Infantry Regiment

Almost every people seem to think that trenches and entrenchment fortifications are easy to destroy using artillery.They think you just hit the trenches with one shot and people in it will easily be slaughtered.

But trenches and entrenchment fortifications are designed to protect and if possible immune soldiers from artillery fire!Although soldiers could still get hit by artillery fire and killed or wounded trenches and entrenchment fortification really minimized casualties and prevented all the soldiers in the same spot from getting killed!

Besides in order for artillery to effectively destroy entrenchment fortifications they have submit continious fire that were known to take hours or even days to actually begin making damages to the trenches!And not to mention soldiers could always attempt to repair the entrenchment fortifications to its original state.

And there is still the big problem of having to watch out for enemy artillery or trying to get the artillery in firing range.
So why do people think entrenchment fortifications could be easily destroyed by artillery?Why do they picture trenches as defenses that could be blasted apart by one shot?

do people think this? No way!
No matter how many bombs you drop on a position, it still isn’t yours until you send in men with bayonets.

I read on military about.com that artillery in the Corps was for selected Marine Corps reserve only is this true or can I be active enlisted and still get arty? If so what kind of Asvab scores am I looking at to be eligable?

You are operating on either bad gouge, or bad interpretation of gouge. There are two active duty artillery regiments in the Marine Corps: 10th and 11th Marines. If you want to be an 08xx, you can get it easily, given a decent score on the ASVAB.

By this is mean what do anti-aircraft untis do in the British Amy when on duty in places such as Iraq or Afganistan.

I ask this because our current enemies don’t have any aircraft, but I assume these units are still deployed?

the same as any other unit in the British army,in the conflict in northern Ireland back in the 70s artillery units carried out the same patrol work as infantry unit did,in the current deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq artillery units will be used as a local defence force guarding bases or convoy escorts as this frees up teeth arm units(infantry,paras,marines etc etc) to carry out normal patrol tasking.

Is there a good chance that I wont have much difficulties being recruited as one if I meet as requirements?

Probably not. Artillery is getting more advanced and are just as lethal yet cheaper than a close in air strike. For the cost of an air strike, one could buy an artillery piece which could shoot a laser guided round up to 30km (18.6 miles) at 2 rounds a minute or more (for the Canadians) and as much as 3 rounds in 10 seconds. For a country that doesn’t want to spend the money for air strikes artillery is the next direction the country can go.

Are the type of wars the U.S. will be fighting moving away from the big guns? If not, what is the most valuable weapon in the arsenal and why?

In the wars like we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, artillery is largely relegated to a purely defensive role such as for base security in a FOB or the Green Zone.

By far the most valuable weapon is the individual troop as this is not a war like WW II where heavy tanks won the day. We need troops on the ground to root out the bad guys one at a time.

With that said, the most valuable single weapon aside from the troops are helicopters. They enable us to fight anywhere, anytime and bring the fight to the enemy. Wuthout helicopters, Special Operations, MEDEVAC, convoy security, etc, would just not be possible. It is almost countless the number of times helicopters have saved the day… when a base was about to be overrun and air support came in to wipe out the bad guys.

For example, remember a few months back when those 9 or so soldiers died in that massive atatck on their remote post? Something like 200 Taliban fighters attacked the post and almost over ran the small force. It was only because of helicopters arriving in time which kept the entire unit from being wiped out.

In all reality, there isn’t a lot that seperates us from the enemy. The only thing that we really have to our advantage, aside from training, is air superiority. Without air cover, we would have lost thousands of more troops than we have so far.

My husband is looking to do the Captains Career Course soon and I was wondering how long it is. I’m trying to take a look at housing availability at the potential installations for the class.

I may be totally wrong and you should probbaly check with your husband or other military spouses from FA, but according to ATTRS, the FACCC is 24 weeks long and is held at Ft. Sill, OK.

I am not in an infantry platoon or company. I am actually in an engineer batallion. If i reclass do I not wear them at all?

Your no longer Infantry.

So they gotta go.

Almost every people seem to think that trenches and entrenchment fortifications are easy to destroy using artillery.They think you just hit the trenches with one shot and people in it will easily be slaughtered.

But trenches and entrenchment fortifications are designed to protect and if possible immune soldiers from artillery fire!Although soldiers could still get hit by artillery fire and killed or wounded trenches and entrenchment fortification really minimized casualties and prevented all the soldiers in the same spot from getting killed!

