"The Marauder as an Asymmetric Operational Concept " Topic

"The marauder is an enduring concept in warfare, as it is in culture. The name ‘marauder', has been given to military vehicles, planes, and wartime units. This paper begins with the marauder in the 18th century, where it is frequently mentioned as a disordering force in operations, and a breakdown in military discipline. However, in this period marauding also became the basis of raiding tactics. The paper then transitions to the modern era, where the marauder is a universal concept in operations spanning a wide spectrum, whether it is civil policing and security, or the military level; the marauder operates in a similar fashion at either end of the spectrum. Its most basic features are: the marauder operate independently, self-sufficiency, and aggressively hunts its target. A defining feature of the marauder is that it operates outside of the rules and conventions that govern. This feature makes the marauder ubiquitous, giving it a capacity to easily outwit and overwhelm its conventional opposition.

The final part of this paper with look at the relationship between the marauder and the lone-actor. It will be argued that the marauder is an example of asymmetric operations. The definition of asymmetric (in operations):

"In military operations the application of dissimilar strategies, tactics, capabilities, and methods to circumvent or negate an opponent's strengths while exploiting his weaknesses." (U.S. Department of Defence, 2018)…"
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Amicalement
Armand

And they paid someone to actually write that paper ?

Ever read any of the ones about the utility of barbed wire in combat compared to urban pacification. Your sleep will be long and deep.

What Tango has posted is just an abstract from a journal. The reference to the US Dept of Defence (or Defense across the Pond?) is just that…a reference.

This is not bad reading at all, I thought. I did think drifting into the Las Vegas shooting was stretching the definition of marauder, a bit and began to worry there might be something dodgy about this….but no, it got back onto track.

Thanks my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

Just to encourage you…

You do get much Grief….

But you contribute so much. Let us say that 60% of your input is rubbish or repetition of earlier posts

Ok Then 40% of what you put here is stuff we would never have seen and would be lost to TMP. (Grin)

I also thought you only got into Napoleonic stuff….I had no idea that your interests were so way beyond that.

If folk moan, I hope you will keep on adding to this forum. It can get nasty and personal here and drive people away

(Big smile)…

Maybe… 45%…? (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Call it 43% and we'll shake on that……..

Shaked!! (smile)

Amicalement
Armand