| "Yes thats exactly correct. I agree 100 percent. Thats why the Russians have been assaulting houses in "zachistka" operations. Its to neutralize the Chechen bandits that do these uncounterable ambushes before they actually do it. So in effect its Russia's way of dealing with ambushes. You attack the perpetrators of previous attacks and collaborators for future attacks before the next one occurs. The Russian military is going house-to-house to find these people that aren't currently in the woods. This is why they are doing it and why cases of Russian brutality are mentioned. The bruality occurs because the bandits/terrorists are in civilian areas and the Russians don't discriminate between whom they rough-up but, they do discriminate between whom they kill or take in."
That tactic causes a lot of civilian casualties and suffering. The best way is to find and destroy guerilla's bases where they rest and maintain their equipments, if bases are found.
One anti-ambush tactic is to turn immediately IFV/APCs towards enemy, return fire with vehicle's weapons, dissmount infantry and pinn ambusher down and destroy it. If ambusher is not pinned, they will retreat and dissappear. |