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                             MANEUVER

    TOPIC:   When the armor and infantry move, the field
artillery must move with them.

    OBSERVATION:    The most useful technique is for the
artillery to move in a formation with a pilot vehicle so that,
immediately upon stopping, the artillery is in a
position/formation to deliver fire in any direction and
simultaneously defend the position from attacks from any
direction.   The Allies in North Africa in 1942 and units at NTC
found that the armor and infantry would outdistance the
artillery, unless the artillery~moved with them.   The artillery
moved within 2 to 3 kms of the leading troops to provide
responsive support.   The armor and infantry provided some
protection for the artillery.   The whole group moved in what
approximated a large box with the artillery in the center of
the box and the armor and infantry as the sides.   A battalion
would move in a triangular formation with two batteries leading
and one trailing, each battery 1 to 4 kms from the others.

    LESSON LEARNED:   Units must~practice combined arms
exercises on a brigade or larger scale with the artillery
moving with the maneuver unit and providing massed fires as
needed.   Artillery units normally move effectively in a much
more open formation.   The open formation reduces air attack
vulnerability, but increases command and control
problerns.

    VIEWER NOTES:


    TOPIC:   Tactical Deception, Surprise, and the ~iovement~of
Forces.

    OBSERVATION:    Analysis of desert operations from World
War II to the present day indicates that tactical deception and
surprise are clearly linked to the ability to move and mass
forces during periods of limited visibility.

    LESSON LEARNED:   Operational planning should emphasize
night movement of units.   To minimize the problems of dus~ and
enhance deception, movement should be accomplished utilizing
multiple routes.    Priority should be placed on training to
support this requirement.   Associated with night movement LS
the requirement for night passage through lanes in minefields
and forward passage through friendly forces.

    VIE4ER NOTtS:


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