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Re: SNOWWRESTLER.  tell me about Palau <NT> rroberts New
Re: This should get the cavers' attention Stifler New
Re: Unflattering info about Col. Chesty Puller in there too. Stifler New
Re: Yes.  Puller was very good at the battalion level, but not at the division level... rroberts New
Re: "Goodbye Darkness" is good too.  by Manchester.  However, Puller's personal courage was unquestioned... rroberts New
Re: It's a pity that his skill at small scale warfare seems to have disappeared from the normal training of modern troops. Wilko New
Re: The Corps still emphasises small unit tactics, but there are only 3 divisions. <NT> rroberts New
Re: That's what they might say, but in reality there isn't much emphasis on small unit tactics. Wilko New
Re: No.  You are incorrect.  The Corps basic unit is the fireteam.  4 or 5 guys.  That's the building brick... rroberts New
Re: And they were getting very heavy casualties in Falluja, simply because they failed to use those fireteams effectively. Wilko New
Re: Bullshit!  it's an urban environment.  how the hell are you going to avoid moving through areas with rooftops... rroberts New
Re: You can call bullshit all you want, that doesn't make you right. Exactly because there are rooftops... Wilko New
Re: OK.  Lots of buildings.  do you leap from roof top to roof top?  helio assault?... rroberts New
Re: The problem is that they are not going through each house.  And there again, if they did... rroberts New
Re: Rick, cut that out! Wilko New
Re: ain't buying it... rroberts New
Date: Jul 25 2008, 17:34 GMT
From: Wilko

	I can't find it in Google, and I have no recollection of there ever being a Dresdin doctrine, tactic or battle during any of the wars in this past century. As for being shot at from other roofs, you act as though the insurgents are so numerically superior that they were everywhere ate the same time. They weren't, which is why they usually didn't get into full scale battles, but practised guerilla style warfare instead. If it was a fight against a conventional enemy, *every* building could be turned into a fortress. The fact is that they didn't do that. Also, you keep thinking along the same fire power heavy doctrine, which hasn't worked in most non conventional conflicts, like for example the Russians against the Czechen rebels in Grozny (they were beaten twice by the rebels!). Funny how a similar approach that failed to work for the Russians in Afghanistan is now being used by NATO.

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Dresden, Germany, was firebombed by the Allies in World War II resulting in large numbers of civilian casualties Gordo New

Yeah, I thought that he might have meant that, but there was no battle, no tactics, just bombing of civilians. Wilko New

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