John Spencer, Iraq veteran and chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute, writes about the different warfare capabilities and tools that would be useful for operators being deployed in dense terrain for missions. The list contains a range of gifts from abstract ideas such as “urban training battle effects” to more traditional warfare items such as flamethrowers. Each item listed comes with a short yet detailed explanation of their importance to urban warfare.

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