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Stuart Lyle

7 months

What a night on the town! Got to see the @BritishArmy 's Next Generation Combat Team in action last night. Complex ambushes of armoured convoys, layered ISTAR assets, improved lethality and survivability. Culminated in an attack in a department store! 🧵1/9 ⬇️

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

I had the pleasure to visit Army Warfighting Experiment (Urban) today & see the work being undertaken. Here's a 🧵of a few of the highlights. 1/6

British Army 🇬🇧

@BritishArmy

5 months

The Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) is pushing the boundaries of modern warfare. Innovation, research and experimentation will make us more lethal, resilient and expeditionary in future conflicts 🇬🇧 🌍 #BritishArmy #ArmyWarfightingExperiment #AWE

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

6 months

Note the use of organic UAS at the lowest tactical level for commander situational awareness.

Visioner

@visionergeo

6 months

🇮🇱🇵🇸 | Video from Gaza captures a close-range exchange of fire between IDF troops and Hamas militants.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This is *a lot* of infantry bunched up behind a single tank. When there is so much rubble to exploit for cover, use it. Tanks attract fire and ricochets are a very real danger. Conga lines of infantry are incredibly vulnerable. @kingsbury_ollie @ChasAHKnight

Royal Armoured Corps

@RoyalArmdCorps

2 years

Challenger 2 tanks, working alongside armoured infantry troops, moving through the complex urban environment on an exercise on Salisbury Plain #armyjobs #armoured #robustagilecapable #britisharmy #tanks #army #british #defence #military #cavalry

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This is excellent! - Great use of the building for covered approach and elevation. - Use of the chimney for cover & partial concealment. - Skylined on the roof, but reduced risk by having sun directly behind making shooter hard to see/engage. Textbook #urbanwarfare skills

Walter Lekh🇺🇦

@walterlekh

2 years

Defenders of #Mariupol engage and destroy Russian invader’s BMP armored vehicle from the top of the building. #RussianLosses #RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

This is preparing a target in combined arms #urbanwarfare . If you're combined arms exercise is "peer warfighting" but devolves into a CQB stack & room clearing then you have to ask "why?". Through wall effects are incredibly important to consider, even if we can't represent them.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Good example of some of the challenges of Air Assault in complex, urban terrain. 1. Note the small airframes needed to access narrow spaces (the Blackhawks *just* fit between the street lights). These also need to be in sufficient numbers to allow insertion of larger elements 1/3

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@GWOT5822

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Excellent video showing the challenges of operating tanks in urban terrain. Yes, they can crash through walls (possibly altering gun zero), but all the clutter further constrains visibility and debris can damage optics, antennas and APS modules. @SpencerGuard @JaysonGeroux

TankDiary

@TankDiary

2 years

Russian T-72B3 Obr. 2016 operating in cramped conditions in Mariupol

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

I had the pleasure to visit @HQ_ARRC this week & observe their #urbanwarfare #wargame . The game was run by a team of @dstlmod legends & they helped ARRC staff explore the intricacies of planning and supporting large scale, high-intensity urban ops. 1/_

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This is going to be a phenomenal tool for urban understanding and running immersive urban Tactical Exercises Without Troops. @James_Moloney2 @UrbanWarfareCtr @SpencerGuard @JaysonGeroux @ChasAHKnight @thinkdefence @170_Engineers

Benjamin Strick

@BenDoBrown

2 years

A new 'immersive mode' is coming to Google Maps soon, which fuses together billions of street view and aerial images to create a digital model of the world. More here:

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Got to visit @LWC_UK this week & observe the Urban Centre's #wargame with @TheRoyalWelsh (inc. 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇦🇺 players). Some great insights for the players & a slick teaching wargame. Got to meet @UrbanWargamer & @UKFightClub1 in person for the 1st time too! 🤝 #urbanwarfare

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

🇬🇧 Army to procure 84mm Carl Gustaf M4 weapon system from @Saab for Platoon-level enhanced lethality. An awesome system that will give increased flexibility to the infantry. 🤞 For a wide variety of munitions, inc. HEDP, Anti-Structure, air burst, HEAT.

