insurgencies.