Advances in weapon systems and elec- tronic technology significantly affect mili- tary concepts and operations. These advances place increasingly higher de- mands for coordinated efficiency on the modern battlefield. In view of the lethality of the high threat environment, current doctrine emphasizes winning the first battle as it might well be the last. Additionally, we must win while out- numbered. Therefore, battlefield opera- tional concepts for the future are leaning toward greater mobility with more and smaller maneuver battalions. The orienta- tion * is toward organization around weapon systems and the combined arms team. Aviation units are an integral part of the combined arms team. WEAPON SYSTEMS CONCEPTS Long-range, high-velocity tank cannon and antiarmor missile systems now domi- nate the battlefield.
DesignationFM 1-101
EditionFeb 1982
StatusSuperseded
Pages232
FunctionAviation
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)