Pre-History:
After World War One, Russia continued to experience turmoil up till 1936. Despite this, Veterans from World War I began work on a new military doctrine. Disgusted with the acrostics and horror of artillery, trench warfare, and tanks, they looked to something new to help make war effective, yet would not repeat the type of warfare from 1918.
If the eventuality of a second large scale war was to happen, it would be mobile, and the ever evolving inventions of the tank and air plane would cause these vehicals of war to become more abundant in war. Germany already was building a new army and was becoming increasingly belligerent with each passing day.
The doctrine research team wanted a new source of power, as effective as simple artillery to back up the Russia Army. They needed a weapon that could do the job of a plane, tank, and artillery. Since this war would be mobile they needed something that could move aswell. While maintaining the human wave doctrine, a Military project was developed Code named “Red Glare”.
"Red Glare" was a simple military project, more of a general research order. From its infancy Red Glare was devoted to research of all aspects of rocket technology and to establish how it could be used best to replace Artillery, Tanks, and Aircraft. As “Red Glare” progressed it found that ground forces, with enough research, could be supported by full rocket and mobile rocket brigades. In addition to comply with the order to avoid tanks, Red Glare developed a mobile task force based around a half-tank-half motorized infantry division: mechanized infantry.
Replacing propeller planes would require a lot more research into jet propulsion, so for the time being Red Glare suggested that air superiority be the fundamental responsibility of the Air Force. The biggest and most important discovery of the Red Glare “think tank” was the fact that rocket technology, once fully developed, could send ten times the payload of the strategic and tactical bombers from a relatively cheap missile.
“Red Glare” was just a think tank however, and it was not until 1936 that it’s research discoveries were put into a secret and pratical military doctrine to be known as the "Relentless Rocketry Doctrine".
It stated:
All divisions of the Soviet Army must be capable of using Rocket Technology Birgades.
All divisions of the Soviet Army must have a brigade of rocket artillery (SP or RART).
No Armored "Artillery" shall be used. No Tanks, No Artillery, No AT... Just Rockets.
The Army shall be used as the main spearhead for military victory, consisting of mobile forces and infantry operating under the "mass human wave" Land Doctrine to destroy and push back the enemy. Mechanized and Motorized Forces will combine to become the knuckles of the Soviet Iron fist. Infantry shall become the arm.
The Air force shall be used as a deterrent to enemy air activities and to protect ground and naval units. Primary bombardment responsiblities will be taken over by Rocket Technology, and the Air force will be very important in ensuring Air Domination.
The Navy Shall be used as a force to control sea lanes, directly or subversively, and to project power around the world. In addition The Navy will work with the Army to ensure Soviet Military power can be projected across oceans.
The Doctrine finally called for more research into the capabilities of faster, larger, and deadlier Rockets to be the focal point of Military research.
The idea was simple. Why fly a plane to drop bombs when you can launch a massive rocket at the enemy with similar results. Why use weapons of a war 20 years ago when the future was now!
The Doctrine was accepted by Russian High command on January 1, 1936.
The acceptance of the doctrine caused a lot of dissent, as the ideas seemed out of reach and unpractical at the time, but despite this fact, Russia will show the world what Rockets can do...
Stalin quoted on this day:
"The war of the future will be one of who has the biggest Rocket, and by Mother Russia we shall have the largest!"
Why else would you do a AAR based Solely around rocketry... for all the superb rocket vrs male-anotomy jokes that can go along with it! Please Share yours while I prepare the first couple updates!
After World War One, Russia continued to experience turmoil up till 1936. Despite this, Veterans from World War I began work on a new military doctrine. Disgusted with the acrostics and horror of artillery, trench warfare, and tanks, they looked to something new to help make war effective, yet would not repeat the type of warfare from 1918.
If the eventuality of a second large scale war was to happen, it would be mobile, and the ever evolving inventions of the tank and air plane would cause these vehicals of war to become more abundant in war. Germany already was building a new army and was becoming increasingly belligerent with each passing day.
The doctrine research team wanted a new source of power, as effective as simple artillery to back up the Russia Army. They needed a weapon that could do the job of a plane, tank, and artillery. Since this war would be mobile they needed something that could move aswell. While maintaining the human wave doctrine, a Military project was developed Code named “Red Glare”.
"Red Glare" was a simple military project, more of a general research order. From its infancy Red Glare was devoted to research of all aspects of rocket technology and to establish how it could be used best to replace Artillery, Tanks, and Aircraft. As “Red Glare” progressed it found that ground forces, with enough research, could be supported by full rocket and mobile rocket brigades. In addition to comply with the order to avoid tanks, Red Glare developed a mobile task force based around a half-tank-half motorized infantry division: mechanized infantry.
Replacing propeller planes would require a lot more research into jet propulsion, so for the time being Red Glare suggested that air superiority be the fundamental responsibility of the Air Force. The biggest and most important discovery of the Red Glare “think tank” was the fact that rocket technology, once fully developed, could send ten times the payload of the strategic and tactical bombers from a relatively cheap missile.
“Red Glare” was just a think tank however, and it was not until 1936 that it’s research discoveries were put into a secret and pratical military doctrine to be known as the "Relentless Rocketry Doctrine".
It stated:
All divisions of the Soviet Army must be capable of using Rocket Technology Birgades.
All divisions of the Soviet Army must have a brigade of rocket artillery (SP or RART).
No Armored "Artillery" shall be used. No Tanks, No Artillery, No AT... Just Rockets.
The Army shall be used as the main spearhead for military victory, consisting of mobile forces and infantry operating under the "mass human wave" Land Doctrine to destroy and push back the enemy. Mechanized and Motorized Forces will combine to become the knuckles of the Soviet Iron fist. Infantry shall become the arm.
The Air force shall be used as a deterrent to enemy air activities and to protect ground and naval units. Primary bombardment responsiblities will be taken over by Rocket Technology, and the Air force will be very important in ensuring Air Domination.
The Navy Shall be used as a force to control sea lanes, directly or subversively, and to project power around the world. In addition The Navy will work with the Army to ensure Soviet Military power can be projected across oceans.
The Doctrine finally called for more research into the capabilities of faster, larger, and deadlier Rockets to be the focal point of Military research.
The idea was simple. Why fly a plane to drop bombs when you can launch a massive rocket at the enemy with similar results. Why use weapons of a war 20 years ago when the future was now!
The Doctrine was accepted by Russian High command on January 1, 1936.
The acceptance of the doctrine caused a lot of dissent, as the ideas seemed out of reach and unpractical at the time, but despite this fact, Russia will show the world what Rockets can do...
Stalin quoted on this day:
"The war of the future will be one of who has the biggest Rocket, and by Mother Russia we shall have the largest!"
Why else would you do a AAR based Solely around rocketry... for all the superb rocket vrs male-anotomy jokes that can go along with it! Please Share yours while I prepare the first couple updates!
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