"WWIII may be right around the corner. Most U.S. infantry outfits are grossly underprepared for it. This tactical assessment of the last big battle of WWII should help you to see why. Our present-day rifle companies are among the best equipped and least proficient at tiny element maneuver in the world. On Okinawa, the hand grenade made more difference than the largest bomb or shell" -- Publisher web site.
U.S. infantry outfits grossly underprepared for WWIII. To see why, one must read the first tactical assessment of the last WWII battle.
U.S. infantry forces are now among the most-advanced technologically and least-adept tactically in the world. Their overemphasis on standoff firepower has removed most proficiency at short-range maneuver. And their continual flow of new equipment has limited the tiny elements ability to survive. So, too many frontline troops have been dying, and wars being lost. Thats why Sun Tzu said, Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Americas current way of operating (2GW) also results in the following: (1) Too much collateral damage to the infrastructure and inhabitants of liberated countries (2) Too many friendly casualties from short rounds and hidden enemy machineguns (3) Not as effective or moral as the 3GW of most adversaries (Germans, Russians, Japanese, and Asian Communists.) 2GW requires strict loyalty and everyone doing exactly as told. Its top-down format places little value on frontline initiative.WWIII may be right around the corner. Most U.S. infantry outfits are grossly underprepared for it. This tactical assessment of the last big battle of WWII should help you to see why. Our present-day rifle companies are among the best equipped and least proficient at tiny element maneuver in the world. On Okinawa, the hand grenade made more difference than the largest bomb or shell.
