Enhanced Army Airborne Forces: A New Joint Operational Capability

doi:10.7249/RR309

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DOI	10.7249/RR309
报告编号	RR-309-A
	Enhanced Army Airborne Forces: A New Joint Operational Capability
	John Gordon IV; Agnes Gereben Schaefer; David A. Shlapak; Caroline Baxter; Scott Boston; Michael McGee; Todd Nichols; Elizabeth Tencza
	2014
出版年	2014
页数	132
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	At the request of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, a RAND research team examined options to increase the mobility, protection, and firepower of the Army's airborne forces, given likely future missions and threats, identifying a concept for enhancing today's forces by adding a light armored infantry capability. Because the Army requested near-term options, the new concept incorporates equipment and platforms that are already available within the U.S. Department of Defense. The near-term focus also meant that the current Air Force airlift fleet was an important consideration, since Army airborne forces rely on Air Force transport aircraft to deploy. The research team examined notional future brigade- and battalion-sized airborne units, including the numbers and types of vehicles that would be needed to create an airborne light armored force that could be airdropped or air-landed from Air Force transport planes. The primary light armored vehicle possibilities studied were the Stryker (currently used by the Army) and the Light Armored Vehicle, second generation (LAV-II, used by the Marine Corps and the militaries of several other nations). Each family of vehicles would have advantages and disadvantages for the Army's airborne force, with the LAV-II provisionally identified as the preferred candidate. A tabletop exercise with subject-matter experts, using scenarios developed through a review of historical Army missions, identified how the addition of light armor could enhance the performance of airborne units.
英文关键词	Military Airlift Military Force Planning Military Aircraft Wargaming United States Army Military Logistics Armored Vehicles Students
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/3808
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	John Gordon IV,Agnes Gereben Schaefer,David A. Shlapak,et al. Enhanced Army Airborne Forces: A New Joint Operational Capability:RAND Corporation,2014.