Besides in order for artillery to effectively destroy entrenchment fortifications they have submit continious fire that were known to take hours or even days to actually begin making damages to the trenches!And not to mention soldiers could always attempt to repair the entrenchment fortifications to its original state.

And there is still the big problem of having to watch out for enemy artillery or trying to get the artillery in firing range.
So why do people think entrenchment fortifications could be easily destroyed by artillery?Why do they picture trenches as defenses that could be blasted apart by one shot?

Using WWI technology – or even tech from WWII, trenches are pretty good for defense. However, in our military today, the ability to use precision, guided munitions renders the use of trenches totally useless.

It used to be that an artillery barrage had to last HOURS or DAYS (like your question brings up) to find a particular trench. With today’s technology, a single 155mm Howitzer can drop its round within FEET of where it was aimed on the FIRST SHOT. With GPS abilities and drone aircraft, even conventional rounds are devastatingly effective.

Which brings us to bunker-busting bombs. With only one round that can be fired from HUNDREDS of miles away, an entrenched/buried headquarters can be decimated.

Lastly, how are the trenches made? Trenches take days and weeks to make – for something that only takes moments to destroy…

Sorry, but trench warfare is a doctrine that has stagnated to the point of total obsolescence. We’ll bring back trenches when we bring back spears and clubs.

What can rockets do which other weapons cannot do?
what are the strengths and weaknesses of rockets?

figured I would ask this question given they are the number #1 weapon choice preferred by Hamas militants.

Rockets::–pros
1-Low cost
2-long range
3-portable (can be carried in normal cars or even hands)
4- can be fired from Air or sea

Artilallery:Cons
1-Artiallery Machines are very costly (like Boforce)
2-They are very heavy..
3-Moving the artillary guns form one location to another is very dificult
mostly they are as heavy as a tank
4-Artillery can only b fired from ground

So for hamas ..they dont hav large funds for artillary
even if they do it will b impossible to move the artillery guns from 1 location to another without warning the Israil spy sattelites
And if hamas fires any artillery shot then that that gun can b nutralized by the israil planes within hours

and i dont think hamas has the tech or money to buy wapanes like Missiles or planes to attack deep in israil

so it is the only choice they got

Hey so I am thinking about ROTC and something I would want to do is Field Artillery. I am just trying to figure out what exactly a 2nd Lieutenant does while working in Field Artillery. I know he or she leads a platoon size element but I don’t know what that relates to when it comes to cannons. Like would I command 4 cannons if I decided to work with self-propelled artillery?
Thanks for the help.

There are differnt part of Field Artillery.

As a 2LT, there are 3 general jobs you get.

1) Fire Support Officer. In this job you are actually in an Armor or Infantry Company and lead a team of forward observers that direct artillery fires on the battlefied.

2) Fire Direction Officer. In this job, you direct the fires of a battery. This includes being able to calculate the ballistics of the round. Most of this is done by computer now.

3) Platoon Leader. In this job you are the leader of the platoon. The Platoon Leader’s big job is coordinating the movement of the platoon from one firing position to another.

Basically, the Fire Support Officer tells them where to fire at, the Fire Direction Officer tells them how and when to fire, and the Platoon Leader tells them where to set up to fire from.

As for a platoon, it varies. There are several types of platoons.

Heavy Platoons (Self Propelled) have tracked howitzers and ammunitin vehicles and one fire direction center the FDO works out of. Typically 3 howitzers, 3 ammo tracks, 1 FDC, and one hummer. These used to have 4 per platoon, but that was cut back to 3 with the Paladin.

Light artillery generally has only one battery and doesn’t break down into platoons. A light battery usually has 6 guns, 6 hummers or trucks to pull them and carry ammo and 1 fire direction center. Sometimes light batteries break down into platoons and split the FDC into two.

There is also a survey platoon that does recon of firing points and uses survey equipment to get the best accuracy on the location of the individual gun and sometimes the observer as well.

There are also Counterfire Radar Platoons. These can vary and new equipment is coming available for these, so their organization is changing. These radars detect incoming artillery fire and direct artillery fires back against them

MLRS platoons generally have 3 launchers and 3 Hemets (large trucks) for ammo.