United Kingdom Announced as Latest Customer for Saab’s Carl-Gustaf M4

Saab has received an order from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence for the Carl-Gustaf® M4 weapon system, sights, ammunition and training. This order continues Saab’s longstanding relationship...

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 months

Not much has changed. Sometimes "Old School" is the best school. 🎲 #urbanwarfare #wargaming

UrbanWargamer

@UrbanWargamer

2 months

Just spotted this in Dewar's 1992 "War in the Streets". The original caption is "A staff officer plans the techniques of urban warfare for the future using a model as an aid". Nice use of perspex and I even have some of those trees! Anybody know the people?

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

@thinkdefence This, but with Brimstone

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

9 months

Some eye candy: AFVs in #urban camo patterns. - Leopard 2 - AMX-10RC - CM-32 Yunpao (Clouded Leopard) - Challenger 2 #urbanwarfare #CamoGeek 🤓

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

"Urban warfare is the most complex, hardest type of warfare for even the best-trained and equipped military in the world. Despite all the proclamations of its modernization and expertise, Russia has shown its shortcomings." Great short article by @SpencerGuard and @LiamSCollins

John Spencer

@SpencerGuard

2 years

Check out my latest article with @LiamSCollins and Lionel Beehner. “Why Russia Likely Won’t Win the Fight in Ukraine’s Cities” @latimes #urbanwarfare #UkraineRussiaWar

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Version 4 of @SpencerGuard 's Mjni-Manual for the Urban Defender available for download. A constant evolution, but always helpful and based on doctrine and hard-won experience. ⬇️

John Spencer

@SpencerGuard

2 years

Version 4 of "The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender" is out. Updated translations coming. Available to download as PDF. Updates include basic ambush (upon request) content, basic medical lifesaving steps, a little more on water purification, UXO safety.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

9 months

Infantry with good spacing ✅ Integrating Armour ✅ Explosive breaching of walls ✅ Some excellent #urbanwarfare training for Ukrainian soldiers.

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧

@DefenceHQ

9 months

🎥 Op Interflex, the UK-led infantry training of Ukrainian volunteers, has trained thousands of recruits. Op Interflex offers battlefield training to help Ukrainians in their fight against the illegal invasion of their homeland. 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

3 months

It's an honour to be asked to share my @dstlmod story & represent the organisation. I love my job; the work that we do, the people we work with & the effect that it has.

Dstl

@dstlmod

3 months

He is one of the world’s leading voices on urban warfare… and is sometime nicknamed the British Jack Ryan @Stu_Lyle has travelled the world to share learning with other experts and give our Armed Forces an operational edge 👉 #UrbanWarfare

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

By far the most visceral footage of urban CQB that I've ever seen. Good skills from the IDF soldier, but I am in awe of his courage and determination.

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

@manniefabian

5 months

This might be the most badass video released by the IDF yet. Headcam footage shows a reservist of the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom killing a Hamas gunman in an apartment in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, before a grenade is hurled at him by a second operative. The…

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

4 months

Some Knight's Armament LAMG action. This system (in 7.62) was what we used to represent a dedicated Light machine gun capability for the 🇬🇧 Army's Phalanx Platoon concept to replace GPMG(LR). For complex terrain, this immediate, highly mobile firepower is a battle winner.

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@dewszt

4 months

3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, 2023

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

Low cost delivery drones. The Sparrow winch for precision delivery/extraction into urban canyons. Malloy heavy drone with CASEVAC, rocket, gun pod 😯 (mini-BRRRRTTT) &,of course, Brimstone. 3/6

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

9 months

"the Russian military failed to adapt... [and] also failed to complete an encirclement of the city, which allowed Ukrainian forces to reinforce the capital." Fantastic summary of "arguably the most critical battle of the Russo-Ukrainian war to date".

War on the Rocks

@WarOnTheRocks

9 months

The battle of Hostomel was arguably the most critical battle of the Russo-Ukrainian war to date.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

3 months

Hoofing day at @CommandoTRG yesterday, presenting to the Assault Engineers (AE) course about #urbanwarfare . Top blokes who really engaged & wanted to learn the details. Offensive & defensive AE tasks, different threat contexts, the Battle of Marawi, subterranean & more. 🗡️💥🪚

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Something awesome just arrived! Looking forward to getting into this new book by @SpencerGuard and @LiamSCollins . #urbanwarfare

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

More video footage demonstrating the challenges for tanks in #urbanwarfare . Clutter, smoke, dust & operating on optics alone (hatches closed) makes it very difficult for tanks to have situational awareness. That's why they are vulnerable to infantry and need supporting troops.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Note the overhead electric cables. How many of our urban training sites have overhead obstacles for troops to consider?

