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![]() Picture taken from scandinavian armor: http://www.haaland.info/norway/army/ Quote:
Hm, just a little joke (if you didn't understand that....) ![]() I don't think that armoured vehicles works in a crowd control situation at all, at least not in urban areas. In Norway we are training our troops, wich we are going to send abroad, a lot in crowd control techniques. The key here, we think, is to use the least possible amount of force. No weapons, clubs/shields only, (and maybe a watercannon or two ![]() A well diciplined squad/platoon dressed in riot control gear can be very effective, if they do exactly what they are supposed to do. One wrong hit with a club can be disastrous in a crowd control situation. We have had great success in Kosovo with our crowd control techniques. I think that many countries, including Israel, is using to much force from the beginning, and therefore causing the situation to get out of hand... Resulting in the "bloodbaths" that media do talk about.. Another "problem" with crowd control is media... You will at least have 10 cameras pointing at you at all times in a peacekeeping/enforcing mission, and specially in a crowd control situation.. One "wrong" move from one soldier, and the whole world will know about it... And you can guarantee that they will be focusing on the woman/child who is injured/killed, and NOT on the 4 persons behind them who started to shoot/throw rocks etc. at our soldiers first. And yet another thing is the muslim/Arab culture.. My experience is that they have a very high sence of "honor." If you do dishonor one, (it doesn't really have to be your fault), then they must defend their honor, and not back out.. A small incident can easilly become a major disaster in a case like this. And I do agree with you GuyOntheRight: in most situations "winning their hearts and minds" is the best thing |
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