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Page 262 The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War
However, this was not the first nor the last battle for the resistance.
They were fighting a war of attrition and refused to become decisively
engaged in their home area where the civilians and villages would bear
the brunt of the damage. In this area, the civilian population remained
in their homes throughout the.war.
Tactically, the Mujahideen massed the fires of their light anti-tank
weapons at close range. Several anti-tank gunners would fire at the
same target simultaneously. This greatly increased their probability of
hit, prevented effective counter fires, demoralized vehicle crews, created
confusion among their enemy's tank and motorized columns and
prevented the employment of accurate, Soviet indirect artillery fire
into the area. Heavy machine guns usually backed up the anti-tank
gunners to separate the dismounted infantry from the armored vehicles,
keep the vehicle crews buttoned up so that their vision was
obscured, and provided covering fire should the anti-tank gunners
need to leave their positions.