Jayson Geroux

@JaysonGeroux

2 years

Urban warfare historical photo of the day.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

6 months

This is big news! State-of-the-art urban skill facilities are finally coming to a 🇬🇧 training area near you! More awesome @4gdTrg facilities to follow in other locations (and hopefully even more after that). *Cough *Cough ( @IBSBrecon 🤞) *Cough

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

@mod_dio

6 months

The new urban fighting skills facility at Whinny Hill on Catterick Training Area is well underway. Due to open in Spring it will bring a level of realism and complexity to the military training environment @landmarcNEWS @4gdTrg @StoryContractng 👏👷‍♂️

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

Lots of urban access systems from bridges to all sorts of ladders. Not the sexiest kit, but very necessary! Also, so urban camo material for static defence being displayed. #CamoGeek 🤓 5/6

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

10 months

Lots in the Defence Command Paper, but these caught my eye; "Defence’s demand for analytical wargaming is increasingly high... @dstlmod plans to increase the size of its team and secure #wargaming facilities to meet this demand" p.31 Boom! 🎲 1/3

Defence Command Paper 2023: Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world

How Defence will respond to the changing context and deliver on the Integrated Review Refresh within its resource envelope, increasing its productivity and focusing on areas that will achieve...

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

7 months

If you want to hear more about the origins of the Phalanx platoon concept and how it got to this stage, listen to my interview with @SpencerGuard for @WarInstitute ⬇️ 8/9

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

4 months

NATO CoE's are an amazing asset to the Alliance and our partners. However, I would love to see the creation of a NATO Urban Ops CoE (as mentioned in this @WarInstitute article 👇).

The 2023 Urban Warfare Experts’ Christmas Wish List - Modern War Institute

Note from John Spencer, MWI chair of urban warfare studies: In the last three years there has been no shortage of urban warfare. The wars in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Israel […]

mwi.westpoint.edu

NATO ACT

@NATO_ACT

4 months

#Highlight of the week: 1⃣ @NATO catalysts for change - Centres of Excellence - train & educate leaders & specialists from #NATO & partner countries, propelling innovation within the Alliance. Check out the Catalogue of Centres of Excellence: #WeAreNATO

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

I got to visit the 🇬🇧 Army Warfighting Experiment (Urban) last week. Great collaboration with 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇲🇨🇦🇮🇹 & others. Awesome tech at work! Got to drive a robo-dog & STEED, a powered load carry system. 1 operator can easily move up to 3x casualties! Game changer ( @thinkdefence )

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

10 months

Had a cracking day yesterday at Copehill Down, attending @TheIronFist 's #urbanwarfare study day. @FirstFusiliers set a high bar for how to conduct an urban study day, with combined arms capabilities on display with the specialists to talk about them. 💪 1/

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

3 months

You may have heard of the 🇺🇸 Thunder Runs on Baghdad during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. But have you heard of the 🇬🇧 Thunder Runs into Basra to the south? Check out this excellent video from @The_Ops_Room all about it. @RoyalArmdCorps @Commando_Ops

Thunder Runs in Basra - Operation Iraqi Freedom - Animated

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Cracking article about the benefits (& realities) of #wargaming . "Good data collection is vital." ✅ "War games are not crystal balls..., but instead reveal the possible outcomes." ✅ "we shouldn’t draw too much certainty from any one game" ✅

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This is phenomenal! Experimenting with urban camouflage for mortars & coordinating fire in congested terrain. Using ATAK/data to call on fire missions rather than just traditional voice comms. @16AirAssltBCT are leading UK urban training & absolutely smashing it! @kingsbury_ollie

British Army 🇬🇧

@BritishArmy

2 years

Paratroopers have been using drones to make their mortar teams more effective as well as practising the art of concealment. Ex Black Strike used the Castlemartin and Sennybridge ranges in Wales to train in built up areas. Read more: #Innovation

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

4 months

Assault rifles ✅ Grenade launchers ✅ Light Machine Guns ✅ M72 Light Anti-Structure ✅ Matador Heavy Anti-Structure ✅ #Urbanwarfare requires layered dismounted lethality. This is the foundation for combined arms urban ops.

