ARMOR is a professional-development magazine published by the U.S. Army Armor School. The Chief of Armor provides the magazine as a forum for the Soldiers and leaders under his proponency to explain, digest or debate Army and Armor Branch doctrine, policy or other career-related issues or information. ARMOR focuses on Armor and Cavalry Soldiers up to the battalion and brigade level as well as on Army-wide concerns and issues that affect Armor and Cavalry formations. The Chief of Armor's proponency includes:
- armored, direct-fire ground combat systems not serving primarily as infantry carriers;
- weapons used exclusively in these systems or by career management field (CMF)19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- miscellaneous items of equipment armored and armored cavalry organizations use exclusively;
- training for all 19-series officers and CMF 19-series enlisted Soldiers;
- and information concerning the training, logistics, history and leadership of armor and armored cavalry units at a brigade/regiment level and below, including threat units at those levels.
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ARMOR, November-December 1999
• Features – Mission 2000 – Making an Issue of Doctrine
Editor’s Note
• Urban Combat in World War II
by Captain... read more
ARMOR, November-December 1999
• Features – Mission 2000 – Making an Issue of Doctrine
Editor’s Note
• Urban Combat in World War II
by Captain Ken Casey
• Move It On Over
by Brigadier General John Kirk (Retired)
• Lighten Up, Guys
by Ralph Zumbro
• An Armor Battalion in Kosovo
by Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Reese, Major Kevin Farrell, & Captain Matthew Moore
• DoD Seeks Gulf War Field Sanitation Teams’ Observations
• Cecil’s Ride: A Tank Platoon Leader in Desert Storm
by Captain David Norton
• Designing the Future Infantry Vehicle
by Stanley C. Crist
• A Lieutenant’s Plea to Company Commanders
by First Lieutenant J. P. Clark
• The Urban Field Trains
by Captain J. M. Pierre
• Armor Movie Classics: Your Nominations Please...
by Jon Clemens, Managing Editor
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ARMOR, September-October 1999
• Features – Tips on Being a Platoon Leader
by Captain Douglas B. Crandall
• The 2nd Parachute Battalion’s War in... read more
ARMOR, September-October 1999
• Features – Tips on Being a Platoon Leader
by Captain Douglas B. Crandall
• The 2nd Parachute Battalion’s War in the Falklands
by Captain Daniel T. Head
• AC/RC Assignments: One Officer’s Perspective
by Major Kevin B. Marcus
• Development of the American Tank-Infantry Team
During World War II in Africa and Europe
by Captain J. L. Mudd
• From Warrior to Logistician
by Captain John D. Fio Rito
• Three Tanks Featured in Russian Arms Show
by Colonel James H. Nunn and Lieutenant Colonel John C. Paulson
• Engineer Basics, Some Rules to Improve Mobility and Countermobility
by Captain Wayne Skill
• Employing the Bradley Stinger Platoon in Support of Task Force Operations
by Captain Douglas J. Waddingham
• Using Flag Signals to Speed Combat Casualty Evacuation
by Major Joseph M. Nolan
• The JRTC and Light/Heavy Integration: Defensive Operations
by First Sergeant Paul E. Thompson Jr.
• New Ideas for Armor Company Maintenance Plans
by Captain Paul J. Taylor
• Fire Support: Killing System or Battlefield Shaper?
by Robert Doughty
• The First Lieutenants to Korea Program
by Captain Ron MacKay
• STRAC XXI —Budgeting the Bullets: The Master Gunners’ Concerns
by Sergeant First Class David Cooley
• The Graphical Spot Report
by Captain Brandon K. Herl
• A Technique to Get Organized and Manage Your Career
by Captain Christopher H. Engen
• Tactical Vignette 99-4: “Trouble for the Redball Express – Rear Area Security”
• Solution to Tactical Vignette 99-3: “Screen in a Snowstorm”
• Review of Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of the U.S. Armored Forces
by Gunnery Sergeant Leo J. Daugherty
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ARMOR, July-August 1999
• Features – Letter from the Balkans: American Armor in Albania, A Soldier’s Mosaic
by Lieutenant Colonel Peter W. Rose... read more
ARMOR, July-August 1999
• Features – Letter from the Balkans: American Armor in Albania, A Soldier’s Mosaic
by Lieutenant Colonel Peter W. Rose II
• For the Range NCOIC, A Skidgel Hall Curriculum Is Not a Requirement
by Sergeant First Class Myron F. Wong
• Tank Assessment Survey Ranks Leopard 2A6 Tops, with M1A2 the Runner-up
Prepared by Jon Clemens, Managing Editor
• Soviet-Russian Tank Turret Armor: The Cold War Shell-Game
by James M. Warford
• Scout Vehicle Designs Must Allow for Easy Dismount
A letter from Sergeant Dwayne C. Thacker
• Developing Cavalry Reconnaissance Doctrine for the Next Century
by Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon
• Designing the Future Scout/Cavalry System
by Major Todd Tolson
• The Case for an Airmobile Amphibious Scout Vehicle
by Stanley C. Crist
• Bosnia Report: Keeping SUSVs Goin’ When It’s Snowin’
by Staff Sergeant Conrad College, 372nd MPAD
• Dutch and Germans Agree to Build “Fennek” Light Reconnaissance Vehicle
by Gerard van Oosbree
• Growing Pains: Scout-COLT Integration in the Brigade Reconnaissance Troop
by First Lieutenant Thomas P. Brennan, Jr.
