FM 71-100: Army and mechanized Divisions Operations

FM 71-100 Army and mechanized Divisions Operations

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FM 71-100

Army and mechanized Divisions Operations

Army · FM · Sep 1978 · 216 pages

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THE DIVISION is the largest United States Army organi- zation that trains and fights as a team. A division is organized with varying numbers and types of combat, combat support, and combat service support units. A division may be armored, mechanized, infantry, airborne, or air assault. It is a self-sustaining force capable of indepen- dent operations, even for long periods of time, when properly reinforced. A division usually fights as part of a larger force, most often a corps. Divisions, however, are the backbone of the Army and the land battle is won or lost by their battalions. This manual describes how armored and mechanized infantry divisions are organized and how they fight. Because the division's tank and mechanized infantry battalions are grouped under brigades, how brigades fight is also described in the detail necessary to understand division operations.

DesignationFM 71-100

EditionSep 1978

StatusSuperseded

Pages216

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonDivision

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 29

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