Concentrated firing in many‐versus‐many duels

A. Zinger

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1980, vol. 27, issue 4, 681-695

Abstract: A simple stochastic‐duel model, based on alternate firing, is proposed. This model is shown to be asymptotically equivalent, for small hit probabilities, to other known models, such as simple and square duels. Alternate firing introduces an interaction between opponents and allows one to consider multiple duels. Conditions under which concentrated firing is better or worse than parallel firing are found by calculation and sometimes by simulation. The only parameters considered are the combat group sizes (all units within a group are assumed identical), the hit probabilities and the number of hits necessary to destroy an opposing unit.

Date: 1980
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