25 June 2026

The Armored Strike Brigade: How to Think, Fight, and Organize for Modern Warfare

Small Wars Journal  |  Ethan Diven, Nathan Jennings

The U.S. Army requires a new Armored Strike Brigade (ASB) concept to address a widening gap in landpower capabilities against rapidly modernizing adversaries, particularly in environments characterized by ubiquitous sensing, long-range fires, and fortified defenses. This revolutionary, UAS-centered, high-tempo, combined-arms formation is optimized to fight through adversary recon-strike networks and enable division and corps maneuver.

The ASB integrates AI-driven mission command and robotic enhancement, employing armored mobility, unmanned systems, long-range fires, and cross-domain effects to prevail in large-scale combat. It is designed to conduct continuous counter-reconnaissance, using unmanned and robotic systems as primary means for initial contact and battlefield shaping. The ASB includes an organic mobile rocket battalion and tailored sustainment squadron, providing deployable, survivable, and lethal options for joint force commanders to seize and hold terrain.

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