ROBUST ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL FACTORS FOR CANNON ARTILLERY LETHALITY AND SURVIVABILITY IN PEER CONFLICT

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dc.contributor.advisorLucas, Thomas W.
dc.contributor.authorKadrmas, Caleb M.
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research (OR)
dc.contributor.secondreaderAppleget, Jeffrey A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-27T01:37:30Z
dc.date.available2021-08-27T01:37:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractGuided by the Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030, the Marine Corps is currently undergoing aggressive organizational change to evolve into a more disruptive force within the context of great power competition. An increase of rocket artillery batteries from seven to 21 is planned to expand deterrence capability, and a divestment in cannon batteries from 21 to five parallels this focus. The retention of cannon artillery, although reduced, can be improved to offer tactical maneuver-based offensive and defensive firepower to Marines across the range of military operations. This thesis explores which equipment and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) are most critical for USMC cannon artillery lethality and survivability in a Russia counterbattery scenario. Furthermore, this study proposes potential artillery configurations that are resilient to uncontrollable variations of the Russian artillery force. Using agent-based simulation, efficient designs of experiments, and cluster computing, over 1.3 million artillery battles were simulated and analyzed. The findings include that the equipment currently fielded by USMC artillery battalions is largely in line with the most significant factors for lethality and survivability (caliber and range). However, significant changes to current TTPs, specifically increased segmentation and dispersion, are necessary for force protection and mission success.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.description.recognitionOutstanding Thesisen_US
dc.description.serviceCaptain, United States Marine Corpsen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode360, Operations Analysis
dc.identifier.thesisid35242
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/67751
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorartilleryen_US
dc.subject.authordesign of experimentsen_US
dc.subject.authorsimulationen_US
dc.subject.authornear-peeren_US
dc.subject.authorRussiaen_US
dc.subject.authoragent-baseden_US
dc.subject.authorwargamingen_US
dc.subject.authorwargameen_US
dc.subject.authorcannonen_US
dc.subject.authorrobusten_US
dc.subject.authoranalysisen_US
dc.subject.authorexperimenten_US
dc.subject.authorexperimentationen_US
dc.subject.authorclusteren_US
dc.subject.authorefficienten_US
dc.subject.authorcounterbatteryen_US
dc.subject.authorcounteren_US
dc.subject.authorbatteryen_US
dc.subject.authoremploymenten_US
dc.subject.authorlethalityen_US
dc.subject.authorsurvivabilityen_US
dc.subject.authorforceen_US
dc.subject.authordesignen_US
dc.subject.author2030en_US
dc.subject.authorplanningen_US
dc.subject.authorguidanceen_US
dc.subject.authortacticsen_US
dc.subject.authortechniquesen_US
dc.subject.authorand proceduresen_US
dc.subject.authorTTPsen_US
dc.titleROBUST ANALYSIS OF CRITICAL FACTORS FOR CANNON ARTILLERY LETHALITY AND SURVIVABILITY IN PEER CONFLICTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineOperations Researchen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Operations Researchen_US
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