1-11. MAJOR THEATER WAR

A major theater war represents the most serious conventional military scenario that the Army may face. An MTW has the greatest potential of occurring in regions containing moderate to well-developed infrastructures (especially roads, rail, and bridges), large complex urban areas, and diverse weather patterns. With the vital interests of the nation at stake, it is the one scenario that must result in victory. Although current assessments project MTW as the least likely to occur, many current regional powers could pose a substantial challenge to the United States, possibly with little warning.

a.   The Enemy. Enemy forces likely will be advanced industrial-age forces with some high technology niches characterized by mechanized, motorized, and light forces. These forces will be equipped with newer generation tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and will have significant numbers of antitank guided missile (ATGM) systems, man-portable air defense (MANPAD) weapons, advanced fixed and or rotary wing aviation assets, missiles, rockets, artillery, mortars, and mines. They will possess an integrated air defense system and a robust military and civilian communications capability. Additionally, they will likely possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD). These forces are capable of long term, sustained, high tempo brigade- and division-level operations. They can also conduct sustained unconventional combat operations and limited duration (limited objective) attacks. Current and predicted trends indicate that these enemy forces will acquire more sophisticated and advanced information technology.

b.   Full-Spectrum Operations in an MTW. An MTW involves operations across the full range of offensive, defensive, stability, and support operations; however the operational focus is on offensive and defensive operations (Figure 1-2). The SBCT can conduct all four types of offensive operations (attack, movement to contact, exploitation, and pursuit). The SBCT can conduct both linear and nonlinear defenses within the area defense, mobile defense, and retrograde concepts. Humanitarian issues such as overpopulation, resource shortages, natural disasters, and inadequate response capability (local, regional, or global) would probably complicate operations during an MTW. Stability operations or support operations will address these problems.

The plan, named "Objective Force", would have the army adopt a flexible doctrine that would allow it to deploy quickly, and equipped for a variety of operations. [12] An early phase of the plan called for the introduction of an 'Interim Armored Vehicle' which was intended to fill the capability gap between heavy and lethal, but not easily deployable vehicles (such as the M2 Bradley ), and easily deployed, but lightly armed and protected vehicles (such as the Humvee ). [13] A variant of the Canadian LAV III offered by the General Dynamics-General Motors Defence Canada team was ultimately awarded the contract in November 2000 to produce 2,131 Stryker vehicles of all variants for equipping six rapid deployment Brigade Combat Teams. [ citation needed ] On 27 February 2002, the Army formally renamed the Interim Armored Vehicle as the Stryker.

In October 1999, Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki announced the Army's intention to transform into a more strategically responsive force that could more rapidly deploy and effectively operate in all types of military operations, whether small-scale contingencies or major theater wars.
Army plans call for a 30-year transformation that provide the ability to deploy a brigade anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a division in 120 hours, and five divisions within 30 days.
The first step in this process is to form and equip six Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) by 2008, with the goal of organizing, equipping, training, and certifying the first such brigade for overseas deployment by 2003. This goal was achieved and the first Stryker Brigade was deployed in Iraq in December 2003.
Military deployments have increased dramatically in number and variety since the end of the Cold War. Recent deployments in such places as Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor span the full spectrum of military conflict.
These deployments highlight a critical shortfall in the Army's operational capability: the Army's heavy combat forces, though lethal and survivable, are not rapidly deployable, and its light infantry forces are rapidly deployable but lack survivability and lethality. The SBCT was devised to fill this gap in military capability.

Огневые возможности Т-90 значительно расширились с установкой нового комплекса управляемого вооружения. Сильнобронированные цели на дальности до 5 км танк Т-90 поражает на ходу (до 30 км/ч) с большой вероятностью попадания первым же выстрелом. За время государственных испытаний было произведено 24 пуска ракет на дальностях 4 — 5 км, и все они попали в цель.

Абу-Даби из танка Т-80У (имеющего такой же комплекс управляемого вооружения) опытный наводчик совершил 52 пуска управляемой ракетой на дальность 5 км и все ракеты попали в цель