Spring 2026 Edition

Table of Contents

Front Cover: The Spring 2026 cover of Armor Magazine.

• Chief of Armor's Hatch: ATP 3-20.96, Cavalry Squadron, is Changing the Fight
  By BG Chad C. Chalfont
• Data Overload: Observations on Data and Mission Command from JMRC
  By LTC Jordan Bradford, MAJ Edwin den Harder, and COL CJ Kirkpatrick
• Winning the First Fight: Modernizing Armor and Cavalry Doctrine
  By MCOE Directorate of Collective Training and Doctrine (DCTD)
• What Would You Do?
  By Armor Journal
• Data-Enabled Assessments: What Factors Correlate with Gunnery Excellence in ABCTs?
  By LTC Brain Bifulco
• Learning the Wrong Lessons: The Influence of Tanks in the Spanish Civil War on the U.S. Army
  By Maj Michael Hanson, USMC
• Creative Maintenance Solutions in a Fiscally Constrained Environment
  By MAJ Jordan L. Woodburn, 1LT Trevor N. Stanley, and 1LT James A. Puls
• ‌From Contact to Overmatch: Redefining Armor Fundamentals Through Transformation in Contact
  By COL Bryan Bonnema, MAJ Aram Hatfield, and MAJ David Sturm
• Steel Meets Sustainment: Key Takeaways from the 12-Day War
  By CPT Ben Kusinski
• The Army’s New Maintenance Skills Test Program in the ABCT
  By CPT Gabriel Liranzo
• From Proficiency to Lethality: The Framework for Continuous Improvement in Armored Crews
  By SFC Chas D. Ward, SFC Kenneth L. Shelton
• Ukrainian Combat Employment of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
  By 1LT Jack Lynch
• A Rapidly Changing Operational Environment: Cavalry Scouts Need to be Painfully Light and Disportionately Lethal
  By SSG Matthew Watson