Operacje militarne wojsk lądowych w terenie zabudowanym

• Autorzy: Sobolewski G.

Warianty tytułu

EN

Land forces military operations in urban areas

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

A continuous development of civilisation causes a progressive environment urbanisation. New towns are constantly appearing, the already existing ones expand very fast. Scientists dealing with the environment urbanisation predict that in the middle of the 21st century towns will cover 75% of people’s living area. Fast economic development will increase the level of urbanisation and density of the area. Not only the size but also the character of the urban area will change. Towns and urban areas, as political, administrative, industrial and culture centres, gain more and more importance. They are often railway, road, air and sea junctions. Towns contain enormous qualified human reserves as well as food, resources and industrial goods reserves. They play an important role in the whole country functioning. The last conflict in Iraq shows that taking control of urban complexes that are important in the functioning of the country (government administration, media, energy supplies) determines the success of military operations. It means that towns will not lose their military importance in probable future combat operations, which has been proved by the analysis of the last conflicts from the second half of the 20th century. It has been concluded that operations in urban areas will become dominant operations. Therefore NATO's land forces have been increasingly interested in problems of urban fighting. American theoreticians and commanders claim that there is need to put forth a great intellectual effort and to invest big funds in order to find solutions to problems related to fighting in unfriendly environment such as built up areas. These analyses should be carried out very conscientiously, as both the process and its final product are very important. Mechanisms that allow building modem conceptions of fighting in urban areas should be clearly defined. Requirements relating to armament, equipment, training and the needs in the development of new commanding staff should be stated.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

operacje militarne; wojska lądowe; urbanizacja; działania taktyczne

EN

military operations; land forces; urbanisation; tactical operations

• Wydawca: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe AON
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: nr 2(59)
• Strony: 87--95

Twórcy

autor

Sobolewski G.

• Akademia Obrony Narodowej