Combined Arms: How does it work?

[Peterminator]

What do you do to combine tanks, infantry, artillery, etc. in order to make an effective fighting force?

 

[Big_Z]

A book could be written about this topic. It is bassically playing each others strength and weaknesses off of each other. Take tanks for example, it is vulnerable alone however an Infantry guy like myself can greatly improve its survivability in a mout envirement. If I get in trouble out on a patrol I can call in an airstrike on an enemy. A ground pounder is needed to plot coordinates for an artillery strike. We are all connected in one way or another and each of us can greatly impact the outcome of a battle. Combined arms creates a synergy, as a whole it is greater then the sum of its parts.

Combined arms is a way of getting past the "paper, rock, scissors" of warfare.

 

[Maytime]

Another potential OPSEC issue...sigh. But the general question has probably been argued over since the first cave men hunted in groups.

3 words: Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS). I'll leave it at that.

 

[major liability]

1) Haji pops up with an RPG
2) Haji gets popped by infantry
3) Tank is happy

 

[bulldogg]

Peterminator, do a search on the topic. Global Security.org is your friend.