Mobility, shock, and firepower: The Emergence of the U.S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945

by Robert S. Cameron

The following pages provide a narrative analysis of the U.S. Army's development of armored organizations and their related doctrine, materiel, and training activities in the period 1917--1945. The development of new armor doctrines and organizations to exploit emerging technologies, concepts, and missions is the heart of this work. How that transition was accomplished during the brief space of about twenty years--the accepted duration of a single generation--is a story worthy of careful examination as our Army gropes with managing similar transformations today.

Mobility, Shock, and Firepower

by Robert S. Cameron

2008 · Government Printing Office

Captures the multifaceted development of the Armored Force from its inauspicious beginnings in World War 1 to its fully mature, operational status at the close of World War 2. Provides an excellent case study in force transformation. Gives attention to training maneuvers conducted in the interwar period. Source material includes reports, memorandums, and correspondence of the majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels associated with armored development since World War I.