WHAT RIGHT LOOKED LIKE: M24 Chaffee Light Tanks + Light Infantry (Cavalry) Take Remagen Bridge The Bridge at Remagen (1969) youtube.com/watch?v=gN0VqyBqApc What we Need Today: combatreform.org/winningcityfights.htm combatreform.org/lighttanks.htm

1. WINNING FUTURE CITYFIGHTS
LT Mike Sparks, IN, USAR and Ralph Zumbro November 2002
dynmicpara@aol.com and chopper9r@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/equipmentshop/winningcityfights.htm

2. 1. Attack/Defend with Tanks and Infantry at same time
-Do not try to win fight by your branch alone
-Combine arms means using ALL of your available means at
the same time: DO FM 71-1, not just say you will
-Bradley T/I phone technique thru rear ramp firing port
2. Do the unexpected to surprise/overwhelm the enemy
-Air-Mech light armor into knock-out positions by
helos/parachutes and fixed-wing aircraft
-Smoke the objective area with smoke HMMWVs, M113
Gavins, smoke pots, arty/mortars, M1/M2 engine smoke
-Use armored vehicles as battering rams, elevated entry
points, moving shields
3. Harden Soldiers and vehicles

3. 1. Attack/Defend with Tanks and Infantry at same time
What not to do:
1993 Somalia: Infantry, no tanks
1996 Grozny: tanks, no infantry

4. 2. Do the unexpected to surprise/overwhelm the enemy:
gain positional advantage
AIRDROP
GO X-COUNTRY
SWIM AIR ASSAULT

5. Soccer Field
Do the
unexpected!
LZ Fortune
favors the bold!
Predictable

6. Missions of the Urban Combat
Team
• Rapidly Air Deploy Under a Division or Corps HQ as Part of a Joint Force as
the spearhead for MOUT operations
• Prevent, Contain or Stabilize Crises Through Presence and precise Military
Operations in Urban Terrain
• Determine Favorable Outcome of urban Small Scale Contingencies (SSCs)
• Act as the urban Combat Force Guarantor in Security and Support
Operations (SASO) as Part of a U.S. or Multinational Force
• Participate, with Augmentation, in Major Theater Wars (MTWs) insuring
urban areas do not hinder decisive maneuver

7. Can we continue to assault
urban structures using
predictable top-down or
bottom-up tactics?
Helicopter
rooftop
assaults
exposes them
to enemy fires
Slow Ladder
assaults date
back to ancient Foot Infantry exposed
“Stacking” teams at to enemy fires!!!!!
times!
ground-level

8. Solution to 21st Century
Urban combat: Modern Siege Engines;
tracked tanks with combat engineering
means--original purpose of tanks in
the first place in WWI!
General Percy
Hobart’s “Funnies”
with PHYSICAL
MECHANICAL
ADVANTAGE to
directly cope not
impotent, rubber-
tired armored cars
mouse-clicking pleas
for firepower help!

9. MOUT VERTICAL ASSAULT
VEHICLE
Lethality is Not Always Weaponry
it can be MANEUVER
Stealthy Hybrid-Electric
M113A4 used to
transport rifle squad Boom arm delivers
over rubble, debris infantry to
unexpected spot on
buildings
Combat-proven mobility
with RPG resistant
applique armor

10. 3. Harden Soldiers and vehicles

11. INFANTRY RIDING ON M1 TANKS: EXTRACT FROM FM 7-8
2-47. INFANTRY RIDING ON ARMORED VEHICLES.
Soldiers ride on the outside of armored vehicles routinely. As long as tanks and infantry are moving
in the same direction and contact is not likely, Soldiers should always ride on tanks.
a. Guidelines for Riding on all Armored Vehicles. The following must be considered before
soldiers mount or ride on an armored vehicle.
(1) When mounting an armored vehicle, Soldiers must always approach the vehicle from the front to
get permission from the vehicle commander to mount. They then mount the side of the vehicle
away from the coaxial machine gun and in view of the driver.
(2) If the vehicle has a stabilization system, squad leaders ensure it is OFF before giving the okay
for the vehicle to move.
(3) The infantry must dismount as soon as possible when tanks come under fire or when targets
appear that require the tank gunner to traverse the turret quickly to fire.
(4) All Soldiers must be alert for obstacles that can cause the tank to turn suddenly and for trees
that can knock riders off the tank.
b. Guidelines for Riding on Specific Armored Vehicles. The following information applies to
specific vehicles.
(1) M1. The M1 tank is not designed to carry riders easily. Riders must NOT move to the rear deck.
Engine operating temperatures make this area unsafe for riders. (Figure 2-74.)

12. Figure 2-74. Mounting and Riding Arrangements on an M1.
(a) One infantry squad can ride on the turret. The Soldiers must mount in such
a way that their legs cannot become entangled between the turret and the hull
by an unexpected turret movement. Rope may be used as a field-expedient
infantry rail to provide secure handholds.
(b) Everyone must be to the rear of the smoke grenade launchers. This
automatically keeps everyone clear of the coaxial machine gun and laser range
finder.
(c) The infantry must always be prepared for sudden turret movement.
(d) Leaders should caution Solders about sitting on the turret blowout panels,
because 250 pounds of pressure will prevent the panels from working properly.
If there is an explosion in the ammunition rack, these panels blow outward to
lessen the blast effect in the crew compartment.
(e) If enemy contact is made, the tank should stop in a covered and concealed
position, and allow the infantry time to dismount and move away from the tank.
This action needs to be practiced before movement.
(f) The infantry should not ride with anything more than their battle gear.
Personal gear should be transported elsewhere.

14. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Actual light infantry on FMTV truck in Afghanistan

15. Proposed New FMTV
New tail gate Tail Gate with Roll-on/Roll-
Off Ramp toes to speed
offload of troops/supplies
Current ladder is slow
and tactically unsafe!
Ramp wedge
Ramp Toes
slide out from
tail gate

16. FMTV Truck Tactical Vehicle Hardening 1
2 Roll-up tarp sides for return firing FMTVs w/o
and to keep out hand grenades, sun, ring mount kits
elements remove top
3 ring mount
cover, have
Tail-gate opened for egress M249 LMG
Soldier stand
through
opening and
lean over on
top for return
4 fire; floors and
dashboard
5 Troops wear hard double
body armor, have sandbagged
E & E, bump plan
FMTVs that
Double Sandbag cargo are LVAD
bed sides and floor reducible
6 have cabs
Camouflage vehicle folded down
so there is
no glass to
splinter, wire
cutter bars
needed

17. http://155.217.58.58/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/90-5/img035.gif
Illustration/instructions from:
U.S. Army Field Manual Jungle Operations, FM 90-5

18. AVOID AMBUSH!