WEB EXCLUSIVE: Army Determined to Boost Lethality for Soldiers Engaging in Firefights
11/5/2020
By Stew Magnuson
While the Army continues to pursue transformative modernization initiatives for the high-end fight with robotic combat vehicles, new helicopters and long-range precision fires, it hasn’t forgotten about small units such as platoons who may find themselves on foot and engaged in firefights.
“We've got to be there first with developing the required capabilities, technologies, materiel to ensure that we remain dominant in close combat,†Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, commanding general of the Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, said Nov. 5.
The Army is watching what is happening during the current conflict in Armenia and Azerbaijan, he said during a talk at the virtual Joint Armaments, Robotics and Munitions conference sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.
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