ISIS und Co.

[Quintus Fabius]

MacFarland said the U.S. Coalition has been shifting its training focus with the Iraqi Security Forces from a counterinsurgency emphasis to a combined arms approach

Nachdem man also jahrelang Air Only in Verbindung mit COIN propagiert hat, kommt man jetzt zunehmend zu exakt den Bekämpfungs-Konzepten welche ich schon seit Jahren propagiere.

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Noch mal abgesehen davon dass der Air Only Ansatz inzwischen durch US Raketenartillerie massiv unterstützt wird, weil die Flugzeuge schlicht und einfach nicht ausreichen. Und das gegenüber einem Gegner ohne jede ernsthafte Luftabwehr in einer deckungslosen offenen und flachen Landschaft....

Training Iraqi Forces for Heavier Warfare

MacFarland said the U.S. Coalition has been shifting its training focus with the Iraqi Security Forces from a counterinsurgency emphasis to a combined arms approach as a way to take on and destroy ISIS’forces.

Counterinsurgency training focuses on asymmetrical dynamics such as small raids, knocking down doors, looking for enemy fighters among civilian populations and attacking small groups of enemies on the move or in dug-in locations.

Combined Arms, by contrast, involves a more traditional type of combat approach designed to win more linear mechanized, force-on-force heavy combat. Combined Arms approaches, which often use tanks, artillery and armored vehicles, seek to bring numerous weapons to bear upon an enemy as part of a simultaneous integrated conventional attack.

Given the success ISF forces recently had during the attack to retake Ramadi from ISIS, they did not request air support from Apaches. However, such assistance may be requested when the ISF gets ready to attack ISIS in Mosul, a northern Iraqi city which has been an ISIS stronghold for months.