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…Shooter Number One maintains cover for Shooter Number Two as he/she prepares to throw the grenade into the room. Shooter Number Two then returns to the original stacked position behind Shooter Number One (Figure A…

…The defender must make best use of the battlespace that he/she controls: ground level (streets and parks), above ground (buildings), and below ground (subways and sewers). Defenders must be aware that built-up areas are…

…Urbanized Terrain Before an assault, the company commander employs smoke to conceal the movements of assaulting platoons. He/She provides suppression fires to their flanks with direct-fire weapons. The battalion may provide additional security forces…

…and variable time (fuze) effects are reduced by structures, although they are effective against personnel on rooftops. HE delay is used for penetration effects. Illumination, chemical incendiary ammunition, and smoke are effective. Ammunition expenditures will be…

…The Marine may occupy this position voluntarily, or he/she may be forced to occupy it because of enemy fire. In either case, the position lacks preparation before occupation. Some of the more common hasty firing…

…Fires within the city are planned along likely routes of advance to delay, disrupt, and destroy the enemy as he/she attempts to deepen a penetration. (4) Commanders establish priorities of fire on the basis of…

…prepared. Part of the roofing material is removed to allow the sniper to fire around the chimney. He/She should stand inside the building on the beams or on a platform with only his/ her head…

…the grenade, the Marine should immediately announce, “FRAG OUT,” to indicate that a grenade has been thrown. He/She then takes cover because the grenade may bounce back or be thrown back, or the enemy may…

…the grenade, the Marine should immediately announce, “FRAG OUT,” to indicate that a grenade has been thrown. He/She then takes cover because the grenade may bounce back or be thrown back, or the enemy may…

…If an enemy gunner inside the building fires on a Marine, he/she exposes himself/herself to fire from other squad/fire team members who are covering him/her. Furthermore, an enemy gunner farther down the…

…inside the room to the left or right of the mousehole and quickly scan the entire room. He/She then gives the command to Shooter Number Two, “NEXT MAN IN, LEFT (RIGHT).” Shooter Number Two shouts…

…When using the proper method of firing from a window (Figure A-53), the Marine is well back into the room to prevent the muzzle flash from being seen, and he/she is kneeling to limit…

…Since humans began building villages, he/she has fought battles in and around them. Geography, politics, and economics dictate that cities will continue to be an objective of armies in warfare. From the armies that invaded…

…Approximately 20,000 rounds of high explosive (HE) 60-mm and 81-mm mortar ammunition were expended during the battle. The 4.2-inch mortar was used primarily to deliver riot control agent munitions. It was…

…Shooter Number Two goes from kneeling to standing as he/she pivots. Both shooters clear their respective sector of fire. Figure A-38. Shooters Clear Sectors of Fire From Doorway d. If no grenade was thrown…

…Every Marine moving in a column has a particular sector for whose security he/she is responsible. The point persons are responsible for security to the direct front and for pieing off windows and doorways. They…

…This area is a safe haven for the enemy because he/she is protected from indirect fires. For low-angle artillery, the dead space is about five times the height of the building. For mortars and…

…The defender stands a greater chance of success when he/she fights with combined arms and task organizes his/her forces. The discussion of troops and support available in Chapter 2, Section II, also pertains to…

…The squad leader should carry a map, compass, street plan, and notebook in which he/she has detailed the information that he/she must gather. One Marine is assigned to carry the tools needed to open…

…Upon reaching the point just before he/she can be engaged from above, Shooter Number One turns around and covers overhead. From this point, Shooter Number One ascends the stairs, moving backward while covering behind and…