Talk:AirLand Battle
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Thomas Schelling has nothing to do with choke points. I'll remove that.
Wynnes—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.188.108.48 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 19 June 2006.
I could very well be wrong, but I believe the core statement "The point of AirLand doctrine is to stop second-echelon forces from reinforcing the enemy" is wrong. I believe that that is actually a description of a different doctrine known as "Follow-On Force Attack". AirLand Battle as a doctrine is primarily concerned with forces in the forward battle area (i.e. first echelon forces). My source for this information is "Military Strategy in Transiion: Defense and Deterrence in the 1980s", pp 5-6.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bmacmahon (talk • contribs) 00:42, 10 August 2006.
Tmdblya
Seems the example given from the Gulf War is a poor one. The destruction of units int he front and back of the column to halt its advance while subsequent attacks wiped out the rest of the formation has little to do with the larger AirLand battle doctrine. This might more compared to Finnish "motti" tactics used in the Winter War of 1939-40. Recommend removal.
As for the disagreement with the emphasis in the article re: first/second eschelon attacks, I think the additional references I've added would back-up the current article's description.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tmdblya (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 September 2006.
