FM 71-2: The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force

FM 71-2 The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force

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FM 71-2

The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force

Army · FM · Jun 1977 · 370 pages

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In order to see the enemy, it will be necessary to MOVE. The task force MOVES to SEE and MOVES to fight. For when fighting outnumbered, which the task force must expect to do most of the time, it will be necessary to MOVE to mass sufficient force to accomplish its mission. In order to move and see and move and fight, it will be necessary for the task force to suppress enemy weapons that can interfere with the task force's ability to accomplish its mission. Direct and indirect fires must be organized and employed in such a manner that sufficient SUPPRESSION is provided to enable the battalion task force to move. In order to accomplish its mission, it will be necessary for the task force to destroy enough of the enemy to convince him to break off his attack, to give up a defensive area, or to move away from an area vital to friendly forces.

DesignationFM 71-2

EditionJun 1977

StatusSuperseded

Pages370

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonBattalion

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 22

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