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

@manniefabian

4 months

The IDF releases footage of troops of the Givati Brigade battling Hamas gunmen in the Khan Younis area. Givati troops have killed “many” Hamas operatives in close-quarters combat as well as located dozens of tunnel shafts, the IDF says. The video released by the IDF shows…

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

8 months

Armour and infantry operating together in a recent #urbanwarfare exercise. The "infantry" were Armour soldiers getting the dismounted perspective = future crews who really understand combined arms at the tactical edge. More of this please! Phenomenal work @RWxY_CO 💪

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

More drones! Loitering munitions directed on by others. C-UAS defeat enemy UAS. Blackhornet to covertly observe target buildings. Another to enter & clear as much as possible before the infantry enter. Then got to see the 🇬🇧 Army Drone Racing Team with FPV drones! 4/6

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This is an #urbanwarfare exercise I would like to have witnessed! Taiwanese troops training *where* they expect to fight, not just *how*. @SpencerGuard @JaysonGeroux @ChasAHKnight @jesusfroman @UrbanWarfareCtr

DW News

@dwnews

2 years

Taiwan is renewing its focus on military preparedness as Russia's war on Ukraine raises fears of a Chinese invasion.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

6 months

Yes! Dismounted firepower shouldn't be an afterthought. It reduces reliance on joint fires (with resulting collateral damage & complex C2), improves tempo & isn't that hard. We have/getting the systems to leverage (GL/CG), but we need to invest in the flexible munitions.

The Other Chris

@TotherChris

6 months

Ahead of the Loitering Munitions are the Sections equipped with an increased number of adaptable 40mm M320 and optionally accompanied by the Platoon-level Carl Gustaf with anti-structure, HEAT and vicious airbursting rounds. 3/4

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

7 months

I got to see a Phalanx Platoon in action for the first time & see our ( @dstlmod 's) work come to life. An incredible experience. A huge thank you to the Experimentation & Trials Group from @LWC_UK & @RYORKS_REGT for inviting me along to observe. 7/9

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@Stu_Lyle

7 months

Some more images of the @TheRoyalWelsh exercise at the German #urbanwarfare facility; Schnoeggersburg. Note the tight streets, which is great to see (even if uncluttered). This is why seemingly trivial things like turning circles are important. 1/2 @SpencerGuard @JaysonGeroux

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@Stu_Lyle

2 months

Very thought provoking article challenging perceptions about the experience of hospitals in recent conflicts (not just Gaza). There are legal frameworks to protect these sites, but context is key and those exploiting hospitals beyond these protections can change their status.

John Spencer

@SpencerGuard

2 months

“Hospitals Are Protected Under International Law. But They Cannot be 'Off Limits'” my latest @Newsweek to include the so what to not condemning #Hamas use of hospitals for military purposes in #Gaza

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

4 months

Interesting video showing the use of multiple 40mm grenades to create a micro-cluster munition-type strike.

Rob Lee

@RALee85

4 months

Video from Ukraine’s Angry Birds unit of a Backfire UAV dropping 40mm grenades and other munitions on Russian positions in Kherson Oblast.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

5 months

An augmented reality system (Minority Report). Translates real-time imagery into a 3D virtual twin (Copehill Down in this case) for planning. Let's the user update mapping as it degrades/changes. They can drop down & visualise line of sight, potential cover & fires obstacles. 2/6

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@Stu_Lyle

7 months

For a wider discussion about this, the NGCT and other urban-related work being done at @dstlmod see this interview with @battle_order ⬇️ 9/9

Britain's Experimental Urban Warfare Units (Stuart Lyle Interview)

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

8 months

Listening to the "Taylor Swift of Wargaming" @SebastianBae on Day 3 of Connections UK! The hype is real! #Wargaming 🎲

