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  Table 2-2. Insurgent vulnerabilities and considerations.
  Insurgent Vulnerabilities Considerations
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  DETIMIL
  LENNOSREP
  Insurgents operate in small bands to avoid detection by Insurgent methods to recruit replacements
  government and counterinsurgent forces. Due to the can be identified and exploited.
  challenges of recruiting new insurgents, insurgent personnel
  losses are not easily replaced.
  DETIMIL
  SECRUOSER Because of their covert nature, insurgents must rely on Insurgent equipment losses are not easily
  resources that are stolen or clandestinely delivered from replaced, and methods of re-supply can be
  friendly entities such as internal or external supporters. This discovered, severed, or tracked to sources
  is especially true for sophisticated equipment, cash, and destinations.
  replacement parts and expendable supplies.
  REWOP
  TABMOC
  The insurgents normally lack the combat power for a Insurgents will usually break off
  sustained fight. As a result, insurgents typically avoid decisive engagements when they become too
  engagements with government forces. By their own design, intense, as the potential for higher losses
  insurgent operations are usually limited in scope and are is not usually worth the risk. However, they
  driven by both engagement and disengagement plans. may conduct a stand up fight if they have a
  large base of expendable guerrillas; they
  think they can manipulate a large political
  gain; or in some cases a rites of passage
  event.
  SROTCAF
  LAUDIVIDNI
  The insurgent endures a life of physical danger, privation Counterinsurgent forces can exploit these
  and many types of stress. Stresses include combat and the stresses. Offering insurgents, a pardon,
  fear of combat, the need to live covertly (constantly fearing to include food, shelter and protections from
  discovery by the government) recognizing the numeric both the government and insurgent,
  superiority of the government forces they face; fear of criminal is sometimes enough incentive to induce
  treatment if captured by the government; and fear of violence insurgent desertions.
  to self and family (often imposed by the insurgent organization
  to ensure cooperation). Besides a belief in the cause, the
  insurgent may remain an insurgent due to fear of government
  reprisal or reprisals from the insurgent organization.
  RALUPOP TROPPUS
  The dependence of the insurgent on popular support is a If the popular support is withdrawn, the
  major weakness. This popular support includes direct aid insurgent will not be able to operate
  and active intelligence reporting. effectively. If the populace turns against the
  insurgent, the government can reap
  significant benefits. Willing locals can help
  locate, capture, or kill once “popular”
  insurgents.
  LANOITAREPO
  SROTCAF
  Insurgent operational weaknesses can include security The counterinsurgent force can exploit these
  (requiring extensive resources that may slow down insurgent weaknesses by interdicting supply
  responsiveness); bases and safe houses (that are difficult routes and facilities, following the supply
  to acquire and operate); a lack of sophisticated trail, forcing desertion because of hardships,
  communications (requiring insurgents to spend excessive and inflicting combat losses that are hard
  amounts of time preparing to launch operations); and a lack to replace.
  of technology (including the ability to maintain captured