Urban Conflicts

Question 1

The steps of a deliberate attack of an urban area are:

Answer 1

1. Recon the Objective
2. Move to the Objective
3. Isolate the Objective
4. Secure a Foothold
5. Clear the Urban Area
6. Consolidate and Reorganize and prepare for future missions

Question 2

Two types of structures

Answer 2

Mass

Frame

Question 3

Types of Mass Construction

Answer 3

BRICK BUILDINGS (Most Common)
 WAREHOUSE (Reinforced Concrete)
 BOX WALL PRINCIPLE (Hotels or Apartments)
 PUBLIC GATHERING PLACES (Churches and Theaters)

Question 4

Types of Frame Construction

Answer 4

HEAVY CLAD
LIGHT CLAD
GARAGE

Question 5

Urban Battle Space

Answer 5

• Airspace
         – Rapid air avenues of approach
         – Obstacles = Poles, wires, etc
• Supersurface
         – Rooftop, no cover
• Intrasurface
         – Ground to top floor
         – Interior of buildings
• Surface
         – Ground, street, or water level
• Subsurface
         – Underwater
         – Subterranean

Question 6

Urban Operations occur when?

Answer 6

UO usually occur when:

1. The assigned objective lays within an urban area and cannot be bypassed.
2. The urban area is key (or decisive) in setting and or shaping the conditions for current or future operations.
3. An urban area is between two natural obstacles and cannot be bypassed.
4. The urban area is in the path of a general advance and cannot be surrounded or bypassed.
5. Political or humanitarian concerns require the control of an urban area or necessitate operations within it.
6. Defending from urban areas supports a more effective overall defense or cannot be avoided.
7. Occupation, seizure, and control of the urban area will deny the threat control of the urban area and the ability to impose its influence on both friendly
8. Military forces and the local civilian population. Therefore, friendly forces can retain the initiative and dictate the conditions for future operations.