1、This article is an excerpt from the February 2024 Army Techniques Publication(ATP)7-100.1,Russian Tactics,and is part of a series of articles that distill critical concepts from the doctrinal publication into shorter,more digestible pieces.ATP 7-100.1 Russian Tactics is the U.S.Army doctrinal presen
2、tation of how Russian ground force doctrine indicates Russian ground forces will approach conflict.This article will examine how Russian doctrine describes the defense and will explore the doctrinal application of the positional defense.The material is drawn from Chapter 6:Defense and Appendix B:Gro
3、und Forces Maneuver of ATP 7-100.1.1The Russian Ground Forces are not the ground force of World War II or the Cold War,which involved massive armies and millions of soldiers in a linear,cohesive,side-by-side defense.Indeed,contemporary Russian military writers suggest that the future conventional ba
4、ttlefield under nuclear-threatened conditions and precision weapons will be fragmented.The Russian Ground Forces will fight with open flanks protected by fires,counterattacks,strong points,difficult terrain,and obstacles.Battles in the security zone combined with maneuver defense will be common lead