• The Battalion Scout Troop:
A Doctrinal and Organizational Answer to Battalion Tactical Reconnaissance
by Captain Bill Williams
• Organizing the First Armored Divisions
(Excerpt from Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions
and Separate Brigades by John B. Wilson)
• Research, Plan, Vision — Training for Operations at the JRTC
by Sergeant First Class John T. Miller
• Training Basecamp Security Operations
by Captain Michael D. Henderson
• An Integrated OPORD Technique
by Major David Callahan
• “Destiny”: Reader’s Respond
• Solution to Tactical Vignette 99-2: “The Passage at Wilcox”
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ARMOR, May-June 1999
• Features – Patton Museum 50th Anniversary
• Reaching Our Army's Full Combat Potential in the 21st Century
by Colonel John D.... read more
ARMOR, May-June 1999
• Features – Patton Museum 50th Anniversary
• Reaching Our Army's Full Combat Potential in the 21st Century
by Colonel John D. Rosenberger
• Breaching Fortified Positions and Obstacles
by Major Roger Morin and Ty Cobb
• Yugoslavian Armor Fleet Is a Mix of New and (Some Very) Old
by David M. Phipps, Threat Branch, DFD, Fort Knox
• The Battle of Grozny
Captain Chad A. Rupe
• A Tale of Two Cities - Hue and Khorramshahr
by Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Lamont, USMC
• An Independent Tank Battalion in World War II:
How It Was Used ...... And Sometimes Misused
by Marvin G. Jensen
• Task Force Battle Drills
by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Reese, Major Matt Waring, and Major Curt Lapham
• Soviet and German Advisors Put Doctrine to the Test:
Tanks in the Siege of Madrid
by Dr. John Daley
• U.S. Cavalry Memorial Research Library Opens at Fort Riley
by Brigadier General Philip L. Bolte, USA, Ret.
• Three- or Four-Company Battalions?
by Lieutenant Colonel Michael K. Robel
• Turning Civilians into Tankers, 19K One Station Unit Training at Fort Knox
by Captain Lance Roper
• Abrams TSM: Halon Extinguishers Are Not a Health Hazard
• Training in a Multi-Intensity Environment
by Captain Charles T. Lombardo and First Lieutenant Max Clegg
• The Final Score: Russian Armor Losses in Chechnya
Reflect Lethality of an Urban Fight
by First Lieutenant Adam Geibel
• Tactical Vignette 99-3: "Screen in a Snowstorm"
• Solution to Tactical Vignette 99-1, "FORGING STEEL"
• Some Lessons Learned to Avoid Fatal Accidents
From Major Monroe Harden, U.S. Army Safety Center
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ARMOR, March-April 1999
• Features – Controlling Armor's Destiny
by Brigadier General John Kirk (Retired)
• Life After Operational Maneuver (a... read more
ARMOR, March-April 1999
• Features – Controlling Armor's Destiny
by Brigadier General John Kirk (Retired)
• Life After Operational Maneuver (a 12-step program)
by Cadet Joseph Berg and Captain Robert Bateman
• Tips for Tankers or Lessons Learned and Re-Iearned
by Colonel Christopher V. Cardine (Retired)
• TEAM RECON: A New Approach to Armored TF Reconnaissance
by Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. St-Pierre and First Lieutenant Jamie E. Warder
• Will the New Brigade Reconnaissance Troop Be Adequately Protected?
by First Lieutenant Wayne T. Westgaard
• The Theory and Practice of Armored Warfare In Spain
October 1936-February 1937
by Dr. John L. S. Daley
• Soviet Armor in Spain:
Aid Mission to Republicans Tested Doctrine and Equipment
by Colonel Antonio J. Candil, Spanish Army
• Weapon Storage Site Inspections
by First Lieutenant Justin W. Verhey
• How the Guard Could Cut Costs on Table VIII Without Really Trying
by Dr. Joseph D. Hagman and Dr. Monte D. Smith
• The ACAV L1ves...in Bosnia
by Sergeant First Class Gregory T. Dean (Retired)
• Half Full .... Or Half Empty
• Tactical Vignette 99-2: "The Passage at Wilcox"
• Solutions to Tactical Vignette 98-6,
"Cobra's Counterreconnalssance Fight"
• 1999 Armor Conference "
ARMOR: Spearhead to the Future"
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ARMOR, January-February 1999
• Features – The Future Scout And Cavalry System - (FSCS)
by Dr. Asher H. Sharoni and Lawrence D. Bacon
• Chariots of... read more
ARMOR, January-February 1999
• Features – The Future Scout And Cavalry System - (FSCS)
by Dr. Asher H. Sharoni and Lawrence D. Bacon
• Chariots of Fire: Building the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
by Major General Stan R. Sheridan (Ret.)
• Problems Persist, But Continuous Band Track
Shows Promise in Light Armor Applications
by Paul Hornback
• Is the Bradley Heavy Enough to Replace the M113 In Combat Engineer Units?
by Simon Tan
• Through the Breach: A Tanker Searches for a Common Perspective
by Captain Jeffrey Erdley
• Team Blade and Survivability Management
by Captain Pete Huie
• Incident at Safwan
by Stephen A. Bourque
• Cadet Leader Training
by Office of the Chief of Armor
• Achieving Effective ACIRC Relations: An NTC Model for Success
by Lieutenant Colonel Aaron R. Kenneston
• The Digital Reference
by Colonel Kart Gunzelman and Captain Sean Pritchard
• BEAMHIT: This Marksmanship Training System
Uses Lasers and Can Go Anywhere
by Captain Eric G. Dulin
• M1A2 NET Team Combines Military and Civilians in a First for the Army
by Tom Werth and Specialist Randy Hughes
• Tactical Vignette 99-1:
"FORGING STEEL - Exploiting a Brigade'S Success"
• Solutions to Tactical Vignette 98-5: "Zone Recon To LOA Steelers"
• New Electronic Information Systems Open a Virtual Library On-Line
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