FM 71-101: Infantry, Armored Mechanized and Air Assault Divisions Operations

FM 71-101 Infantry, Armored Mechanized and Air Assault Divisions Operations

FM 71-101

Infantry, Armored Mechanized and Air Assault Divisions Operations

Army · FM · Mar 1980 · 184 pages

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The division is the largest U.S. Army organization that trains and fights as a team. A division is organized with varying numberk and types of combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Five types of divisions exist in the force structure: armored, mechanized, infantry, airborne, and air assault. The division ik a self-sustaining force capable of independent operations, even for long periods of time. A division usually fights as part of a larger force, most often a corps. Divisions, however, backbone of the Army, and the land battle is won or lost by their battalions. This manual is organized in two parts. Part One describes how the infantry division is organized and employed. It also discusses those aspects of division combat which are generally common to infantry, airborne, and air assault division operations. Part Two.

DesignationFM 71-101

EditionMar 1980

StatusSuperseded

Pages184

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonDivision

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

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