Not every shift in infantry tactics comes from better equipment. Some changes emerged because weapons failed to perform as ...

Complete tactics, infantry rifle battalion; consisting of the entire new infantry field manual (FM 7-5) together with the tactical portions of new basic field manuals on individual infantry weapons ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...