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US Army IBCTs need tactical mobility

4th April 2016 - 14:58 GMT | by Scott Gourley in California

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In order to meet the goals of the US Army’s combat vehicle modernization strategy some changes will be taking place.

This is in order to ensure that the forces are agile and lethal enough to take on modern expeditionary operations, deploying at long distances into a nearby area and then move into offensive operations rapidly to take their objectives, potentially without air superiority and facing a range of anti-access capabilities from a well-equipped enemy.

Lt Col Scott Coulson, Maneuver Chief at the US Army’s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) told the AUSA Global symposium that the Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs)

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