mechanized warfare
Armored military operations
Mechanized warfare is combat conducted with motor vehicles—tanks, armored personnel carriers, and motorized infantry—rather than troops on foot or horseback.
The term emerged in the early twentieth century as armies replaced cavalry with machines.
The blitzkrieg demonstrated the devastating speed of mechanized warfare.
- blitzkriegFast, overwhelming military campaign
- tankLarge storage vessel
- battle tankArmed, armored military vehicle
- combined armsCoordinated use of military branches
- fire and maneuverCoordinated assault tactic
rolling thunder · Yom Kippur War · tank commander · Six-Day War · World War II · internal combustion engine · armored divisions · shock tactics · iron fist · armored personnel carrier · caterpillar tracks · front line · combat engineer · Operation Desert Storm · ground forces · turret · munitions · panzer
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- military doctrinecombined arms, deterrence, total war, blitzkrieg, defense in depth
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
mechanized warfarehand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
cavalry warfare · foot soldiers · guerrilla warfare · ancient warfare · melee combat
mechanized warfareguerrilla warfare
Irregular combat using ambushes
asymmetric warfare · insurgency · irregular warfare · partisan warfare · unconventional warfare
mechanized warfarediplomacy
Negotiation between nations
peace · negotiation · peaceful resolution · disarmament · pacifism