Scenario Design Links
This is in need of updating - many of the link will no longer work since most materials have been updated and reclassified FOUO. I think we will have to link to the downloads area wherever possible to allow people to find the old stuff. //
List of recommended Links by Ratseal
This is version 1.0, updated on January 31, 2004, of useful links to doctrinal publications and field manuals which serve references for SB scenario building. Check my comments in italics IOT avoid dead links. (gl) = (good link)
GEN Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library
Many of the following links came from there. They are mostly online Field Manuals
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Tank and Mech. Infantry Battalion Task Force FM 3-90.2 (2003) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-90-2/index.html
US Manual for Mechanized Platoon Operations FM 3-21.71 (ca 2002) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-71/toc.htm
US Manual for Urban Operations FM 3-06 (ca 2003) (gl)
http://globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-06/index.html
US Manual for Combined Arms Operations In Urban Terrain FM 3-06.11 (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-06-11/index.html
Tactical employment of Antiarmor Platoons and Companies FM 3-21.91 (2002) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-91/index.html
Bradley Gunnery FM 3-22.1 (2003) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-22-1/fm3-22-1.pdf
Tactics and Techniques for Combined Arms Heavy Forces: Armored Brigade, Battalion and Company Teams FM 71-123 (includes discussion of enemy forces of equivalent size) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/71-123/index.html
The Stryker Brigade Combat Team FM 3-21.31 (2003) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-21-31/index.html
US Manual for Light Armor Operations FM 3-17.18 (ca1994) (gl)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/17-18/index.html
US Field Artillery Magazine Online:
http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/ Click on the link – Go To War. Examples Follow:
Employment of FIST-V (ca 1992) http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1992/OCT_1992/OCT_1992_PAGES_50_53.pdf
Overview of North Korean Field Artillery
http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1990/APR_1990/APR_1990_PAGES_51_53.pdf
Effectiveness of HE on AFVs and Tanks (great pictures)
Go to: http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/ and select previous editions, Nov/Dec 2002. Click on HE article in table of contents of this issue. You can browse around for other articles on arty from the left hand frame, too.
Other Online, US Centric Resources:
US Army Publishing Directorate (haven’t explored this one all the way yet, but try searching ‘’publications’ in the left hand side frame) http://www.usapa.army.mil
Parameters: The US Army War College Quarterly (mostly geopolitical, good, but useful only for DEEP background on sce’s) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/
Article on Future Employment of Armor, Especially in Cities
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/97autumn/peters.htm
Military Acronym Finder here, plus links to a BUNCH of other reference sites
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/Links.htm
Armor Magazine
http://www.knox.army.mil/armormag/
Tactical Decision Exercise Links, With Solutions (great basis for SP and CP sces!)
http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/vignettes.htm
Article on the Use of Heavy Armor In Restrictive Terrain
https://www.knox.army.mil/armormag/currentissues/2003/jf03/1sullivan03.pdf
The Four Tank Platoon (discussion on employment of a 4 tk plt)
http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/mj02/3FourTank02.pdf
The M2A3 Bradley CFV in Bosnia
http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/so96/5bosnia96.pdf
Fricking Great Article on Fighting Your Tank!!!
http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/so00/5tanksergeant00.pdf
If the Armor Magazine link isn’t working, try here:
http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/
then browse back issues and the index from the left frame
Partial Collection of US Manuals – checked links and some are broken
http://www.manuals.simonides.org/us-fm/fm017.html
Military Doctrine Index Link Page hosted by The Air War College: Joint Military and Space doctrine (really diverse and usefull index. Can probably find almost anything there if you are patient enough- good page load times)
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-doct.html
Army Doctrine Online: (another index page like the above, but focused on Army only) occaissionally behaves broken and or says under repair)
http://doctrine.army.mil/links.htm
US Army Company Command Site (focused on company level concerns in warfighting, icl tqactics, lessons learned, MOUT, OEF/OIF etc.)
http://companycommand.army.mil/
In particular, check out the Convoy Lessons Learned on things like veh spacing and locating specific vehicles within a convoy.