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1. What’s GO and NO-GO Terrain for Wheeled and Tracked
Vehicles? First, what’s OPEN and CLOSED terrain?
CLOSED Flat OPEN terrain without thick
vegetation is “tank country”
CLOSED where even medium-to-heavy
tracked tanks can go. If flat terrain
TW CLOSED is firm, wheeled vehicles can pass.
CLOSED
Water collects in low areas and
this is where people live to
CLOSED
grow food. Where people live they
have buildings which creates more
CLOSED terrain. As you can see, where
TW wheeled trucks can go is rather limited
TW
on as-is planet
CLOSED
earth.
TW CLOSED CLOSED
TW T = tracks
CLOSED CLOSED W = wheels
CLOSED
(maybe)
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2. Factoring in urbanization, NO-GO Terrain within OPEN
Terrain for Wheels and Medium-to-Heavy tracks increases
CLOSED
CLOSED
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Elevation
Vegetation CLOSED Population
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3. Adding in Elevation, Vegetation and Population, Half the world is CLOSED
terrain to wheels and even medium-to-heavy tracks
So how does the world get around in
CLOSED wheels if planet earth’s terrain will not
let them pass? Man cheats. He builds
CLOSED ROADS which are man-made hardened, flat,
clear strips of OPEN TERRAIN. Heavy
CLOSED Forces are needed to control these exposed
areas via overland 2D MANEUVER.
2D
CLOSED
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CLOSED CLOSED 1D
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4. Sub-National Groups evading nation-state control hide in CLOSED terrain
Out-Maneuvered 2D maneuver by heavy forces can bottle
Out-Gunned SNGs up and keep government areas secure
Out-Supplied but they still have closed terrain sanctuaries. If
our light forces enter closed terrain on foot
they will fight these SNGs “even” M16 vs.
AK47 or worse at a disadvantage against foes
in superior numbers who know the terrain and
have cached supplies and heavy HE
ambushed weaponry on fortified ground. If our light forces
use Humvee/Stryker/MRAP/JTVL wheeled
trucks they will be restricted to roads/trails
where the enemy can see them coming 1D
and have land mine, RPG and HE ambushes
awaiting them.
Even medium-weight tracks like FCS @ 27
CLOSED tons are too heavy/large to fly 3D, will simply
CLOSED CLOSED not be able to go up steep or through thick
CLOSED vegetation and soft terrain to empower our
CL
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light infantry with superior 2D cross-country
ED
CLOSED mobility, armor protection and firepower to
have overmatch against SNGs in their closed
terrain “home turf”. Our troops need 3DM Now

5. Light Infantry Light mechanized with High Technology M113 Gavin Light Armored
Tracks: most of the 50% world that is closed terrain becomes “CLOSED-GO
terrain” --Light tracks can traverse 90% and fly over 100% of the world to effect 3D
Maneuver avoiding road ambush and surprising the enemy, establishing security!
JCA, C-130, C-17 CH-47
3D
Airland or Airdrop
2D
X-country

6. Real World Example: PBS Afghanistan: the Other War
Canadians in wheels can’t reach remote
villages to do SASO/COIN ops due to
mud, ambushes or lack of roads to win
them over from Taliban; they sometimes
can walk but can’t bring supplies and are
vulnerable
2
?
However, with Mini-Gavins they can
FLY by CH-47 and/or DRIVE x-country to
reach villages and prevail vs. Taliban
bringing supplies to build trust
Center Of Gravity
1
3
Kill Taliban & Charlie Mike

7. Our NATO allies in Afghanistan have re-equipped their Light Infantry with
TRACKS after finding out that wheeled trucks do not work...
DUTCH BRITISH
M113 Gavins CH-47
AIFV Bv10S
Viking
M113 Gavins
Leopard 1 C-17
CANADIANS