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| | THE LEGEND OF THE M113 GAVIN CONTINUES IN COMBAT: THE GREATEST ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLE OF ALL TIME, EVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | From rifles, mortars, semiautomatic and automatic weapons, and recoilless rifles at the company level to powerful rockets, missiles, and artillery in the support commands, more efficient instruments of war were fashioned to increase the firepower of the combat forces. |
 | | In the infantry and mechanized divisions, the reverse is true-armored elements are used primarily to support the advance of infantry elements.' [103] While this might vary within normal operations since brigades could be tailored to be infantry or armor-heavy, the title 'infantry' or 'armor' usually suggested the focus of the operations. |
 | | In terms of the mix of battalions, the proportion of light infantry battalions that move primarily on foot and by unarmored, unarmed trucks increases from 33% to 50%.[2] The number of battalions with light, medium, heavy tracked AFVs declines from 63% to 43%--a reduction of 32 percent. |
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