(Amerika) Streitkräfte der USA - allg. Sammelthread

[Quintus Fabius]

Über viele Jahr haben alle Sparky ausgelacht und nun Stück für Stück breiten sich seine Visionen tatsächlich beim US Militär aus. Die US Luftlandetruppen wurden 2015 zumindest vollumfänglich motorisiert

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und nun sprechen die ersten über eine weiter gehende Luftmechanisierung.

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We need a different kind of airborne brigade, one that the Rand study has already recommended. It should be equipped with armored vehicles, which are configured to act as mortar carriers, assault guns and infantry fighting vehicles.

This would allow it to more effectively face mechanized opponents, survive in the face of heavy artillery, and maneuver rapidly to the objective should air defense systems force aircraft to drop at a more distant location from their objectives.

Stand das nicht eins zu eins schon vor 18 Jahren in Sparkys Buch ?!

Iraq and Afghanistan have shown U.S. forces why it’s important to have ground forces in properly armored vehicles to protect against small arms fire and improvised explosive devices, while allowing them to bring superior firepower to ground engagements.