The Urban Anatomy: The Fundamentals of a City.

Abstract

Recent changes have made urban operations a greater probability in future contingencies. For years, the common approach to military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) has been to avoid it as much as possible. With that approach, our doctrine and training emphasis has been away from MOUT. Although we have survived with this strategy in the past, it is quickly becoming an obsolete and dangerous approach. The doctrinal approach to MOUT has been to treat the urban environment as different terrain on which to apply conventional tactics. This view is espoused in the Field Manual 90-10, Military Operations in Urban Terrain, written in 1979. Many changes have occurred since 1979. Field Manual 90-10 also needs to change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA300727

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Francey Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Communication Systems
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Natural Gas
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Second World War
  • Training
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Urban Planning and Geography.