Fire and Maneuver: The 2nd Infantry Division’s Assault on Korea’s “Punchbowl”

Abstract

“Fire without movement is indecisive. Exposed movement without fire is disastrous. There must be effective fire combined with skillful movement.”1 In war there may not be authoritative rules to follow, but there are nuggets of wisdom, and the lead sentences of this chapter comprise one of them—commanders disregard the synergy between fire and combined-arms maneuver at their (and their Soldiers’) peril.