Sgt Joch Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 U.S. units have been fighting for a week to clear out Baquba of insurgent units. this article shows the ingenuity shown by the insurgents in turning entire city blocks into IED booby traps. American soldiers braced themselves for a controlled explosion of bombs they had encountered at a house in Baquba, Iraq, on Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT_56M Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 IEDs, VBIDs, H-BIEDs, oh my! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Glad I ain't doin that anymore. And yet sometimes I miss it. Weird, huh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT_56M Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Not weird at all... Panama, most fun I never want to have again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Sgt.Joch, A level of military perversity that even impresses me. Wow! Right up there with the Vietnam trick of burying det cord in ditches then ambushing the foe later on in the same place. Diving into ditches = bad idea. This is the same, albeit on a much larger sale of both boom and application. The soldier with the sunglasses looks like someone right out of Central Casting. The guy's Hollywood cool in the Val Kilmer/Kevin Bacon mode. Regards, John Kettler [ June 27, 2007, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsobill Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 its sad really how many people wont live to 2008 election, thanks to bloodthirsty politicians... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 JK, yes, any bozo can stand in the middle of the street and fire a AK-47, but it takes cunning and some military skill to design these "traps". It reminds me of the city fighting I read about...Hue, Ortona, Stalingrad. Wars may change, but the basics of MOUT, which is basically siege warfare does'nt. I'm sure some evil scenario designers will put similar situations in CMSF. It must be nerve wracking for the troops involved though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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