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OMEGA TRAINING GROUP, INC. MOUT ACTD HANDBOOK <strong>#1</strong> EXPERIMENTAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR THE INFANTRY RIFLE PLATOON AND SQUAD IN URBAN COMBAT _____________________________________________________________________________ Figure 2-1. Attack of a building. (a) Isolate the building. This is normally coordinated at company level. Isolating the building prevents the escape or reinforcement of its defenders. However, the platoon may isolate a small building for a squad to enter and clear. (b) Enter the building. Entry at the top and clearing downward is the preferred method of clearing a building. This is commonly not possible. R-28, Get on Top of Building: Soldiers should consider the use of devices that allow them to assault the top of buildings without climbing an interior stairwell. 1. It is preferable not to use a door or window as an entry. When the only entry to a building is through a window or door, supporting fire should be directed at that location initially if the ROE permit. If possible, and the ROE permit, entry through doors and windows should only be made after use of an explosive breaching device unless a stealthy entry is desired. The use of an explosive breaching device will normally set off booby traps and give a momentary advantage to entering forces due to the distraction effect of the blast concussion. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2-8 VERSION 7, 1 APRIL 1999
OMEGA TRAINING GROUP, INC. MOUT ACTD HANDBOOK <strong>#1</strong> EXPERIMENTAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR THE INFANTRY RIFLE PLATOON AND SQUAD IN URBAN COMBAT _____________________________________________________________________________ R-27, Man Size Hole: Leaders should consider the use of the Beast or Explosive Cutting Tape (ECT) for creating man sized breaches both on the exterior and interior of buildings, allowing soldiers access for assaulting and movement in and through buildings. 2. When making a new entrance in a building, the platoon leader considers the effects of the explosive or ballistic blast on the building and adjacent buildings. If there is the possibility of a fire in adjacent buildings, key leaders coordinate with adjacent units and obtain permission from higher headquarters before starting the operation. In wooden frame buildings, the blast may cause the building to collapse. R-30A, Breaching Devices: When explosives cannot be used or are not appropriate or available for breaching, the assault team should consider the use of non-explosive breaching devices such as the Hooligan’s Tool, etc., to force open doors, windows, and to create mouseholes. 3. Before entering, depending on the situation and the ROE, soldiers may throw a cooked-off hand grenade through the entrance. Grenades may be fragmentation, concussion, flash-bang or other distraction devices. Selection of the type of grenade is made based upon leaders’ estimate of the situation and the ROE. The thrown hand grenades are used to suppress any resistance inside the building and to reinforce the distraction effects of the original breaching blast (if used). This may not be necessary if the entry can be made immediately after an explosive breach. (c) Clearing the building from the top down. To clear a building, troops preferably go quickly to the top floor and clear from the top down. Clearing a building is easier from an upper story since gravity and building construction become assets to the assault force when throwing hand grenades and moving from floor to floor. R-28, Get on Top of Building: Soldiers should consider the use of devices that allow them to assault the top of buildings without climbing an interior stairwell. • An enemy who is forced to the top of a building may be cornered and fight desperately or escape over the roof. But an enemy who is forced down to the ground level may withdraw from the building, thus exposing himself to friendly fires from the outside. • Various means, such as ladders, drainpipes, vines, ropes, grappling hooks, helicopters, or the roofs and windows of adjoining buildings may be used to _____________________________________________________________________________ 2-9 VERSION 7, 1 APRIL 1999
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