After Action Report

December 1961

We have compiled a series of experiences and conclusions from the El Fassel-61 that we feel would be useful in the future.

Airforce and Territorial Air Defence Forces

We found during the exercises involving the air force that there were many instances where Opfor managed to penetrate our airspace and simulated Close air support was very destructive to the initial attempts to complete the objective.

As such, a fix for this was to restructure the TADF into having a multi-tiered air defence system:

• Front level contains a medium-to-high-altitude area defence system
• army level contains a low-to-medium-range area defence system 
• Division level contains a low-altitude short-range system
• Regiment level contains an all-weather radar-guided gun system

This can make sure we have multiple failsafes that will reduce the chance for penetration into our operation zones

We also improved co-ordination between our fighters and CAS bombers during simulated runs, as well as improving our ratio in Dogfights from an average of 0.84 to 1.1 and lowering Hit percentage by 4 percentage points

ARGC

Our Guard corps learned a lot from the mountainous phase of the exercise, with the key lesson being infiltration and closing the information gap was key to reducing the enemy's terrain advantage. the PLA helped us a lot with this as well as the fact that many Algerian War veterans were a part of the Guard Corps.

The Algiers Force also improved their SIGINT and ELINT capabilities in the mountainous terrain phase, as well as HUMINT during the Touggourt phase. They were very ingenious with the materials provided, and even managed to deconstruct a Grad MLRS system for use in mountainous terrain, more research should be done in constructing a more Man portable system for the Algiers force to use

APNA

Co-ordination with the soviet armed forces has really paid off, as we have discovered gaps in our understandings that we otherwise would not have caught. Logistical networks have been improved and so has communication, even down to the Squad level.

it helps that the targets were in such an environment rather than on a range as we could see how accurate our soldiers were.

Joint branch co-ordination

Instating Commissars at an advisory level to ensure against enemy penetration and infiltration is needed, as well as more co-ordination on the offensive. APNA tank formations received extremely helpful information from the ARGC in one instance which turned what would have been a complete loss into a manageable battle.

Doctrinal development

The high command has compiled these findings into the following doctrine

there are 4 major criteria for ensuring a war is won decisively:

1. Supremacy of Air
2. Supremacy of movement
3. Support of the domestic population
4. Support of the population in occupied territories

If there is lacking in any one of these criteria, than a war will not be won decisively, if there is lacking in 2 of these there will not be an advantage

All efforts must be made to meet 3 criteria to ensure an effective deterrence against aggression