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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
I think the British (and US) MOUT/FIBUA doctrine both moved away from auto for room/bunker clearing at about the same time they both moved away from grenading rooms as SOP and such. None of that works real well on a civilian clogged battlefield (unless you don't mind the bad press . . . and in that case, why not just clear most buildings with JDAMs and 120mm tank gun rounds?).
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Actually, in the High-Intensity-Conflict range of what doctrine now calls Full Spectrum Operations, FM 3-21.8 still lists an 120mm tank main gun round as the preferred method of room clearing.
Doctrine hasn't changed that much.
We just now acknowledged the Tennessee diagram of combat and realize that very few times/places are we going to be in that range of the spectrum anytime soon (maybe Korea if it flares off again, that's about the only HIC mission presently).