From: believer@telepath.com
Subject: IP: WEBSITE: Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:39:27 -0500
To: believer@telepath.com
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:44:43 -0700
From: "A.C."
Subject: WEBSITE: Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)
BELOW IS A SITE WORTH VISITING AND DESERVING OF CAREFUL STUDY, as the US
military has made it clear in its numerous documents, that a considerable
segment of the US population is suspect, and a sizable number are of the
"warrior classes," hence must be contained. Machiavelli, a shrewd military
strategist, understood well the strategies for keeping the balance of power
and, thus, advised the princes of Renaissance Italy, which at that time
were a collection of powerful city-states, always at war with each other.
Machiavelli's strategies AND PHILOSOPHIES, have been, still are, the
subject of SERIOUS study by US military strategists.
"He [the prince or any ruler] must, therefore, never raise his thought from
this exercise of war, and in peacetime, he must train himself more than in
time of war; this can be done in two ways: one by action, the other by the
mind. And as far as actions are concerned, besides keeping his soldiers
well disciplined and trained, he must always be out hunting, and must
accustom his body to hardships in this manner; and HE MUST ALSO LEARN THE
NATURE OF THE TERRAIN, AND KNOW HOW MOUNTAINS SLOPE, HOW VALLEYS OPEN, HOW
PLAINS LIE, AND UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF RIVERS AND SWAMPS; [emphasis ac]
and he should devote much attention to such activities. ... and a Prince
who lacks this ability lacks the most important quality in a leader;
because this skill teaches you to find the enemy, choose a campsite, lead
troops, organize them for battle, and besiege towns to your own advantage."
.... Therefore, a prince must not worry about the reproach of cruelty when
it is a matter of keeping his subjects united and loyal; ......." The
Prince, by Machiavelli.
http://earthops.org/sovereign/urban_warfare/
Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)
FM 90-10
Headquarters Department of Army
Washington, DC, 15 August 1979
FM 90-10
Military Operations
on Urbanized
Terrain (MOUT)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1... INTRODUCTION
Urbanization
Characteristics of Urban Warfare
CHAPTER 2... OFFENSE
How the Enemy Defends
Planning the Attack
The Offensive Battle
Corps
Division
Brigade
Battalion Task Force
CHAPTER 3... DEFENSE
How the Enemy Attacks
Planning the Defense
The Defensive Battle
Corps
Division
Brigade
Battalion Task Force
CHAPTER 4... COMBAT SUPPORT
Field Artillery
Engineer
Army Aviation
Tactical Air
Air Defense
Military Police
Chemical
Communications
CHAPTER 5... COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT
Support Organization
Logistical Functions
Noncombatants
Civil Affairs Operations
Refugee Control
APPENDIX A... Urban Terrain Analysis
APPENDIX B... Weapons Effects And Employment
APPENDIX C... How To Select And Prepare Defensive Positions In Built-Up Areas
APPENDIX D... Employment Of Obstacles And Mines In Built-Up Areas
APPENDIX E... Demolitlons
APPENDIX F... Armored Forces In Built-Up Area
APPENDIX G... How To Attack And Clear Building
APPENDIX H... References And International Agreements
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