re: If you had to fight a guerrilla war on US turf, where would you choose?

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If you were in a similar situations as the Ukrainians?

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NYC

My property backs up to the Natchez Trace and I know it pretty well, don’t think I’d go anywhere else.

With all of the infrared and nightvision scopes most modern militaries have, urban guerilla warfare would be the ticket. Though surviving in the wilderness would be likely easier, evading capture and setting up ambushes in a large city would be much easier. Think of what the Russians did to the Germans in Leningrad. It was a 900-day siege with the Russians peppering the Germans with snipers and boobytraps until the Germans finally got outflanked and surrounded.

You'd have to have a few things. Access to water. Access to food, supplies ammunition. The ability to blend into the terrain. A combination of access but at the same time remoteness. The fighters should have the ability to survive in the landscape while at the same time making it very difficult for the opposition to traverse the same terrain.

In my part of the world, I think it would be Echo Canyon near Echo, Utah or Sherman Hill and Telephone Canyon on I-80 in Wyoming. You could easily disrupt east-west travel for the invaders.

Similarly the area between Richfield, Hanksville and Green River, Utah would be easy to get lost in and could disrupt travel on I-70.

I-40 between Asheville, NC and Knoxville, TN would be a similar choke point.

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With all of the infrared and nightvision scopes most modern militaries have,

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I hear you, but lots of BAW's have those things too now days....

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it depends on the enemy.

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This is the correct answer.

There are a few videos of German troops doing this when the allies columns were advancing in Germany. They were killed pretty much instantly.

Probably San Diego. You could go sailing between skirmishes and probably still find a taco stand somewhere when your done.

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Appalachians (including sub-ranges like the Smokies)?

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This would be my preferred environment as well.

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If you had to fight a guerrilla war on US turf, where would you choose?

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If I'm trying to invade the US....I would not want to frick with Louisiana (difficult terrain, armed populace, impossible to move vehicles if you can't control the bridges) or Texas (literally everyone is ready to fight you).

If I'm defending the US, I would really hate to go up against anyone in Kansas or Oklahoma, where the terrain is wide open and there's no place to really hide your movements.