Abstract. This study presents two practical approaches to assisting military staff
plan for effects on the battlefield. First, a calculator tool
for the effects of known indirect-fire weapons systems upon targets
is provided. The method in which effects are calculated is
based on Australian and United States military doctrine. Using this
tool, staff are able to evaluate the effects produced upon
targets without consulting tables of ammunition effects or performing complicated
calculations. Second, a practical solution to the problem of allocating
these indirect-fire weapons systems to targets in order to produce
desired effects is discussed. In solving this problem, it is
not assumed that targets are necessarily detected, identified or recognized.
A sequence of Monte Carlo simulations is conducted to predict
the nature of the effects produced. No judgement is made
on the relative merits of the effects produced in any
of the possible allocations. Hence, the Weapons Effects Prediction software
assists, but des not replace, military staff in planning for
effects on the battlefield.
Related topics:
, training and analysis
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