Ben Obese-Jecty
The war in Ukraine has been fought for just over four years, but in that short time the evolution of the nature of warfare has been generational.
Before the conflict, the principles of fighting as an infantry platoon had not changed significantly since the Second World War. Indeed, the wider concept of manoeuvre warfare, in which infantry work in tandem with air, tanks and artillery to punch through enemy weak spots, was broadly set in stone for just as long.
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw tactical tweaks made to counter theatre-specific threats, particularly from improvised explosive devices, but these changes were refinements to patrolling techniques developed by the British Army over several decades in Northern Ireland. They were modifications to match the threat. The core principles and tactics of fighting when under fire remained unchanged.
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