Cross-Country Maneuver Math for Dummies Here is one 1, 000 meters by 1, 000 meters military...
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Cross-Country Maneuver Math for Dummies Here is one 1, 000 meters by 1, 000 meters military topographical map grid square. 1, 000 meters 1 , 0 0 0 m e t e r
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Cross-Country Maneuver Math for Dummies
Here is one 1, 000 meters by 1, 000 meters militarytopographical map grid square.
1, 000 meters
1, 0
00 m
eter
A light tracked tank like a M113 Gavin is 98 inches wide at its tracks or 2.48 meters which we will round off to 2.5 meters;this means 400 x M113 Gavins could cross from left-to-rightor from top-to-bottom at the same time over one grid square!
1, 000 meters
1, 0
00 m
eter
Each arrow equals 8 x M113 Gavins!
400 x M113 Gavins
To stop these 400 x M113 Gavins from crossing would require 400 land mines; if you don’t want to deny your people access command detonation would require 400 firing circuits and someone to press the button on the scene 24/7/365, depending on visibility say 40 men each with control of 10 land mines….plus at least another man for security so 80 men minimum for CDLMs...
1, 000 meters
Each arrow equals 2 x Ragheads!
400 x M113 Gavins
80 xragheads24/7/365
There is one rather LARGE problem! Planet Earth is a very BIG place…..Iraq the size of Texas is 167, 400 square miles or 269, 404 square kilometers AKA 1, 000 meter grid squares! It would take 21, 552, 320 people to man every CDLM 24/7/365 to stop all cross-country maneuver ie; THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF IRAQ and 107, 761, 600 mines would be needed!
Each square equals 80 x Ragheads!
xragheads24/7/365
80
US THEM
Of course, the terrain wouldnot be 100% open to light tracked maneuver but itspretty damn close!
Its simply not possible forevery 2.5 meters of Iraq tobe land mined and certainlynot controlled by commanddetonation. Even if it were…
Guess what?
M113 Gavin = ForceMultiplier
M113 Gavins can be FLOWN OVER land mine areas by availableCH-47, C-130s and soon C-27 aircraft!
“Sorry Hadji!”
Now watch what happens when you become ROAD-BOUNDbecause you are handicapped with Humvee, Stryker and myriad wheeledtrucks…
All Hadji has to do is minethe roads because he knows we are coming!
Only a small amount of rebels needed to fightus because we areLINEAR and he is not!
He covers chokepoints and we are choked--unable to maneuver! He bleeds usand bankrupts us $$$$
Alahwhatever!
Let’s say a 309-Stryker truck brigade wants to cross 1 grid squarethat only has ONE road for them to pass on.
All Hadji has to do is land mine a handful of stretches of road and theENTIRE truck brigade gets stopped from reaching its destination. A handful of rebels is all that’s needed and they can run away after setting off the mines.
Why give the rebelsan easy way tofight us successfully?
Sorry Yankee, nodestination for you!
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