Armor in Battle (Leadership Branch, Leadership and Training Division, Command and Staff Department, FKSM 17-3-2)

FKSM 17-3-2. Stapled paperback. The majority of military history is written at the division, corps, and echelons above corps level. Although the big picture is also important, company level leaders can better understand and learn from small unit actions - military history at an applicable level. The concept of Armor in Battle is to fill a void in military history. There has never been a dearth of small unit infantry actions, yet small unit armor actions are few and far between. This is an attempt to fill that void by providing an anthology featuring armored action starting with the very first armor battle in 1916. Additionally, Armor in Battle is designed to provide a turret's eye view of armored conflict - military history at the small unit level. This anthology mainly revolves around platoon and company level actions, for it is from such accounts that company grade leaders can benefit most from military history (taken from the introduction). Contents include: World War 1, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Arab-Israeli Conflicts