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1. Cross-Country Maneuver Math for Dummies
Here is one 1, 000 meters by 1, 000 meters military
topographical map grid square.
1, 000 meter
1, 000 meters

2. A light tracked tank like a M113 Gavin is 98 inches wide at
its tracks or 2.48 meters which we will round off to 2.5 meters;
this means 400 x M113 Gavins could cross from left-to-right
or from top-to-bottom at the same time over one grid square!
400 x M113 Gavins
1, 000 meter
1, 000 meters
Each arrow equals 8 x M113 Gavins!

3. To stop these 400 x M113 Gavins from crossing would require 400 land
mines; if you don’t want to deny your people access command detonation
would require 400 firing circuits and someone to press the button on the
scene 24/7/365, depending on visibility say 40 men each with control of 10
land mines….plus at least another man for security so 80 men minimum
for CDLMs... 400 x M113 Gavins
80 x
ragheads
24/7/365
1, 000 meters
Each arrow equals 2 x Ragheads!

4. There is one rather LARGE problem! Planet Earth is a very BIG
place…..Iraq the size of Texas is 167, 400 square miles or 269, 404 square
kilometers AKA 1, 000 meter grid squares! It would take 21, 552, 320
people to man every CDLM 24/7/365 to stop all cross-country maneuver
ie; THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF IRAQ and 107, 761, 600 mines would be
needed!
US THEM
80
x
ragheads
24/7/365
Each square equals 80 x Ragheads!

5. Of course, the terrain would
not be 100% open to light
tracked maneuver but its
pretty damn close!
M113 Gavin = Force
Multiplier
Its simply not possible for
every 2.5 meters of Iraq to
be land mined and certainly
not controlled by command
detonation. Even if it were…
Guess what?

6. M113 Gavins can be FLOWN OVER land mine areas by available
CH-47, C-130s and soon C-27 aircraft!
“Sorry Hadji!”

7. Now watch what happens
when you become
ROAD-BOUND
because you are
handicapped with
Humvee, Stryker and
myriad wheeled
trucks…
All Hadji has to do is mine
the roads because he
knows we are coming!
Only a small amount of
rebels needed to fight
us because we are
LINEAR and he is not!
He covers chokepoints and Alah
we are choked--unable to whatever!
maneuver! He bleeds us
and bankrupts us $$$$

8. Let’s say a 309-Stryker truck brigade wants to cross 1 grid square
that only has ONE road for them to pass on.
Sorry Yankee, no
destination for you!
B
Why give the rebels
an easy way to
fight us successfully?
A
All Hadji has to do is land mine a handful of stretches of road and the
ENTIRE truck brigade gets stopped from reaching its destination. A handful of
rebels is all that’s needed and they can run away after setting off the mines.