Paper Number:
149.240.
Paper Title:
Intermediate Tactics.
Credits Value:
15 credits.
Calendar Prescription:
The paper continues the study of military tactical concepts with an emphasis on combined arms operations at battalion level in offensive, defensive, enabling, stability and support operations.
Pre and co requisites:
Pre-requisite 149.140 Introduction to Tactics.
Semester:
Semester Two.
Campus:
Palmerston North.
Mode:
Extramural.
E-Learning Category:
N (no web access required).
Paper Coordinator and lecturer contact details Major Steve Challies
Centre for Defence Studies Phone: (06) 356 9099 Ext 4243 Email: [email protected]
Status of contact or block courses:
Strongly recommended.
The dates and locations of contact courses can be found at http://study.massey.ac.nz/contact_course.html
Learning Outcomes:
• To reinforce understanding of the principal doctrinal warfighting philosophies.
• To understand the role of the battalion group in joint and multinational operations.
• To understand the battlefield operating systems and their organisation and application at battalion level.
• To enable consideration of the employment of the combined arms battalion group in offensive, defensive, enabling, stability and support operations.
• To hone your opinion about tactical matters and methods according to your own understanding of the evidence.
• To facilitate the development of your analytical, written and verbal skills on matters of tactics.
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Major topics or paper structure:
The composition of the Battalion Group.
Battlefield operating systems.
Battalion Group tactical operations throughout the spectrum of operations.
Assessment Proportions:
Essay 1 20%
Essay 2 20%
Exam 60%
Description of assessment activities:
Essay 1 of 2000 – 2500 words Essay 2 of 2000 – 2500 words One 3 hour exam
Due dates / deadlines:
The due dates for assignments (and any other internal assessment components) will be advised at the start of the semester.
Final examination dates can be found at http://study.massey.ac.nz/search_paper.asp
Penalties for late assignment submission:
Essays received after the due dates will not be marked and counted towards student assessment unless an extension has been requested and granted.
Assignment turnaround:
21 days from due date (or receipt if an extension has been granted).
Any specific requirements for passing the paper:
Earn a 50% or greater average from across the three assessment activities. Each form of assessment is compulsory.
Principal Textbook:
Army Field Manual Part 2, Battlegroup Tactics (provided on loan).
Aims
To gain an understanding of the tactics employed by the battalion, the basic unit of tactical manoeuvre within a brigade.
Mechanisms for feedback and learning support:
Feedback on essays submitted, direct contact with lecturer, extramural contact course.
Assessment criteria:
Individual analytical and written abilities.
Recommended and additional readings:
Adkin M., Goose Green – A Battle if Fought to be Won, Orion, 1995.
Bishop, P., 3 Para Afghanistan Summer 2006., This is War, Harper Press, 2007.
Dennis, P., Grey J., Morris E. and Prior R., The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, Oxford University Press, 1995.
English, J.A., A Perspective on Infantry, Praeger, 1981.
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English, J.A. and Gudmundsson, B.I., On Infantry, Praeger, 1994.
Gurr Brig R.M., Voices from a Border War, RM Gurr, 1995
Hastings M. and Jenkins S., The Battle for the Falklands, Michael Joseph, 1983.
Holmes, R., Dusty Warriors, Harper Perennial, 2007.
Hooker, R.D. (ed.), Maneuver Warfare: An Anthology, Presidio, 1993.
Simpson T., Operation Mercury: The Battle for Crete, 1941, Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
Keegan, J. and Holmes R., Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle, Sphere, 1987.
Kippenberger H., Infantry Brigadier, Oxford University Press, 1949.
Leonhard, R., The Art of Maneuver: Maneuver Warfare Theory and the Air-Land Battle, Presidio, 1991.
Lind, W.S. & Wyly, M., Maneuver Warfare Handbook, Westview, 1985.
MacGregor D.A., Breaking the Phalanx. A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century, Praeger, 1997.
McDonough J.R., Defense of Hill 781, Presidio, 1992.
McMichael Maj S.R., A Historical Perspective on Light Infantry, Combant Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Research Survey No.6, 1987.
Nicol, M., Condor Blues: British Soldiers at War, Mainstream Publishing, 2008.
Neilson K. and McKercher B.J.C. (ed.) Go Spy the Land: Military Intelligence in History, Praeger, 1992.
Newman S., Vietnam Gunners, Moana, 1988.
O’Balance, E., No Victor, No Vanquished: Yom Kippur War 1973, Presidio, 1997.
Pugsley C., Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story, Sceptre, 1990.
Rommel E., Attacks, Athena, 1979.
Thompson, J., No Picnic: 3 Commando Brigade in South Atlantic 1982, Leo Cooper, 1992.
Vaux N., Take That Hill! Royal Marines in the Falkland War, Brassey’s, 1986.
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