Putting the T in METT-T (i.e., Terrain)

[Steve Blair]

Try this. It's a 1985 CGSC paper.

[William F. Owen]

Try this. It's a 1985 CGSC paper.

Have to say, I read that and was impressed. The author was one of the first I've read to get the importance of the "counter-slope." - a point mostly missed by those who pontificate about "reverse slope."
In BAOR, this was where we should have sighted our long range AT-weapons, and the prepared tank firing locations.
Good paper - not perfect, but well worth a read.

[Tukhachevskii]

Baden-Powell's, War in Practice, contains his recollections and lessons learned from the Boer War and makes for good reading (especially in terms of an army that has just snatched victory from the jaws of defeat- its a tradition -, and has had to learn the basics the hard way all over again), see esp. Chapter IV The Selection of Ground and Posistions and he also proposes an X shaped parapet position (p. 168) Reminds me of The Defence of Duffer's Drift

Fingers-crossed the link works

[Tukhachevskii]

1.Military Geography for the Public and Professionals

2.The Military Geography by An Army Schoolmaster

3.A concise synopsis of geography, for the use of the junior department of the Royal military college, at Sandhurst

4.Physical, historical and military geography

5. Military Geography

6. Topography and Strategy in the [Great] war

7. Battlefields of the World War: A Study in Military Geography

8.Tactical Walks

[bumperplate]

Looking through the list of Army FMs, 5-33 Terrain Analysis can no longer be found.
Hopefully there's a revision or something new to replace it.

[Granite_State]

Baden-Powell's, War in Practice, contains his recollections and lessons learned from the Boer War and makes for good reading (especially in terms of an army that has just snatched victory from the jaws of defeat- its a tradition -, and has had to learn the basics the hard way all over again), see esp. Chapter IV The Selection of Ground and Posistions and he also proposes an X shaped parapet position (p. 168) Reminds me of The Defence of Duffer's Drift

Fingers-crossed the link works

There was actually an article in the Marine Corps Gazette, about a year or so back, where the author, an infantry officer, wrote about discovering the Baden Powell book in a yard sale, and then went on to call for a return of the X-shaped sandbag parapet.

[Tukhachevskii]

There was actually an article in the Marine Corps Gazette, about a year or so back, where the author, an infantry officer, wrote about discovering the Baden Powell book in a yard sale, and then went on to call for a return of the X-shaped sandbag parapet.

Yes. It was actually that article (January 2010, Pg 26-7? Sorry can't get link uploaded) that cued me onto Baden Powell!

[KenWats]

Yes. It was actually that article (January 2010, Pg 26-7? Sorry can't get link uploaded) that cued me onto Baden Powell!

For those playing the home edition, here is the link The article in question starts on page 26.

http://www.marinecorpsgazette-digita...001?pg=30#pg28