How to position armored soldiers in the future

How to position armored soldiers in the future

● "King of Land Warfare" has had the brilliance of the siege, and also the utter silence of the "uselessness of tanks". Faced with a major change in the world that has not been seen in a century, faced with a variety of security threats, and faced with the strategic requirements of the Army ’s transformation, under the strong promotion of intelligent technology, armored soldiers will not become outdated, and will become a new type of armored soldiers.

Throughout the history of war in the world in the past 100 years, armored soldiers have won advantages of mobility, firepower, protection, information, and intelligence, integrating high-tech weapon technology, and equipped with the advantages of flexibility and modification. The reputation of "king of land". In the historical perspective, the armored soldiers have not only had the glory that the siege has been all the way, but also the sadness brought by the "uselessness of tanks". Today, when the form of intelligent warfare is coming out, and the expansion of the battlefield into polar, deep sea, space, electromagnetic, network, cognitive and other multi-domain spaces is today, where does the armored soldiers go and where will it be tomorrow? It is necessary for us to set aside the layers of fog and profoundly understand and dialectically view the era of armored soldiers.

Seek strategic position. First, play a strategic deterrent role in ensuring national security. The result of losing borders is often territorial division and even the loss of sovereignty, which is an unbearable weight for any country. Armored forces shoulder important missions in resolving territorial disputes, resisting aggression, stabilizing borders and controlling borders, and defending the territory and defending the territory. They will always be an organic part of a country ’s strategic deterrent force and provide important strategic support for safeguarding national security interests. The second is to play the role of "formal soldier" in the forces of land warfare. He Liangchen said in "Zhenji Qizheng Falseness and Reality": "If there is righteousness, there is no strangeness, although the whole is not strong, and there is no victory; if there is strangeness, there is no sharpness, and it is difficult to control Yuya." This came out. The current dialectical relationship between the new operational forces such as "Xinhuote" and traditional combat forces such as armored forces. The armored soldiers played the role of "strange soldiers" in World War I, and played an important role in the status of "formal soldiers" in World War II and later, especially in the ground war stage of the Iraq war. The powerful "left hook" has put Iraqi defense in jeopardy. Entering the era of intelligence, traditional armored soldiers must highlight the construction of quality and efficiency based on the integration of intelligent elements to increase the contribution rate to the combat system. The third is to play a key role in overseas peacekeeping. Under the framework of the United Nations, armored forces can implement mandatory security zones, humanitarian relief, combat terrorist forces, maintain important overseas channels, strategic fulcrums, guarantee the safety of bases and personnel, and participate in tasks such as rapid power delivery, frontier deployment, strategic attack, Various military operations such as counter-terrorism and stability maintenance.

Judge the battlefield battle position. One is the land attack force of the joint combat system. As the degree of integration of joint operations becomes higher and higher, in a variety of combat styles, armored soldiers can be integrated into joint operations throughout the entire process, in the operations of delivery and maneuvering, reconnaissance and guidance, assessment and strike, impact and breakthrough, support and support, etc. Zhong can play a unique role, especially its ability to withstand the rigorous test of fast-paced, long-distance maneuver, and unexpectedly carry out assaults before the enemy organizes a new defense, thus showing its strength in expanding the results and chasing and escaping the enemy. Battlefield survivability, adaptability and combat effectiveness. The second is the superior operational force under the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical. Nuclear weapons appeared in the late World War II, and at one time caused the development of conventional weapons and combat theory to be slow or even stagnant. Armored equipment has three defense devices and a confined space. It can carry out mobile operations in the contaminated area under the threat of nuclear, biological and chemical threats. It has more obvious advantages than other arms. This is one of the important reasons why armored troops are favored after being questioned. The third is the decisive ultimate force to win on the battlefield. The final decision on the outcome of the war is ultimately controlled by the occupation of land forces. Armored forces are the decisive factor for winning the "last mile" on the battlefield, and the contribution rate to the combat system is often reflected in the form of the ultimate strength of the battlefield. Compared with other arms and services, armored soldiers have shown irreplaceable advantages in occupying and controlling the battlefield, consolidating the results of other arms and services, and transforming the results into strategic and political victories.

Accurately locate the construction. One is to represent the development direction of unmanned intelligent equipment. Taking mechanization as the basis, information as the core, and intelligence as the direction are the basic trends in the development of weapons and equipment worldwide. The strong mechanized advantages of armored equipment have made it a rapid development as a basic platform for information construction, and because of the technological achievements such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, and smart chips, it is easier to graft on highly informationized armored equipment, making Armored equipment has become the best platform for the development of mechanized information and intelligent integration. The US military "Gladiator" ground tactical unmanned platform used in actual combat, the Russian "platform-M" tracked combat robot and the "Argo" wheeled combat robot, both in terms of equipment appearance, combat functions, and application concepts represent armor The future direction of equipment development. The second is to lead the development direction of the new army modernization. Just as the development of aircraft carriers is for the construction of the navy and the development of large aircraft is for the construction of the air force, the development of armored forces also plays an important role in the modernization of the new army. "There is no armored force without technology." Once upon a time, tank superiority technology was transplanted to various other platforms, and new weaponry such as infantry combat vehicles, armored transport vehicles, and self-propelled artillery were born, which gave birth to amphibious and airborne armored vehicle families, and promoted the development of naval and air force related combat forces. Enriched the synthetic connotation of armored soldiers. Entering the era of intelligence, armored soldiers will continue to play a pioneering and incubating role in the army's modernization with the status of "mother". The third is to lead the development direction of emerging assault forces. Adapting to the requirements of informatized and intelligent operations, and following the winning mechanisms of intelligent dominance, human-machine collaboration, speed victory, and protection and energy conservation, armored soldiers will change the past combat power generation mode with platform and quantity functions superimposed, and move towards integrated combat systems and synthetic operations. Unit shape development. It can comprehensively manage and systematically integrate various offensive and defensive weapons inside and outside the vehicle, expand functions such as electronic countermeasures, fire suppression, inter-sight shooting, vertical launch, integrated air defense, and even plug in "steel wings" to use basic combat unit modules in future wars Forms and missions are combined into a ground combat "wolf pack" to achieve the transformation of land combat forms with super-strong multi-domain precision combat capabilities. Faced with a major change in the world that has not been seen in a century, faced with the threat of diversified security, and faced with the strategic requirements of the Army ’s transformation, the armored force will surely become an intelligent new armored force.

Wang Ronghui