Armor/antiarmor operations in South-west Asia
By: Battlefield Assessment Team, Armor/Antiarmor Team
Series: Research paper / Marine Corps Research Center -- no. 92-0002.; Research paper (Marine Corps Research Center) -- no. 92-0002.
Publisher: Marine Corps Research Center
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Quantico, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: United States; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Expeditionary Force; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991; Tank warfare
Other titles: Armor/antiarmor operations in Southwest Asia.
Description: "This study is an examination of the armor/antiarmor aspects of the Marine Expeditionary Forces' (MEF) experiences in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The paper looks at all elements of the topic, but primarily concentrates on the special characteristics of the theater, the ground engagements, and finally the application of air power in the antiarmor role. Other relevant, but much less developed themes, are combat support and service support, command and control, reserves, fratricide, nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, and doctrine and tactics. It concludes that the allied success against Iraqi armor was more a function of the extremely poop quality of the Iraqi soldier and the particulars of the theater, than it was to any training and/or equipment advantage the allies might have enjoyed." -- page v.
Notes: "July 1991" -- Title page.

"There were four members of the Armor/AntiArmor effort ... Major (LtCol Select) John F. Kelly USMC ... Captain Douglas Seal USMC .... First Lieutenant (Capt. Select) William B. Harrison USMC ... [and] First Lieutenant (Capt. Select) Robert Esposito USMCR)." -- page ii.

Includes bibliographical references (page 39).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Biographies; title: Table of contents; title: Executive summary; title: Analysis. Introduction ; Methodology ; External sources; title: Kuwait theater (KTO) tactical environment. Military aspect ; Iraqi defenses; title: KTO and the expeditionary environment. The expeditionary environment defined ; Expeditionary characteristics of hte KTO; title: Iraqi equipment; title: Iraq's military performance; title: I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) training; title: Target acquisition. Location and identification ; Detection studies and analyses; title: Ground operations. MEF armor and mechanized assets ; ATGMs and rockets ; Direct fire engagements ; Target evaluation; title: Air operations. Central Command's air offensive ; Shaping the battlefield ; FAC(A) and attack profiles ; Aviation combat element effectiveness; title: Fratricide. MEF incidents ; Aircrew/ground gunner concerns; title: Command/control and communications (C3); title: Nuclear, chemical, biological; title: Combat service support; title: Reserves; title: Doctrine and tactics; title: Summary/recommendations. Potential impact of Desert Shield/Desert Storm ; Expeditionary and amphibious ; Recommendations; title: Glossary; title: References; title: Appendix. Direct fire engagement statistics.