Zionist Army Adapting Training to Hizbullah Battle Doctrine
Local Editor
After a decade on the Third Lebanon War, the "Jerusalem Post" penned that the "Israeli" occupation army made substantial changes in the way it trains its infantry for war against Hizbullah - arguably "Israel's" most formidable military threat in the immediate region.
In the lead up to the 2006 conflict, the infantry had become rusty at war, spending nearly all of its time in counter-terrorism and anti-riot missions in the West Bank. The little training it did do involved largely unrealistic scenarios, like fighting in open areas, which were starkly different from the village battlefields of southern Lebanon that awaited it.
Today, according to a senior military source who is familiar with current infantry training practices, nearly every aspect of preparations has been revamped. The length of training programs for conscripts and reserves has grown exponentially under the current chief of staff.
In training grounds around the country, the "Israeli" army took a number of companies, taught them Hizbullah's current battle doctrine, and set them loose in mock battles against infantry units in training.
"These companies have been instructed to pursue their missions as well as they can. They form a ‘thinking enemy' for training units. It is something we began three years ago, and it is becoming more widespread now. This forms a real challenge," the source said.
Hizbullah, for its part, is gaining the most powerful form of training possible, through its extensive involvement in Syria's war, now in its sixth year. Experienced Hizbullah commanders and fighters can utilize many lessons learned in Syria in a future conflict with the "Israeli" entity.
Today, the source said, "our training is much more suited to the threat compared to 10 years ago. In the past, we trained for battle in open areas. This is not the type of area we will fight in.
Today, we train only in closed areas with boulders and hills, and in built-up, urban areas," the source added.
Many training sessions occur at nights, when the Zionist army will likely have to fight a good chunk of its future battles.
Infantry soldiers today go on shorter marches than they did 10 years ago, but carry significantly heavier weights on their backs as they previously had difficulties with movements on foot; they were not used to the heavy weights," the source explained.
Source: Jerusalem Post, Edited by website team
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