No Lack of Courage by Colonel Bernd Horn

Author:Colonel Bernd Horn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2010-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

We were unable to burn them and we tried using a lot of different methods, from diesel to white phosphorous dropped down on it from mortars and 203 (grenade) rounds. Then you have the vineyards where they grow their grapes. These are, essentially the easiest way for me to describe it is, picture a speed bump and then add about a metre at a minimum to the height of the speed bump and then put about two feet in between them, and they have 100 of them. You have to move through them and clear them because the enemy has the tendency to sit down inside and burrow back into them and then once you push past them they would come out behind you. That was some of their TTPs [tactics, techniques, and procedures]. And then there is the natural foliage. It’s very thick, very good cover, and very difficult to see into. And then to top it all off, unfortunately marijuana has a very good heat holding capability, which further exacerbates our thermal capabilities of the LAV. So it’s very difficult terrain. To us there doesn’t seem to be a set pattern to it at all, but the enemy definitely has a very good knowledge of the ground and so they’re able to move very well in it. It’s the most complex terrain I’ve ever seen. To make it even worse, at any point in time when you start to make routes you kick up dust that is like talcum powder. It’s moon dust. It’s about a foot deep and it’s very easy for someone to throw something in and to hide it quite easily without the ground looking disturbed. It causes a lot of visibility issues and it clogs up a lot of your weapon systems and equipment.28

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