The U.S. Army Wants Overwhelming Fire-power

Military.com: US Army Wants More Firepower across Formations, General Says

A U.S. Army technology czar wants to arm the service's combat formations, from squads to brigade combat teams, with firefight-ending weapons.

"We are undertaking broad range of efforts to improve the lethality of our force," Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of Army Capabilities Integration Center and deputy commanding general of Futures at Training and Doctrine Command, told an audience at the 2015 Maneuver Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia.

During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army emphasized armor protection over lethality and mobility, McMaster said.

"And so what we are trying to do now is ensure that every formation in our Army has the appropriate combination of mobility, protection and lethality to overmatch the enemy," he said. "We don't want 14-hour firefights. We want four-second firefights."

WNU Editor: You got to like this line ....

.... "We don't want 14-hour firefights. We want four-second firefights."

There is also a lot of truth that armies in the past that were more mobile and had greater fire-power were the armies that won battles. Gen. McMaster appears to be on the right track .... I hope that his ideas become adopted.