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

We need to be careful about jumping on the new "cool tech" train. Loitering munitions fascinate with kill-cam footage, but what's delivering more effect is non-exploding ISTAR UAS directing rockets/arty/missiles. LMs are just one-time use, less capable ISTAR UAS with one small 💥

The Other Chris

@TotherChris

1 year

If loitering weapons are the new must-have battlefield system, Brimstone 3b is the Hypersonic Weapon equivalent of loitering weapons.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

4 months

This is an excellent example of the intent behind the Section Systems Operator within the 🇬🇧 Army's Phalanx platoon concept; Checking threat areas with UAS (when the context allows), to assist Section/Squad leader decisions. Thanks to @ResearchRonin for sharing. 1/2

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

@manniefabian

4 months

The IDF releases footage showing troops of the Paratroopers Brigade's 101st Battalion battling Hamas gunmen inside a building in southern Gaza's Khan Younis. According to the IDF, Hamas operatives opened fire from several buildings where the 101st Battalion was operating. The…

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 month

Spent a fun couple of days at @UKStratCom 's Defence #Wargaming Hub at the historic Southwick Park (site of the D-Day coordination room) Day 1 was a @dstlmod group session, with me updating on #urban warfare activities. Hardly surprising... 1/3 🧵

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Some of this can be offset by fast roping from larger airframes, reducing the need to fit into narrow spaces &/or find uncluttered zones. This also opens up access onto roofs giving more options. However, this needs training beforehand & is often seen as a "specialist" skill END

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@Stu_Lyle

5 months

Finally, there was a good presence from @dstlmod who have been assisting the Experimentation & Trials Group throughout, including with our own tech, trials support & the Virtual Proving Ground. Thanks to ETG for allowing me to come & see the work. Great stuff & really important.

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@Stu_Lyle

4 months

Sometimes old school really is the best school! Great overview video of our (🇬🇧) Cold War urban fighting doctrine by @battle_order . Some of this is coming back into fashion & being taught alongside more recent CQB tactics. Also, thanks for the shout-out at the end @battle_order

Battle Order

@battle_order

4 months

New video on 🇬🇧 British Army urban assault tactics based on the 1960 Infantry Platoon manual, with a focus on house clearing, section task organization, and general challenges of the urban environment

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@Stu_Lyle

3 months

Some interesting, but not-so-light, reading just arrived today in the post. Quite a few chapters about places still in the news. “History doesn't repeat itself, but It often rhymes” #urbanwarfare

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@Stu_Lyle

1 month

New Urban Warfare Project podcast 🎧👇

John Spencer

@SpencerGuard

1 month

“What was done on October 7th was a division level attack…division level invasion of Israel by a terrorist Army” check out my latest episode of my @WarInstitute Urban Warfare Project podcast.

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@Stu_Lyle

5 months

Engineers come under fire & have to conduct a hasty building assault & clearance. A reminder of why training for #urbanwarfare should be taken seriously by *all soldiers* & not just an infantry skillset. The nature of the urban terrain can see anyone engaged in an firefight.

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

@manniefabian

5 months

The IDF says "fierce battles" are taking place between troops and Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip in the last few hours. It also publishes footage of troops of the Combat Engineering Corps' 601st Battalion battling Hamas operatives who opened fire at them from a building…

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@Stu_Lyle

1 year

This shows part of the reason why armour is actually *more* survivable in #urbanwarfare , contrary to misconceptions. Firing from partial cover & short engagement ranges = less exposed and (generally) exposed to fewer & less capable anti-armour systems. 1/2

Rob Lee

@RALee85

1 year

A captured T-80U tank in service with Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade in Bakhmut.

