This is probably going to be the most controversial episode yet, so buckle up.

Hello and welcome to another episode of T-Rex Talk, which I am titling impractical lessons from Ukraine.

The reason for that is the most popular episode,

the most downloaded episode of this entire podcast has been practical lessons from Ukraine.

And it really focused on just kind of very, very practical lessons, really hands-on stuff

that we were hearing about or observing from videos coming out of Ukraine in the first couple months of the war.

Just really simple lessons like concertina wire is super useful.

In fact, it has many uses.

Everybody should have two or three rolls of it in their garden shed logistics and comms, things like

long distance communication lets you talk to other countries, very, very important when you are

invaded. But also really, really short-range radios that let you talk to people who you are

setting up an ambush with on the other side of the street. That is super handy too, especially if you haven't had the chance to train for months and

months on your ambush tactics.

But it was really fascinating to see that footage because fighting in built-up areas in

sort of Western nations hasn't been done a whole lot recently.

And it's really, really rough.

I guess we don't call it fighting in built up areas anymore.

I like the British acronym the best, fish and chips,

fighting in someone's homes and causing havoc in people's shops.

That makes it sound very pleasant and proper.

But it is actually very horrific

to fight in urban environments. And it gets even worse when it is your home. Now, we're coming up on

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