Lack of tactical thinking behind Chechen movement
1. In urban warfare, situational awareness is poor. The US Army video below on exterior movement techniques has the required thinking process to avoid dying — the use of smoke & rapid movement buy time for a fellow solider to get to safety.
2. In an earlier post in this thread, I shared that in the Battle of Marawi, the Philippines Army, fired single shots at every relevant window, every 10 secs to suppress the enemy — when crossing a danger area. If the Pinoys are suppressing 5 specific windows, their ammo consumption rate is about 30 rounds per minute (for the 5 soldiers) or 150 rounds in 5 minutes. It is NOT spray and pray. If you spray and pray, 5 soldiers will easily use 150 rounds per minute (or 750 rounds in 5 minutes).
3. There are specific tactics for retrieving objects like enemy weapons at danger areas. I use 5 mins in my example, as it is the minimum amount of time to move to and search a dead body to retrieve intelligence and secure enemy weapons. Shooting 750 rounds wildly in 5 minutes is not suppression.
5. In the prior video shared by you, we will not know if the Chechens are aiming at a target or at multiple targets — suppression usually means a team of 3 to 5 nearly hitting every enemy shooter location — they are not John Wick. Also you are perpetuating a suppressive fire myth that equates volume with suppression. Poorly directed fire that fails to convince an adversary he could be hit is ineffective. Increasing rate or volume of fire doesn’t change that.
6. At a danger area, soldiers in the section being fired upon, often will not know where the enemy is hidden, when they are shot at. Cross the street and take cover — I don’t understand the desire to stand in the middle of a street — it makes the Chechen a target; and he was shot. Weird reaction to fire. They are standing around except for the one who got hit.
7. I really don’t want to comment more on the Chechens, as it bores me. There is no tactical thinking behind their movements.
1. In urban warfare, situational awareness is poor. The US Army video below on exterior movement techniques has the required thinking process to avoid dying — the use of smoke & rapid movement buy time for a fellow solider to get to safety.
2. In an earlier post in this thread, I shared that in the Battle of Marawi, the Philippines Army, fired single shots at every relevant window, every 10 secs to suppress the enemy — when crossing a danger area. If the Pinoys are suppressing 5 specific windows, their ammo consumption rate is about 30 rounds per minute (for the 5 soldiers) or 150 rounds in 5 minutes. It is NOT spray and pray. If you spray and pray, 5 soldiers will easily use 150 rounds per minute (or 750 rounds in 5 minutes).
3. There are specific tactics for retrieving objects like enemy weapons at danger areas. I use 5 mins in my example, as it is the minimum amount of time to move to and search a dead body to retrieve intelligence and secure enemy weapons. Shooting 750 rounds wildly in 5 minutes is not suppression.
4. @T.C.P, let me apologise for being direct.T.C.P said:Chechen soldier getting shot... The guy ran into the open to collect a rifle, before his squad started providing enough suppressive fire. I expect @OPSSG is going to have a quite a few things to say about their tactics and fire discipline.
5. In the prior video shared by you, we will not know if the Chechens are aiming at a target or at multiple targets — suppression usually means a team of 3 to 5 nearly hitting every enemy shooter location — they are not John Wick. Also you are perpetuating a suppressive fire myth that equates volume with suppression. Poorly directed fire that fails to convince an adversary he could be hit is ineffective. Increasing rate or volume of fire doesn’t change that.
6. At a danger area, soldiers in the section being fired upon, often will not know where the enemy is hidden, when they are shot at. Cross the street and take cover — I don’t understand the desire to stand in the middle of a street — it makes the Chechen a target; and he was shot. Weird reaction to fire. They are standing around except for the one who got hit.
7. I really don’t want to comment more on the Chechens, as it bores me. There is no tactical thinking behind their movements.
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