Enlightenment from the Gulf War

Air power: the first practice of large-scale air precision strike. After this war attempt, there was a zero-casualty war in Kosovo, which was mainly based on air precision strikes.

Ground power: The battle of East 73 proved that the decisive battle of ground armored forces is still of strategic significance in the case of inferior air power. This campaign claims to be the largest ground armored confrontation after World War II, and it is also a cold war-style all-round Soviet-style equipment, Soviet-style equipment and organizational system against the quasi-information-based US military. It can be regarded as a high-quality confrontation against the idea of scale system at the tactical and operational level.

Strategically, the U.S. military's quality advantage is considered as a generation difference of 0.5, which has not been fully realized (somewhat similar to the German army in the early World War II, which basically realized the theoretical construction of mechanization in thought and training, but its military equipment is not fully mechanized); However, there are great differences between Soviet troops stationed in Iraq and Soviet troops during the Cold War, which are also essential differences: the war potential, including the mobilization of personnel, the replenishment of equipment, especially the rapid mobilization and manufacturing capabilities, led to the inability of Soviet troops to completely replicate the equipment and tactics produced under the strategic thinking of fighting large-scale mechanized wars and nuclear wars at that time in Iraq, especially after the war, Iraq did not recover to the pre-war equipment level for many years because of its imperfect defense industry. It proves that a sound national defense system is of great significance to the country's all-round confrontation, and the national defense strategic thinking should be consistent with its own national defense construction level and national characteristics.

Equipment: F 1 17 landed on the battlefield for the first time (concealed), and the main gun of the warship roared for the last time (an evaluation report claimed that from the comprehensive comparison of the firepower projection capability of the navy at that time, in the range of about 80 kilometers along the coastline, the main gun of the 406 mm warship was the equipment with the highest cost-effectiveness ratio in comprehensive evaluation. The comparison objects include Tomahawk cruise missiles, carrier-based aircraft (general aviation bombs and navigation bombs) and small-caliber naval guns. Low cost, fast response, acceptable accuracy, high power, high ammunition base, high firepower persistence, ammunition replenishment and reloading, and good maintainability. The disadvantage is that the range and accuracy are limited. The future research and development of naval electromagnetic guns, electrothermal guns, terminal-sensitive bombs and guided shells, as well as arsenals, are hard to say.

The second Gulf War (when old Sam was finally wiped out);

The army's useless theorists were humiliated again. Facts have proved that the specific forms and means of war as a means of confrontation between countries depend on the intention and purpose of war.

Precision guided weapons are very popular.

From the first Gulf War to the second Gulf War, the flight ban and embargo on Iraq not only weakened Iraq economically and militarily, but also psychologically divided the domestic forces and strata in Iraq and weakened Iraq's resistance will as a whole. Continue to support and establish the Iraqi proxy government, divide and weaken the hostile attitude of Iraq as a whole, and divide the war risks (casualties, expenses, etc.). )

For the first time in human history, war companies (defense companies or mercenary companies) appeared in public view for the first time in modern wars-distinguishing war risks (casualties, pensions, anti-war sentiment).

Logistics —— From the logistics mode of combat readiness reserve in the first Gulf War to the logistics mode of battlefield logistics management.

There is almost no difference between the logistics support model of the first Gulf War and the model of the second World War. Before the ground battle began, the US military spent several months transporting personnel, equipment and materials, and set up a storage warehouse in Kuwait. Store materials according to the estimated conservative high-intensity combat time. After the war, like World War II, a large number of surplus materials appeared, and the cost of transporting these materials back exceeded the value of the materials themselves (once shipped from the United States to Kuwait), so

Logistics management logistics mode is to decide the production, shipment, transportation (means of transport, vehicles, modes and routes) and distribution of materials according to the needs of the front line with considerable management and transportation means. The war reserve base is only used for short-term storage. In addition to the necessary emergency reserves, try to reduce "spare materials" and reduce excessive consumption. The disadvantage is that the requirements for logistics management, transportation capacity and supply means are higher (it seems that there was a sandstorm attack, and Iraqi armed forces attacked the supply line of the US military, resulting in a division lacking water for two days or several days? )。

The above is my personal opinion. Shortly after the second Gulf War, I won't go into details.

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