Guerrilla warfare:

Features common in Guerrilla wars:

1) Conventional forces tend to outnumber irregular troops.

2) Conventional forces have better weapons.

3) Conventional forces have better training. (A large reason why atrocities tend to occur on the irregular troop side.)

4) Conventional forces have better firepower.

5) It is in the interest of conventional force to have greater amounts of combat. The more combat, the better. The difficulty is in bringing the irregular troops to battle.

6) Typical strategy of ‘insurgent’ side is to outlast the enemy. Get them to quit. Because they can’t stand up in a straight fight, ‘insurgents’ tend to attempt to gain local advantages and bite off small bits of the conventional army. (Small battles)