viability of strong point based defense in desert??

[qkhattak]

desert operations are usually armor dominated and fast; is it viable to have strong point based defense??

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Originally Posted by qkhattak

desert operations are usually armor dominated and fast; is it viable to have strong point based defense??

context?

why wait for an enemy to come to you unless you're defending a static point or you have managed ti secure an advantage by sacrificing mobility etc.....???

[W82DIE]

Setting a trap in a desert with specially trained commandos could be an option. But I don't see why you should retreat all the way back to a desert in general.


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[My2Cents]

Originally Posted by qkhattak

desert operations are usually armor dominated and fast; is it viable to have strong point based defense??

Not really.

Typically you would be limited to using non-mechanized infantry in dispersed dug in positions with mutually covering fire positioned to protect minefields in an attempt to channelize the enemy attack, but with terrain that open you will be spread very thin and they can punch a hole just about anywhere they want without much trouble, as was demonstrated in Kuwait during Desert Storm.

You might want to read the The Fortress, a modern day possibility? thread for a previous discussion along these lines.

[south]

It worked in Tobruk...

[My2Cents]

Originally Posted by south

It worked in Tobruk...

The defense of Tobruk did not take place in the desert, but in the escarpment area south of Tolbruk that separates the Libyan coast from the inner desert area. This is complex terrain well suited to defense, not the open desert.