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@Stu_Lyle

7 months

The NGCT was focusing on #urbanwarfare for this serial (moving onto rural soon). Exploring ways to enhance survivability by getting lost in the urban clutter. Command Post in a single transit van, and the indirect fires being coordinated out of the back of a pickup. 2/9

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@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Bags of smoke ✅ Combined Arms ✅ Mouseholing ✅ Vertical entry ✅ Limited stacking ✅ Think I even spotted an Anti-Structure Munition ✅✅✅ #urbanwarfare Excellent video of the Urban Operations Instructors Course run by @IBSBrecon . Great job! 🤜💥🤛

Royal Armoured Corps

@RoyalArmdCorps

1 year

Challenger 2 tank crews working alongside Armoured Infantry troops for the recent @armycmc urban operations instructors course #armyjobs #armoured #robustagilecapable #britisharmy #tanks #army #british #defence #military

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

18 days

Urban operations are not specialists-only tasks, and training should be standard stuff (inc. live fire) just as it is for other environments. We could do with one of these at @IBSBrecon @LWC_UK @Gd676

Defence Australia

@DefenceAust

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POV #AusArmy urban ops live-fire range ➡️ For the first time, infantry soldiers will have access to a purpose-made urban operations live-fire range following the construction of the deployable austere shoot house in Brisbane last month. 💪 #YourADF

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Stuart Lyle

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Situational awareness in complex terrain is hard. This video shows the benefit of UAS operators assisting junior leaders in their close fight. Routes, cover, enemy locs & QRFs, etc. This the "Systems Operator" role being trialled by the 🇬🇧 Army's ETG ⬇️

British Army experiments with Dstl study on urban combat

The British Army’s Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG) have been testing improving future urban operations using a new experimental force concept.

www.gov.uk

The Bazaar of War

@bazaarofwar

1 year

A recent video of a Russian drone team guiding an assault shows what this looks like. The drone operator alerts the men on the ground to enemy firing positions, available cover, and an approaching vehicle. He even micromanages their entry into a building.

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Stuart Lyle

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Finishing off a busy but excellent #urbanwarfare week. I had the pleasure to present to @icsc_l on the Battle of Marawi ('17) & the relevance for the 🇬🇧 Army. Thanks @ChasAHKnight for the assist! 1/2

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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Finally, (and most exciting for me) was seeing a Phalanx platoon Systems Operator employing a throwbot to check the top of a stairwell and coordinating with the Section Commander. This was a first for me and a professional highlight! I love my job! 6/9

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Stuart Lyle

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And this is why having systems *specifically designed* for use in confined spaces is so important! Note there was a whole other room behind where the wall had been removed too. It was firing on a high angle which probably didn't help, but this can be unavoidable in #urbanwafare

OSINTtechnical

@Osinttechnical

2 years

Pro tip: don't shoot an SPG-9 recoiless rifle indoors.

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@Stu_Lyle

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Got some new reading material yesterday 📚📖 Might skip straight to chapter 14 first and see what my urban ops brother from another mother, @SpencerGuard has to say. It's got "walls" in the title, so I'm guessing #urbanwarfare might get a mention!

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Snipers are incredible assets in #urbanwarfare . This looks like some incredible training. I would recommend that is part of standard sniper training, though, not just for SOF.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Final exercise at Sandhurst for this cohort is an urban assault as part of a Battlegroup. Nice 👍

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

@RMASandhurst

1 year

Exercise Dynamic Victory is the final exercise that Officer Cadets from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst have to undertake before completing their training. It takes place in Germany working alongside soldiers from the US Army. #USArmy #Army #Military #Defence #Soldier

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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A fantastic day yesterday at the Close Combat Symposium at @DefAcUK . I presented on the #Urban Phalanx infantry study. Discussed the origin story, the inspiration & the results of our experimentation. Results were compelling, hence adoption by ETG. 1/

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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"covering the basics" & "starting with urban operations" Yes. Yes! YES! These terms are *not* mutually exclusive. The basics of urban ops shouldn't be seen as specialist or advanced skills. This is the way @RoyalArmdCorps ! Great work!

CO Wessex Yeomanry

@RWxY_CO

8 months

Cpl D and his crew on their way to take part in their next training serial. Day 1 of 7 out covering the basics of operating on armour, starting with urban operations.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

It's freaking awesome, is what it is! Direct fire artillery to defeat urban strong points. #urbanwarfare

RG Poulussen

@rgpoulussen

2 years

What Is This? 🤔 #WW2 #HISTORY

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

I can safely say that this one's not only going on the list, but will jump up to the top!

