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This is not true, Guerrilla style warfare is one of the few styles of warfare where technical superiority does not equal a total advantage on the battlefield. T

by kls 17y ago

This is not true, Guerrilla style warfare is one of the few styles of warfare where technical superiority does not equal a total advantage on the battlefield. The reasons being is that you general negate mechanized infantry and air superiority. Even the advantages of selective fire assault rifles are somewhat muted. The number one advantage in these situations is familiarity with the terrain. It was the deciding factor in the revolutionary war, Vietnam, Soviet / Afghanistan, and if something does not change US / Afghanistan. Time and time again some of the poorest nations beat the most powerful nation of that time by simply drawing them into a Guerrilla war.

forensic 17y ago
You're missing the point. Guerillas don't win wars, at best they ensure that no one wins.
- kls 17y ago
  Tell that to Castro or Nguyen Huu Tho or Washington all of which won their struggles via guerrilla warfare. Note: I am not advocating the use of insurgency as a means of resolving political dispute, just pointing out that it does in fact win against superior numbers, resources and technology. To claim it does not ignores centuries of evidence to the contrary.
  - philwelch 17y ago
    Washington won his struggles with conventional warfare combined with a shitton of direct military intervention from France. The role of guerrilla warfare in the American Revolution is popularly overstated.
    - kls 17y ago
      If we are talking about Washington directly then yes he won his battle via conventional warfare but when we talk about the war that he symbolizes as the leader, there is little denying that guerrilla warfare is what disheartened the British troops and emboldened the militias and locals. The following article highlights how important small skirmishes and hit and run tactics where to the revolutionary war. http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1489 http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1489

by kls 17y ago

forensic 17y ago

You're missing the point. Guerillas don't win wars, at best they ensure that no one wins.

kls 17y ago
Tell that to Castro or Nguyen Huu Tho or Washington all of which won their struggles via guerrilla warfare. Note: I am not advocating the use of insurgency as a means of resolving political dispute, just pointing out that it does in fact win against superior numbers, resources and technology. To claim it does not ignores centuries of evidence to the contrary.
- philwelch 17y ago
  Washington won his struggles with conventional warfare combined with a shitton of direct military intervention from France. The role of guerrilla warfare in the American Revolution is popularly overstated.
  - kls 17y ago
    If we are talking about Washington directly then yes he won his battle via conventional warfare but when we talk about the war that he symbolizes as the leader, there is little denying that guerrilla warfare is what disheartened the British troops and emboldened the militias and locals. The following article highlights how important small skirmishes and hit and run tactics where to the revolutionary war. http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1489 http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1489