2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/113866An overview of Lanchester combat models, emphasising their pedagogical possibilities. After a description of the aimed-fire model and comments on the literature, we introduce briefly a range of further topics: a discrete equivalent, the unaimed-fire model, mixed forces, the meaning of a 'unit', support troops, Bracken's generalization and an asymmetric model.8 pages, to appear in 'Mathematics Today'History and Overviewtext