Soviet Troop Control

<p>The challenge to an American battalion commander is clear. The issue is how to stop a Soviet regiment moving at high speed and still live to fight another day. This monograph argues that the disruption of troop control is the key for defeating a Soviet regiment. The monograph initially exposes the reader to the Soviet concept of troop control and its critical role in Soviet operations. It then shows that the Soviets are currently attempting to reform their approach to troop control by injecting new standards for accountability and initiative. The author then argues that troop control is vulnerable to disruption due to overreliance on accurate intelligence discouragement of commanders from acting outside of approved norms excessive rigidity in battalion-level planning and execution and a fragile chain-of-command. The monograph concludes with the proposals of several actions within current US capabilities that may successfully disrupt Soviet troop control at the regiment and below. In particular the author develops a detailed and innovative scheme for the use of Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to attack the excessive rigidity of Soviet command and control procedures.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>