tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post4860730238681190323..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Suppression: The Real Role of Small Arms in Combatsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-35464256697705756712021-11-29T05:54:50.573-08:002021-11-29T05:54:50.573-08:00Marshall's work has largely been discredited d...Marshall's work has largely been discredited due to his 'methods' (i.e. making stuff up that sounded good to him). If conscripts weren't firing in WW2 it was to avoid return fire from the enemy, especially if that meant a MG42 or mortar fire. A big reason the rate of fire went up in Korea and Vietnam relative to WW2 (other than using actual OR methods to determine things like Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814388333625271911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-73008119634979276812021-08-08T13:27:36.720-07:002021-08-08T13:27:36.720-07:00The point about using suppression to distract an e...The point about using suppression to distract an enemy while moving around him reminds me of Napoleon's advice to one of his generals - Eugène, perhaps? Telling him to pin down the enemy in order to fix him in place, while shifting against his flank or rear.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-43435334422473755072021-08-08T11:37:20.295-07:002021-08-08T11:37:20.295-07:00S.L.A. Marshall's best known and most controve...S.L.A. Marshall's best known and most controversial work was published in 1947; titled Men Against Fire, it claimed 75% of troops engaged in combat never fired at the enemy for the purpose of killing, even under direct threat. Marshall argued conscripts were so conditioned by civilian norms against taking life that many could not bring themselves to kill, even at the risk of their own lives Andrew Melomethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147559426991092050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-25101040105768237382021-08-08T10:56:22.652-07:002021-08-08T10:56:22.652-07:00Back in the 1960's I was told during training ...Back in the 1960's I was told during training about the need to gain fire superiority over the enemy. This was an American way of war, as not every army can supply enough ammunition to accomplish this.James Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028668583450784323noreply@blogger.com