LEADER 03763nam 22004933 450 001 9910163330103321 005 20230803215331.0 010 $a9781782895237 010 $a178289523X 035 $a(CKB)3810000000097848 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4808590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4808590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11349727 035 $a(OCoLC)974583986 035 $a(Perlego)3018839 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000097848 100 $a20210901d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAttack Helicopter Operations In Urban Terrain 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cTannenberg Publishing,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014. 215 $a1 online resource (42 pages) 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Roots of Attack Aviation and Historical Precedence -- MOUT and Attack Helicopter Doctrine -- Urban Terrain and Its Impact on Attack Helicopter Operations -- Urban Attack Helicopter Operations -- Advantages of Attack Helicopters in MOUT -- Conclusion and Implications for Future Urban Conflicts -- Bibliography -- Books -- Articles -- Reports and Monographs -- Joint Publications and Field Manuals -- Unpublished Materials. 330 8 $aToday's Army faces an environment much different from that which it prepared for in the Cold War. Massed armor battles on the plains of Europe, for which the Army was trained and equipped, have become much less likely while involvement in smaller and more limited conflict has become more probable. Future conflict is more likely to resemble Grenada, Panama, or Somalia than Desert Storm. As world demographics shift from rural to urban areas, the cities will increasingly become areas of potential conflict. They cannot be avoided as a likely battlefield, and have already played a prominent part in Army combat operations in the last decade. If the Army is to keep pace in this changing environment it must look to the cities when developing doctrine, technology, and force structure. The close battlefield of Mogadishu or Panama City is much different from the premier training areas of the National Training Center or Hohenfels. Yet aviators have been presented the dilemma of training for the latter environment and being deployed to the former. For most aviators facing urban combat, it is a matter of learning as they fight. To avoid the high casualties and collateral damage likely in an urban fight against a determined opponent, however. Army aviation must train and prepare before they fight. Attack helicopters are inextricably woven into the fabric of combined arms operations. But for the Army to operate effectively as a combined arms team in an urban environment, both aviators and the ground units they support must understand the capabilities and limitations attack helicopters bring to the battle. This paper presents an historical perspective of how attack helicopters have already been used in this environment. It also discusses the factors that make city fighting unique, and the advantages and disadvantages for attack helicopter employment in an urban environment, as well as implications for future urban conflicts. 606 $aUrban warfare 606 $aUnited States. Army 606 $aAttack helicopters 615 0$aUrban warfare. 615 0$aUnited States. Army. 615 0$aAttack helicopters. 676 $a358.41829999999999 700 $aJones$b Major Timothy A$01374127 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163330103321 996 $aAttack Helicopter Operations In Urban Terrain$93407017 997 $aUNINA