- Land warfare
Land warfare, sometimes also called ground combat, is the term used to describe military operations eventuating in
combat that take place predominantly on the land surface of the planet. Land warfare is categorised by the use of large numbers of combat personnel employing a diverse set of combat skills, methods and a wide variety of weapon systems and equipment, conducted in diverseterrain s andweather environments. Land warfare, by the virtue of being conducted in defence of urban and rural population areas, dominates the study of war, and is a focus for mostnational defence policy planning and financial considerations. Land warfare in history has undergone several distinct transitions in conduct from large concentration of largely untrained and irregularly armed populace used infrontal assault s to current employment ofcombined arms concepts with highly trained regular troops using a wide variety of organisational, weapon and information systems, and employing a variety of strategic, operational andtactical doctrine s. Although the land combat in the past was conducted by theCombat Arms of thearmed forces , since theSecond World War it has largely involved three distinct types of combat units:Infantry , Armour andArtillery . These arms, since theAge of Sail , have usedamphibious warfare concepts and methods to project power from thesea s andocean s, and since the wide introduction ofmilitary transport aircraft andhelicopter s have usedairborne forces and vertical envelopment to the variety of doctrines used to prosecute warfare on land.Land forces
Land forces include
personnel ,weapons platform s,vehicles , and support elements operating on land to accomplish assigned missions and tasks. [ [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/l/02966.html Department of Defense - Definition of "Land Forces"] ]Infantry
Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with
small arms in organizedmilitary unit s, though they may be transported to the battlefield byhorse s,ship s,automobile s,ski s, or other means.Armour
Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a militaryvehicle , equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mountedweapon s. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in ruggedterrain .Examples of armoured vehicles (a common type of AFV) include:
Tanks andArmoured personnel carrier s (APC's).Artillery
Historically, artillery (from French artillerie) refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. The term also describes ground-based troops with the primary function of manning such weapons. Sometimes known as "The King of Battle" or "the GOD of war" as called by Stalin. The word is derived from the Old French verb attilier, meaning "to equip". This term includes coastal artillery which traditionally defended coastal areas against seaborne attack and controlled the passage of ships using their ability to deny access through the threat of coastal fire. It also includes land-based field artillery. With the advent of powered flight at the start of the 20th Century, artillery also included ground-based anti-aircraft batteries.
Combined arms
Combined arms is an approach towar fare which seeks to integrate different arms of amilitary to achieve mutually complementary effects, such as,self-propelled artillery ,mechanized infantry and so forth.References
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