Several White House officials revealed to NBC News that President Donald Trump is growing increasingly “worried” over Canada regarding its ability to defend its borders, with one official saying that Trump’s concern stems from his “vision of ‘solidifying’ the Western Hemisphere,” the outlet reported Sunday.
In Canada resistance fighters won’t need the kind of Urban mobility you are referencing.
Against a US invasion they are going to take our major cities very quickly, and there is nothing we can do about it. This is because all of our major cities are on the borders. The rest of the country is wilderness, that our hunters know like the back of their hands and makes incredibly hard to move large military forces around.
What we need is our military taking care of Urban combat, and leave the rest to Canadian civilian Militias. Urban Combat is hell and civilian militias will just lose to well trained soldiers every day of the week.
There are numerous ways to take out drones, hide heat signatures, and move in the dark against night vision. We will also have those tools, and frankly, drones don’t do well in the winter so their effectiveness is season dependent.
As far as weaponry, any Long gun and Shotgun a person is comfortable using is good enough. Any Long gun with scope for range, Shotgun for up close (Buck shot) and Drones (Bird shot) is light enough for most people to carry comfortably, easy to use, and still effective in modern warfare.
I’m not talking about winning battles in urban environment, fighting from building to building to prevent occupation. As I said, civilians don’t have the firepower, and as you said, training and organization to pull something like that off. I’m talking about the occupation forces in the city being hit by ghosts on a daily basis during the occupation.
I understand what you are saying and what I am saying is Militia members should not even be entering the cities and risking their lives when keeping a line in the wilderness is more effective use of Human assets.
I believe one may be watching a few too many films if one thinks a lightly armed and trained militia member can be a “Ghost” in an enemy occupied urban environment.
I didn’t watch movies. I’ve played an enemy force a few times in military exercises doing exactly that. It is shocking how easy it is to just pass as a civilian in a busy city environment, observing and picking your place and moment so you can have an easy out. You “shoot” a guy when they’re not looking your way and then most of the time if you picked your spot right they don’t even know where it came from before you’re already walking away looking like any other bystanders. Of course, using those tactics means you’re not covered by the Geneva convention if ever captured because you’re not wearing a uniform. But I don’t think an American military invading Canada would give a shit about international law to begin with.
Ultimately, one tactic does not exclude the other either.
I am sure you have done all of that, and must have more knowledge than myself referencing simulations, and war games, on the exact situation of an enemy force invading Canadian soil. Apologies for my ignorance! I am sure Joe Shmoe will be Jason Bourne when the time comes!