FIELDING OF LANCE BATTALION IN ADR

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Subject: FIELDING OF LANCE BATTALION IN ADR                              

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000044

Folder Title: FORCE STRUCTURE                                                                                 

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                EXTENDING FROM 30 M 70 KILOMETERS FORWARD OF THE FLOT. WITHIN THIS

                GAP ENEMY DIRECT SUPPORT LOGISTICS FACILITIES, SUCH AS AMMUNITION AND

                SUPPLY POINTS, COMMAND AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS, AND CHEMICAL HOLDING

                AREAS WILL BF LOCATED, AS WELL AS MARSHALLING AREAS FOR SECOND ECHELON

                FORCES. THESE RICH TARGETS WILL BE EASY MARKS FOR LANCE WHILE ALLOWING

                PRESERVATION OF SCARCt7 ATACKS ASSETS.



                                                                       R
                         REINFORCING THE LOGIC OF LANC;Z DEPLOYMENT IS T E ABUt4l)A CE OF

                LANCE MUNITIONS COMPARED TO THE SCARCITY OF ATACMS MUNITIONS.

                --URRENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY 26 ATACKS AVAILABLE IN THE AOR, WITH ANOTHER

                12 IN THE SUPPLY PIPELINE.



                   Ok DEPLOYMENT OF: LANCE IS NECESSARY TO FILL A CLEARLY IDENTIFIED
                NEED TO STRIKE SECOND ECHELON ENEMY FORCES AT THE POINT AT WHICH T14EY

                ArN MOST VULNERABLE.





                                                 DECLASSIJ:IE,9
                                                                  C'         HCPIIERI.
                                                           pp 08








                RONALD WALCZAK, CW2

                AFZA-FA-SC, 9-7675-213/20-,K
                @ IQ H@
                FRED N. HALLEY, BS,CASA, AFZA-FA-CS, 9-7675-206

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File Room = apr96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000044
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Subject = FIELDING OF LANCE BATTALION IN ADR
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