MCRP 12-10B.1, page 280
Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)
Marine Corps Reference Publication: Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)
Public distribution statement A; S2 KOCOA cited as MCRP 12-10 b.1
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Figure C-5. Entering a Brick Building
Figure C-6. Brick Houses Have Similar Floor Plans
To clear from building to building, the best method is to move from rooftop to rooftop
because the roofs of brick buildings are usually easy to breach. The walls between
buildings are at least three bricks thick (total of six bricks between buildings) and require
large quantities of demolitions to breach. Walls are normally easier to breach on an upper
floor than on a lower floor because the walls are thinner on upper floors. If rooftops are
covered by fire and there are not enough demolitions to breach walls between buildings,
clearing from rear to rear of buildings is safer than clearing from front to front.
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MCWP 3-35
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