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Stuart Lyle
@Stu_Lyle
Urban Operations Research Lead | 🇬🇧 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory @dstlmod | #urbanwarfare | #wargaming | Views are my own
Nov 8, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
@James1940; "“This #UrbanWarfare thing. I think it is so interesting”
I couldn't agree more! It's why I do what I do.

A fascinating episode of @WeHaveWaysPod discussing a 1943 Fighting In Built Up Areas (FIBUA) doctrine pamphlet & Arnhem.
🧵 on the key highlights for me.
1/12 12:40 - Comparison of Arnhem and Ortona (@JaysonGeroux 🍁😉)
The reverse of forces but the same outcome. Light airborne forces give a good account of themselves in defence, but ultimately defeated. Hints at urban not favouring the defence (more to come).
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Jan 15, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Excellent article and case study from @SpencerGuardand @JaysonGeroux

Perfectly outlines the counters to many of the misguided arguments and statements that I hear with alarming regularity about urban operations.

mwi.usma.edu/urban-warfare-… "to assume urban battles will only occur because the objective is to dislodge an enemy force from a city demonstrates a myopic view that ignores the larger picture."

For those who says "we'll just bypass the urban". We rarely get to pick the battles we want. Others get a vote.
Jan 13, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Interesting report from @ChathamHouse about Russian MOD developments in Military Robotics. Implications for #urbanwarfare

Most notably, Russia sees urban operations as a key terrain for exploiting unmanned systems.
chathamhouse.org/2021/09/advanc… "For urban-type warfare, Russian future plans envisage teams of light and heavy combat unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) working with aerial drones in identifying and attacking targets, while cooperating with manned units and formations for extended periods of time." Image
Nov 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
#urbanwarfare 1950s style! I absolutely love these old training videos. LIVE FIRE and real buildings.
"The enemy is likely to offer their strongest resistance in built up areas...[terrain] which allows him to cause damage out of all proportions to his numbers." @SpencerGuard These are the hard learned lessons from WWII.
- How to fight through an urban area, not just a single building (not just CQB)!
- It was routine to speculatively suppress the enemy through the ceilings/floors
- Keep it simple (limited objs) mwi.usma.edu/italian-stalin…