ATP 3-06.11 — Brigade Combat Team Urban Operations
ATP 3-06.11 governs combined arms missions, tasks, and activities conducted by brigade combat teams in the urban environment.
- Publication number: ATP 3-06.11
- Title: BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM URBAN OPERATIONS
- Date: 09/27/2024
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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ATP 3-06.11 covers urban environments, threats, command and control, mission planning, offensive, defensive, stability, enabling, and sustainment operations. It requires decisions and actions to comply with applicable laws and regulations and operations to follow the law of armed conflict and rules of engagement.
Applies to: ATP 3-06.11 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.
Topics covered
- Urban operations
- Urban environment
- Urban threats and hazards
- Urban offensive operations
- Urban defensive operations
- Urban stability operations
- Urban enabling operations
- Urban sustainment
Questions and answers
What does ATP 3-06.11 say about who executes urban operations?
Most urban operations are planned and controlled at the division or corps level, but urban operations are executed by brigade combat teams.
What does ATP 3-06.11 require regarding laws and rules of engagement?
Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure that their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States, international, and in some cases host-nation laws and regulations.
What must commanders ensure about Soldiers during urban operations?
Commanders at all levels ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of armed conflict and the rules of engagement (see FM 6-27 for additional information).
What communications support may units need in an urban environment?
To overcome the degrading effects of the urban environment on communications, units may need additional retransmission stations or even use different systems that would not normally be available at their echelons. (paragraph 2-119)
What does ATP 3-06.11 say about firing the AT4 from an enclosure?
Do not fire the AT4 from an enclosure or in front of any barrier that could interfere with the backblast. (paragraph 2-112)