John Spencer

@SpencerGuard

2 years

BIG NEWS: My book with @LiamSCollins about urban warfare has finally received the necessary security review and will be out at the beginning of October. You can preorder it now:

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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Great video from @The_Ops_Room on the battle for Basra, 2003. Lots of instances of troops saying "I've never done this before". Not an ideal set of circumstances. Great example of how not every urban battle is a variation of Stalingrad, too. #urbanwarfare

The Siege of Basra - Operation Iraqi Freedom - Animated

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/theoperationsroom2023War Thu...

www.youtube.com

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

2. The need for an empty car park (or other open space) which are limited in most urban areas. It is unusual to find an entirely empty, uncluttered space & an enemy can identify these too, covering them with fire or denying their use with obstacles. 2/3

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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CASEVAC from a multi-storey building. Infantry carts ( @thinkdefence ) used to move casualty in narrow spaces, then transferred to UGV for transfer up the med chain. Great to see low tech & high tech being blended together. 4/9

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

7 months

Watched a Recce element use UAS to locate and trigger a complex ambush (employing Engineer assets). Lot of discussion about exposure times and Red reactions. Good to see lessons from conflicts being applied to UAS operations. 3/9

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

An incredible day today with @UrbanWarfareCtr . Had an unusual commute (for me anyway), flying over LA and discussing urban terrain variations and the implications for military planners.

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@Stu_Lyle

1 year

MILAN ATGMs being used for #urbanwarfare anti-structure role. Fired from inside a high rise building. Though not optimized for this role, the short distance likely adds the remaining fuel to the blast effect (& 3x missiles too).

Matthew Moss | Historical Firearms

@historicfirearm

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The MILAN team of the Kalinouski Regt. In actin recently engaging a Russian OP. They tell me they're running low on missiles and their Mira NV sight is down at the moment but they're still in action. They're commander tells me he wants TOW.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

My plan to train up the next generation of wargamers is going to well. My son has nailed Junior Risk (Narnia version) and we're now moving on to full-fat Risk. He'll be onto Advanced Squad Leader in no time 😉 🎲

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Fantastic day with @HQARRC discussing Multi-Domain Operations in #urbanwarfare . Great speakers and panel groups inc. @SpencerGuard , @Sahrmally , @antbruceking and @Jack_Watling . I genuinely haven't seen so many senior leaders at an urban focused event before. Hugely encouraging!

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Hey @GUWargaming ! I got deja vu earlier today. We held an internal expo and my group had this on display 🎲 (with some nifty Combat Mission scenarios in the background).

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@Stu_Lyle

1 year

If you'd like to know more about the battle, listen to Charles and @SpencerGuard discuss it for the @WarInstitute ⬇️

The Battle of Marawi - Modern War Institute

In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Charles Knight. He is a senior lecturer in terrorism, asymmetric conflict, and urban operations at […]

mwi.westpoint.edu

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Two copies = twice the goodness, right? One is a (very) late pre-order, the other a very kind gift (& signed) from my good friend @SpencerGuard . Nearly finished it & it's a compelling read! Fascinating mix of military memoir & social study of soldiers/small teams. Thanks John!

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

3 months

Great first day here at the Defence Academy supporting @icsc_l with an #urbanwarfare package. Big morning for the students drinking from a fire hose of urban theory. Pleased to see @Urbanwardev calling urban a constant, not a special environment... 1/3

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Self-propelled artillery in the direct fire role. A common feature of urban battles going back to WW2. @ChasAHKnight

OSINTtechnical

@Osinttechnical

2 years

Mariupol, Russians using a 2S3 Akatsiya in direct-fire mode

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@JaysonGeroux @ChasAHKnight @INTELonIRAN Also, note the reports that the heaviest fighting is taking place in the centre and industrial zones. These are the most complex UTZs and offer most defensible buildings. I don't know any urban training sites that replicates these UTZs well. We need more TEWTs and wargaming.

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

This looks very interesting. Beyond line of sight, precision strike is a much needed capability for infantry in #urbanwarfare . The hover capability (unlike Switchblade) would certainly give it more manoeuvrability in complex terrain and the ability to deliver effect where needed.

