{"id":19874,"date":"2020-04-01T18:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/01\/top-marines-says-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-outmoded-on-future-battlefield\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:14:57","slug":"top-marines-says-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-outmoded-on-future-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2020\/04\/01\/top-marines-says-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-outmoded-on-future-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Marine says Light Armored Reconnaissance is outmoded on future battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top Marine told reporters Wednesday that current layout and organization of the Corps\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/03\/23\/the-corps-is-axing-all-of-its-tank-battalions-and-cutting-grunt-units\/\" target=\"_blank\">Light Armored Reconnaissance <\/a>units were better equipped to handle another conflict in the Middle East instead of rising near-peer rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments from the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger come as the Corps announced it was axing all of its tank battalions as part of an effort to modernized and redesign the force to contend with more sophisticated enemy forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/09\/11\/two-lav-replacement-prototypes-to-be-evaluated-by-the-marines-by-the-end-of-2020\/\" target=_blank>Light Armored Reconnaissance<\/a> today is built great for another Desert Shield, Desert Storm,\u201d Berger said Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t see that likelihood as being very great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps\u2019 light armored vehicle, or LAV, is decades old and the Corps has spent years slapping new upgrades and weapons to help boost survivability of the vehicle. The Corps is looking at potential prototypes to replace its LAV fleet, but that could be a decade away.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/03\/26\/the-marines-want-to-get-rid-of-their-tanks-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marine-tank.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Marines want to get rid of their tanks. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cWe have sufficient evidence to conclude that this capability [tanks], despite its long and honorable history in the wars of the past, is operationally unsuitable for our highest-priority challenges in the future,\u201d the report said about the divestment of Marine tanks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future of LAR rests within manned and unmanned teaming, the ability to do collections at sea and operate autonomously or semi-autonomously with a lighter footprint, Berger explained. The top Marine noted that reconnaissance and counter reconnaissance was vital to a fight against near-peer rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo question in my mind\u201d when going up against a capable adversary \u201cthat it pays to be spread out and dispersed,\u201d Berger told reporters Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we have to do now is transition to a lighter footprint, more expeditionary, more in support of a littoral environment,\u201d Berger said. Can that unit \u201ccollect forward of itself even if offshore into the water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Corps\u2019 effort to redesign the force over the next 10 years, the Marines are cutting tanks, reducing F-35 squadrons from 16 to 10 aircraft, cutting some rotary wing assets and cannon artillery, among others. The Corps says it plans to cut 12,000 personnel over the 10-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A series of wargames conducted between 2018 and 2019 helped inform the Corps\u2019 decision to divest of tanks and outmoded units and equipment that will have trouble surviving in fight with peer adversaries like China, according to a Marine Corps force redesign report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From those wargames the Corps learned that the unit that shoots first has a \u201cdecisive advantage\u201d on the battlefield and forces that can operate inside the range of enemy long-range precision fires \u201care more operationally relevant than forces which must rapidly maneuver to positions outside the \u201dweapons engagement zone, the report reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps\u2019 decision to divest of tanks, cut ground cannon artillery and light attack air platforms has stoked some criticism. Tanks historically have had success in high-end and urban warfare for decades boasting devastating firepower highly lethal to ground forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But tanks and armored vehicles have had trouble surviving against the threat of precision strike and the plethora of drone and reconnaissance systems flooding conflict zones across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMobility inside the WEZ [ weapons engagement zone] is a competitive advantage and an operational imperative,\u201d the Marine Corps report reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps instead is looking for mobile systems and units that can survive within the reach of precision fires to \u201cattrit adversary forces,&#8221; create dilemmas for the enemy and \u201cconsume adversary ISR resources,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLight Armored Reconnaissance today is built great for another 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