An edition of Mobility, Shock, And Firepower: The Emergence Of The U. S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945
(2008)
Mobility, Shock, And Firepower: The Emergence Of The U. S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945
by Cameron, Robert S.
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Mobility, Shock, And Firepower: The Emergence Of The U. S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945
2008, U.S. G.P.O.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1: America Adopts The Tank
Tank Corps
Tank Corps' demise
War department and the National Defense Act of 1920
Infantry tank development
Reconsidering the tank's battlefield role
Experimental mechanized force
Bureau system versus mechanization
Mechanized force
2: Early Development Of The Mechanized Cavalry
Demise of the mechanized force
Birth of the mechanized cavalry
1934 Fort Riley maneuvers
Reorganization of the mechanized cavalry
Bureau system and mechanized cavalry reorganization
Mechanization of a second cavalry regiment
Second army maneuvers of 1936
3: Mechanization: The Chief Of Cavalry's Runaway Horse
American cavalry in the 1930s
Problem of the cavalry's image
Office of the chief of cavalry and the bureau system
Mechanized cavalry board
Cavalry school and mechanization
Chief of cavalry and cavalry modernization
4: Infantry And Mechanization
Army doctrine in the 1930s
Infantry motorization
Division redesign
Foundations of infantry tank doctrine
Tank development and the infantry school
Infantry tank organization
Infantry tanks
5: View From Abroad
Military intelligence division and its military attaches
Army intelligence dissemination
Confusion of British mechanization
French mechanized development
Military intelligence division and the Panzer division
World mechanization
6: Cavalry At The Crossroads
Mechanized cavalry development, 1936-1939
Mechanized cavalry maneuvers, 1937-1938
Cavalry field manual of 1938
War department and mechanization
Case for horse cavalry
Future of cavalry
7: New Beginning: The Armored Force
Building a mechanized cavalry division
Stepping back: the mechanized cavalry division rejected
First army maneuvers, 1939
Mechanized cavalry division revisited
Third army maneuver preparations
Crucible of mechanization: third army maneuvers, 1940
Armored force and the centralization of mechanized development
8: Armored Force Development, 1940-1941
Building the training base
Command climate
New doctrinal base
Early training activities
Armored force and foreign experiences
Armored division development
Armored Corps?
War department's army
9: Creating An Armored Force Nemesis
Antitank development in the 1930s
Building an antitank unit
Antitank weapons
Self-propelled antitank weapons
Foreign antitank developments
Problem of antitank doctrine, 1940-1941
Antitank the American way. 10: Art Of Maneuver, 1941
Louisiana maneuvers
Carolina maneuvers
Assessing mobile operations
Antitank operations
Maneuver management
Cavalry: a maneuver casualty
11: From Armored Force To Armored Center
Armored force expansion and personnel shortfall
Training challenges and accomplishments
Question of separate branch status
Demise of the armored corps
Evolution of the armored division
Combat operations in North Africa
Armored division's new look
Applying lessons learned in North Africa
Armored materiel
Sustaining combat capability
Air support
Branch status resolution
Evaluating the armored wartime experience
12: Tank Destroyer Development
Building a tank destroyer force, 1941-1942
Doctrine and organization
First tank destroyers
Combat debut
Tank destroyer criticism
Tank destroyer doctrine and training revisited
Organizational and materiel development
Tank destroyers
Uncertain future
13: Armored Divisions In Battle, 1944-1945
Armored division doctrine
Armored division organization
Combat operations
Armored division air support
Armored materiel
Armored maintenance
14: Armored Enablers: Mechanized Cavalry, Independent Tanks, And Tank Destroyers
Mechanized cavalry
Independent tank battalion readiness
Independent tank battalion combat operations
Rejection of independent tank battalion doctrine
Armored group
From tank destroyer to armored gun
15: Conclusion
Bibliography
Acronyms
Index.
Edition Notes
Classifications
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