The Future of Urban Warfare Training
John Spencer | 02.19.21
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by Rob Taylor. He is the company director of 4GD, a UK-based organization that specializes in developing unique close-combat training facilities—what the company calls “SmartFacilitiesâ€â€”and the future of urban warfare training.
In the conversation, Taylor describes how his interest in developing urban warfare training sites was sparked after his time as a Royal Marine. He also explains the current status of the tiered systems of training environments that his company provides, the challenges of providing realistic multi-echelon urban warfare environments, and how the physical aspects of training can be integrated into synthetic environments—what he calls “integrated reality.â€
A video showing some of the 4GD products discussed during the episode can be seen here.
https://mwi.usma.edu/the-future-of-urban-warfare-training/