Fighting the Capitalists Weapons

Tanks and aircraft, when used on a strategic level, prove useless. But Canadian Afghan experience, and American experience in Iraq right now is that tanks are actually very valuable when attached in small numbers directly to infantry units. They can easily settle fire fights and provide accurate direct fire heavy support. The same for aircraft, ground-attack aircraft equipped with precision munitions are a blessing, as are helicopters.

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There hasn't been a major guerrilla war in the 1st world since the American Revolution, so its hard to say.

I am sure that there were some Confederate forces that had to resort to guerilla warfare.

alex should read about the german communist revolts in the twenties and why they failed. Maybe becuase they beleived in bone headed statements like that.

There hasn't been major first world guerilla warfare because the first world has regular militaries that don't collapse easily. As a result the entire war lasts in conventional form.

My fellow comrades!!

I would greatly appreciate it if you could give me advice on a good book consisting of guerilla war tactics.

I strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with the basic principles of warfare first.
http://stockmarketbooks.blogspot.com/20 ... f-war.html

Yes. It's much better to start by familiarizing yourself with modern warfare in general, studying some recent conflicts, and only when you have a firm grasp of the basics, moving on to looking at guerilla warfare in particular. It's no good to you if a guerilla warfare book says striking enemy C4ISTAR is vital, when you don't know what C4ISTAR is.

What the frag is a C4ISTAR

Isn't it awesome that I stickied an abbreviations thread in this forum? Guess why I did that?

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What the frag is a C4ISTAR

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C4ISTAR - command control communications computers intelligence surveillance target acquisition and reconnaisance

Or on a conceptual level it's the combination of C3 (command control and communications, basically the command structure) with computerization and intellingence, and STAR which is tactical battlefield awareness and targeting. Effectively it's the whole chain of command from the 5-star general in pentagon, to the FCS of an M1A2 Abrams in Iraq which just acquired a T-72 in its sights.

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Isn't it awesome that I stickied an abbreviations thread in this forum? Guess why I did that? Roll eyes Wink

Sorry, I didn't notice it

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alex should read about the german communist revolts in the twenties and why they failed. Maybe becuase they beleived in bone headed statements like that.

Do you have any recommendations? I'd read them.