A scenario recalled from an unnamed book pairs two vehicles carrying people with four uncrewed vehicles used for direct fire. The human crews and dismounts remain farther back while the uncrewed machines enter the most dangerous part of the fight. After one is destroyed, its remaining weapons are detonated to prevent capture; the surviving machines then help cover the withdrawal. The practical attraction is the short distance between the human controllers and their uncrewed partners. Links over a few miles, including close-range laser links, place different demands on communications than controlling the same force through satellites. This is an illustrative scenario, not an account of an actual engagement.
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A cavalry scenario with nearby crewed and uncrewed vehicles
An imagined cavalry engagement shows how uncrewed vehicles could take direct-fire risks while their human controllers remain nearby.