tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post8114736844840842171..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Functions in military theory / front linesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-4773174986059306842011-10-04T08:20:56.342+02:002011-10-04T08:20:56.342+02:00anon
the israeli armoired homes resist light rockt...anon<br />the israeli armoired homes resist light rockts and morters, the great wall of israel is a chain link fence to stop the incompetant and the casual.<br />Gazan defences are ambush posts protected against small arms and abandoned after 2m of fighting.<br />There aint nothing that shrugs off tank fire.trtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-44318151837654488562011-10-03T10:03:47.346+02:002011-10-03T10:03:47.346+02:00I second Maximilian's comment. 5 fascinating ...I second Maximilian's comment. 5 fascinating articles in a row...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-1923379558758726172011-10-02T14:13:24.113+02:002011-10-02T14:13:24.113+02:00this is off topic but i just want to say, i apprec...this is off topic but i just want to say, i appreciate this blog. have a great week ahead SO.Maximilian Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938627549730227098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-81535432219784246372011-10-02T10:25:23.355+02:002011-10-02T10:25:23.355+02:00In conventional warfare cities may be important pr...In conventional warfare cities may be important prizes, but there's not enough personnel to really control or defend them. Too short lines of sight, too few troops. The entire mobilised Polish army would be overstretched in the defence of Warsaw.<br /><br />Instead, cities will be tactical mega-forests; near-impossible to control, you usually prefer to drive around them (but can go through at some risk) and you flee into it if you're in trouble.<br /><br />In other words; cities are natural pockets.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-82249025743884496092011-10-02T05:41:10.590+02:002011-10-02T05:41:10.590+02:00Modern front lines still exist. It's just they...Modern front lines still exist. It's just they are no longer running in parallel to the fight but vertically: The most of the fighting happens along the supply lines running between forts. The very high dispersion of very few troops counters your thesis about the indirect fire as a substitute for fewer infantry. In modern times there is much more relative concentration of populations in urban centers. In fact, relatively speaking, the country side is a quite vast depopulated area. And therefore it doesn't matter very much. Therefore most of the action actually concentrates in the dense environments of cities. And there guess what? We even start building defensive walls along the fronts again. Ari doesn't get really that much action there because most of the commanders know the difference between conquering and turning everything quickly in to useless rubbish. This can be observed in Israel, Baghdad and so on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com