ARMOR
Summer 2023
Theme: Increasing Lethality in a Large-Scale Combat Operations Environment
Features
Page 5 – Counterreconnaissance, Cavalry Corps and Division Operations
by CPT J.A. Perkins;
Page 9 – The AIM Cycle: Two Sides of a Coin
by LTC Karl M. Harness;
Page 13 – The Power of the Armored Company Team in Urban Combat: Dealer Company, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor in Sadr City
by COL Mark McClellan;
Page 20 – You Need to Play Wargames
by MAJ Patrick O’Keefe;
Page 25 – Employment of Robotic Combat Vehicles in Large-Scale Combat Operations at Battalion Level: Observations from Project Convergence 22
by LTC Brennan Speakes and MAJ Sid McMath;
Page 31 – Divisional SHORAD: Using Historical Examples to Build a Future Formation
by CPT Leo Negrete;
Page 35 – Raising the Guidon: Leveraging Cultural Excellence for Reconnais sance and Security Operations
by MAJ Tobias Raimondo, Australian army;
Departments
Page 1 – Contacts;
Page 2 – Chief of Armor’s Hatch: DOTMLPF-P Integration an Armor Transformation through 2030
by BG Michael J. Simmering;
Page 4 – Gunner’s Seat: New Armor School CSM and Focus Areas
by CSM Waylon D. Petty;
Page 41 – Featured Unit: 114th Cavalry Regiment;
| Published: | September 28, 2023 |
<b>ARMOR</b> 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. <b>ARMOR</b> 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:
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<li>armored, direct-fire ground combat systems not serving primarily as infantry carriers;</li>
<li>weapons used exclusively in these systems or by career management field (CMF)19-series enlisted Soldiers;</li>
<li>miscellaneous items of equipment armored and armored cavalry organizations use exclusively;</li>
<li>training for all 19-series officers and CMF 19-series enlisted Soldiers;</li>
<li>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.</li>
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