However, how often does the UK exercise against a 'thinking enemy' with proper freedom of movement / action / thought - rather than pre-programmed serials?US troops have never been a match for well drilled HM Forces, unless they're in an A10.
However, how often does the UK exercise against a 'thinking enemy' with proper freedom of movement / action / thought - rather than pre-programmed serials?US troops have never been a match for well drilled HM Forces, unless they're in an A10.
Alternatively to option I suggested above, this post suggests that they were playing the insurgent forces.Well done to the Royal Marines, perhaps new tech is the way forward?
Yes, but still, stuff like this:I think the exercise was very good in proving what the exercise aims were.
But lets not pretend, if 1500 pers of the US Army were also allowed to free play, the bootnecks would've been flattened. Re-reading the lessons learned of Fallujah and Donetsk airport reinforce that.
“The normal assault rules are completely inverted,” said Dan Cheesman, the chief technology officer with the Royal Navy. “It’s not three or four to one that’s needed, it’s one to four.”
Poor form to quote oneself, but I have been wracking my brain to remember if we ever did this in my time [2006-2015].However, how often does the UK exercise against a 'thinking enemy' with proper freedom of movement / action / thought - rather than pre-programmed serials?
They used to be called Monitors and packed two 15" guns.Stick one on a boat with a shallow draught and you could have both....
Almost exactly the same time period as you, and same recall.The only time I remember it was at RMAS itself on the final exercise - one company at a time was given pretty much free reign to act as enemy for one of the others, in the Cypriot hills. We had ID'd their harbour areas and were constantly observing them from about 3 hours in - it helps when instead of moving as a slow platoon, you're in 3-4 man patrols. The rest of the time, even on Herrick MST - nope. Serialised encounters all the way.
Yep - pretty much!There has been some improvement across the infantry. The proliferation of killhouses (or whatever the PC term is for them these days) and more widespread use of simunition, are both very positive steps in providing a real enemy. You probably went through the same FIBUA serials as I did at Sandhurst, where clearance drills were rushing in after a grenade, launching yourself through open windows and spraying blanks on full auto, and other embarassing tripe that even at the time was obvious would get you all killed.
Couldn't see this posted anywhere else as a topic so thought I'd add it.
Strike squad of just 100 Brit Marines smashed 1,500 US troops in war games drill
A STRIKE squad of just 100 Marines smashed 1,500 US troops in a war games drill. The shock victory has revolutionised military thinking. Our Future Commando Force attacked in the urban warfare exer…www.thesun.co.uk
UK military to unveil shift towards hi-tech warfare as cuts bite
Defence chiefs believe new technology such as Atak app can increase power of each soldier several times overwww.theguardian.com
At an urban warfare exercise last year in California, the British say, nearly 100 marine commandos defeated 1,500 of their US counterparts because of help from the situational awareness technology.
“The normal assault rules are completely inverted,” said Dan Cheesman, the chief technology officer with the Royal Navy. “It’s not three or four to one that’s needed, it’s one to four.
Other military technology he highlighted included a DefendTex “flying grenade”, a drone carrying an explosive he described as having the mobility of a “snitch” from the Harry Potter books, and a larger Malloy drone used to dump supplies and possibly one day ferry wounded soldiers from a battlefield. There are also plans to test jetpacks in Portsmouth harbour later this year. - Guardian
Our Future Commando Force attacked in the urban warfare exercise. Conventional tactics suggest they would need to heavily outnumber the defending Americans.
But working in eight teams of 12, they outmanoeuvred their rivals and used helicopter drones linked to screens on their chests to pinpoint weak spots.
The £400million drill in California had to be cut short because the British victory was so swift and unexpected. - The Sun
Well done to the Royal Marines, perhaps new tech is the way forward?
I wonder when it will dawn on the morons involved in pushing this story that promoting the RM at the expense of a key ally while testing new concepts might not be the best way to encourage future collaboration, innovation and the development of, and experimentation with, new ideas in a free-form environment - and all to generate a page of fishwrap.
Hopefully someone senior in the RM has had the gumption to pick up the phone to his oppo in the USMC and apologise for RM Media Ops drinking seawater and the usual over-excitable tw@ts in the MOD over-heating their shared braincell.
I don't imagine it will ruffle many feathers over the pond. Without wishing to denigrate RM, they're basically a light Brigade; the USMC is bigger than our entire armed forces,and AFAIK the only things we have that they don't is nukes and submarines. A hundred Booties being touted as Rambo is not exactly going to upset them IMHO.I wonder when it will dawn on the morons involved in pushing this story that promoting the RM at the expense of a key ally while testing new concepts might not be the best way to encourage future collaboration, innovation and the development of, and experimentation with, new ideas in a free-form environment - and all to generate a page of fishwrap.
Hopefully someone senior in the RM has had the gumption to pick up the phone to his oppo in the USMC and apologise for RM Media Ops drinking seawater and the usual over-excitable tw@ts in the MOD over-heating their shared braincell.
I don't imagine it will ruffle many feathers over the pond. Without wishing to denigrate RM, they're basically a light Brigade; the USMC is bigger than our entire armed forces,and AFAIK the only things we have that they don't is nukes and submarines. A hundred Booties being touted as Rambo is not exactly going to upset them IMHO.