Felix Woessner

@FxWoessner

2 years

New loitering munition from Israel 🇮🇱. 'The VIPER system provides precision strike capabilities against line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight targets from both static and mobile positions.' @David_Hambling @jesusfroman @Ch_Ru_GER @drfranksauer

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If you have an interest in #urbanwarfare or the future of combined arms training, make your way to the @4gdTrg stand at #DSEI2023 . Awesome team, delivering an awesome capability to the British Army, with more to come! 🤜💥🤛

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

The Finnish Guards Jaeger Regiment have raised their readiness states. They are the principal #urbanwarfare specialists of the Finnish Defence Forces, tasked with defending Helsinki. Secondary task is teaching urban skills to the rest of the force.

Corporal Frisk

@CorporalFrisk

2 years

The Finnish Defence Forces decided that informing the world about them being awake might be a good idea, and did so in a very Finnish way. #turpo = #s äkpol #VYKS #VOS

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The "focus was on ways to improve urban combat effectiveness through changes in structures and lethality." Read ⬇️. Exciting experimentation being undertaken by the 🇬🇧 Army's Experimentation & Trials Group, based on our work at @dstlmod on #urbanwarfare .

British Army experiments with Dstl study on urban combat

The British Army’s Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG) have been testing improving future urban operations using a new experimental force concept.

www.gov.uk

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Another awesome day at @UrbanWarfareCtr covering subterranean operations, adversary approaches & then Divisional considerations for urban offence & defence with the great @JacobStoil 💪 @40thID 's really getting after higher formation #urbanwarfare . So many lessons to take home!

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Yes. Yes! YES! Excellent article from @thinkdefence ⬇️ We need to do two things; 1. Leverage these technologies 2. Resource them with personnel. We have the evidence for the benefits of Systems Operators at Section and/or Platoon. The juice is worth the squeeze.

Think Defence

@thinkdefence

2 years

UAS and Loitering Munitions for Light Role Infantry

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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@UKdefUS @dstlmod Thanks @UKdefUS ! It's not always worth of a thriller novel, but I do love my job. I've been lucky in being able to work with many US colleagues on a frequent basis. Many of them I now count as friends.

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@Stu_Lyle

2 years

Less than a month to go! I am honoured to be presenting alongside @SpencerGuard , Dr David Kilcullen and Prof Allan Shearer at the @NATO "Basics of Complex Modern Urban Functions and Characteristics" course. The course is VIRTUAL and FREE #urbanoperations

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@Stu_Lyle

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Great to see breaching being recognized as a standard infantry skill and not a specialist one for pioneers/engineers. Every infantry section should have the ability to breach doors/windows with manual, ballistic and even light explosive options. #urbanwarfare

Brigadier Dave McCammon

@3BrigadeTSV

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18 soldiers from B Company, 1 RAR, have completed the Shotgun Breaching Course, giving them more options for quick urban breaches. Well-placed shots on the hinges of a door enable our soldiers to clear buildings in a faster and safer manner.

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This is the way! Being unconstrained by urban training facilities and getting to grips with varied/unknown locations for #urbanwarfare training. This should be encouraged, as @wavellroom covered this in this excellent article ⬇️

Better Urban Training » Wavell Room

Urban combat will be a feature of every war. The British Army has lots of urban facilities, but you can get more if you invest a little time.

wavellroom.com

Brigadier Dave McCammon

@3BrigadeTSV

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3 RAR Urban Operations training at Stuart State School.

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Stuart Lyle

@Stu_Lyle

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This awesome #wargame from @Nutspublishing arrived today! Very "on brand" and can't wait to get it going.

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@Stu_Lyle

1 year

Great visual of why stacking in the street is so dangerous. ~9 targets being engaged ~3 able to shoot back. #urbanwarfare

Armée de Terre

@armeedeterre

1 year

#JeudiPhoto 💥 Vous êtes en ville. Tranquille... Vous vous retrouvez face à cette situation ⛔️ Vous faites quoi ? #ORION23 @11eBP @COM6BLB 📸 O. Pierru

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@Stu_Lyle

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Introduced my son to his 1st #wargame , the fantastic "The Shores of Tripoli" by @fortcircle . He got off to a great start by confiscating corsairs in Gibraltar then smashed it with an epic Assault on Tripoli (aided by the trump cards). Decisive US Navy victory! ⚓ 💣 He's hooked!

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