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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
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Subject: Re: Various questions
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Date: 9 Jun 89 03:28:39 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <7200@cbnews.ATT.COM>, Tim McDaniel writes: 

.. a bunch of questions, one or two of which i can answer ...

*  What is the structure of a Chinese
*"Army": how many soldiers (combat and support)?  How many corps and/or
*divisions?

a Chinese Army is essentially equivalent to a US Corp.

*[Bill: Call this topic "irregular troops" or "urban combat", and it'll
*fit under the sci.military charter. 8-) ] What can urban civilians do
*to attack troops, given the "usual" equipment in foreign cities (i.e.
*guns are not usually available)?  For example, I've heard that large
*rocks or cement blocks can be used to detrack tanks, which then are
*more vulnerable if infantry is absent.  Molotov cocktails have been
*used to some good effect in Beijing.  What other things can be done?
*Again, what is a good sourcebook?  Should I just read "The Anarchist's
*Cookbook"?  8-)

i'm sure anything you want want to know is in TAC.
pipe bombs and a napalm equivalent are both easy
to make with relatively common materials; there
are lots of other nasty tricks you can play without
expensive military hardware.  i'm certainly not going
to post any gory construction details to the net, for
reasons that should be quite obvious.  if you have
a reasonably active imagination, you can `cook' more up
yourself.

richard
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