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LESSON 1

PRACTICE EXERCISE
ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK

1. Where does the THREAT force attempt to establish his defense in an urban area?
Well forward of an urban area in order to engage and defeat the attacker on the approaches to and flanks of the built-up area.
   
2. Under what circumstances will the THREAT defend within a built-up area?
When attacking forces break through defenses organized on the approaches and threaten the built-up area proper; when the built-up area has great political, strategic, or economic importance; when it is necessary to defend an urban area which is a critical communication/transportation complex.
   
3. How are motorized rifle battalion (MRB) defenses generally organized in an urban area?
In two echelons to provide greater depth and reserves.
   
4. Enemy companies prepare strongpoints by defending ___________.
In a perimeter of buildings having mutual support.
   
5. As a rule the MRB defends as part of the:
A. Larger, division-size unit.
B. Smaller, company-size unit.
C. Larger, regimental-size unit.
D. Larger, brigade-size unit.
   
6. How are tanks, attached to a motorized rifle battalion, employed in a MOUT defense?
Employed in ambushes or to reinforce antitank defenses; they may operate as "roving guns" or be positioned in strongpoints.
   
7. List the missions of an MRB on the main avenue of approach and in the first echelon.
Receives the main attack of attacking forces
Inflicts decisive damage on the assaulting forces to prevent a breakthrough by tanks and infantry.
   
8. List three missions of an MRB in the second echelon or on a secondary avenue of approach.
Prevents flanking/rear maneuvers
Holds defended sites and prevents further advances by an attacker that has penetrated the built-up area
Conducts counterattacks to restore positions of the battalions in the first echelon.
   
9. List three missions of the reserve in an MRB defense.
Reinforces/replaces battalions in the first echelon; covers breaches caused by enemy nuclear weapons
Holds sites deep within the defensive positions whose retention is vital to the overall defense
Extinguishes or contains fires that endanger friendly forces or limit their operations
Conducts rear area security and defeats air-landed forces that are inserted in the rear.
   
10. If the attack penetrates the first echelon, what must the THREAT MRB do?
Inflict maximum losses; stop further forward movement; and create favorable conditions for the second echelon or regimental reserve to counterattack.
   
11. Enemy doctrine for the defense of built-up areas emphasizes the importance of the _____________________ concept.
Combined arms.
   
12. What characteristics make the enemy MRB the most effective unit for urban combat?
Inherent mobility, armor protection, and rapid capability to adapt buildings and other structures for defense or as shelters against the effects of nuclear weapons.
   
13. Which echelon of the MRB covers a narrower front and receives greater reinforcements.
First echelon.
   
14. a. What type of buildings will the enemy use as strongpoints?
b. What type of buildings will the enemy avoid for use as strongpoints?
a. Solidly constructed buildings with good observation and fields of fire.
b. Wooden buildings.
   
15. What is the role of the security zone on the urban battlefield?
To halt or delay the attacker and cause him to deploy early; deceiving the attacker as to the location of the main defenses.
   
16. In a MOUT environment, smoke agents are used extensively to ___________.
Conceal the maneuver of men and weapon systems between strongpoints, defensive areas, and separate building that do not have concealed or underground routes between them. Also they deny the attacker observation and aimed fires.
   
17. In addition to their normal employment, THREAT artillery is deployed
Well forward as direct fire support.
   
18. Fire planning for THREAT infantry weapons requires what type of combination of fires?
Flanking, interlocking, and layered.
   
19. What does the political plan of the THREAT force stress?
That a defended building must be a fortress, and the force which is morally stronger and better prepared mentally will be the victor.
   
20. How may THREAT forces employ frontal (tactical) aviation in a MOUT defense?
To strike concentrations of attacking troops, nuclear delivery means, groups of artillery and forces trying to bypass or encircle an urban area.
   
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