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O Emprego do Binómio Cinotécnico no Combate em Áreas Urbanas – Estudo de Caso: República Centro-Africana
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Matos, João Nuno Gomes da Costa
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Abstract(s)
A Cinotecnia no Exército Português é ainda uma especialidade com pouco emprego operacional, em comparação com o que acontece noutras organizações e países da Organi-zação do Tratado do Atlântico Norte que, na atualidade, integram equipas cinotécnicas nas forças que projetam para Teatros de Operações internacionais. A doutrina aplicada ao em-prego e integração do binómio cinotécnico no Combate em Áreas Urbanas no Exército Português é inexistente e, consequentemente, não existem Técnicas, Táticas e Procedimen-tos estabelecidos para a atuação das equipas cinotécnicas com forças de assalto. Atualmen-te, o Exército Português participa na missão internacional da Organização das Nações Uni-das na República Centro-Africana, na qual urge entender quais os possíveis contributos da Especialidade Cinotécnica para o cumprimento da missão.
A presente investigação tem como objetivo geral perceber de que modo o Exército Português pode formar e empregar o binómio cinotécnico e integrá-lo numa força de com-bate para atuar em Áreas Urbanas, nomeadamente no Teatro de Operações da República Centro-Africana. A metodologia adotada na investigação é de natureza qualitativa e o de-senho de pesquisa é um estudo de caso. As fontes de recolha de dados consistiram em onze entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise documental.
Os resultados, sugerem que, uma das principais limitações da Cinotecnia diz respei-to à falta de experiência operacional desta especialidade no quadro das missões internacio-nais atribuídas ao Exército Português. Para tal, contribui a falta de efetivo de militares e canídeos que atualmente compõem as unidades cinotécnicas da instituição, assim como, o número reduzido de binómios cinotécnicos que se encontram aptos a operar. No âmbito do Combate em Áreas Urbanas, constatam-se os benefícios do uso de binómios cinotécnicos nesta tipologia de operações, nomeadamente no caso prático do Teatro de Operações da República Centro-Africana.
Em suma, conclui-se que o emprego e integração de equipas cinotécnicas numa for-ça de combate em Áreas Urbanas constitui um efeito multiplicador do Potencial de Com-bate e uma capacidade não letal que se encontra ao dispor do Comandante, nomeadamente pelas forças nacionais destacadas para a República Centro-Africana.
Cynotechnics in the Portuguese Army is still a specialty with little operational use, when compared to other organizations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries that currently integrate canine teams in the forces they deploy to the Theatres of Opera-tions. The doctrine applied to the use and integration of the canine teams in Urban Opera-tions in the Portuguese Army is non-existent, consequently, there are no established Tech-niques, Tactics and Procedures concerning the employment of canine teams with assault forces. Currently, the Portuguese Army participates in the United Nations international mission in Central African Republic, in which it is urgent to understand the possible con-tributions of the Cynotechnic Specialty to the fulfilment of the mission. The present investigation has the general objective of understanding how the Portu-guese Army can train and employ the canine team and integrate it into a combat force to fight in Urban Environment, namely in the Theater of Operations of the Central African Republic. The methodology adopted in the investigation is of qualitative nature and the research design is a case study. The data sources used consist of eleven semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The results suggest that one of the main limitations of Cynotechnics concerns the lack of operational experience of this specialty within the framework of the international missions assigned to the Portuguese Army. Contributing to this is the lack of troops and dogs that currently belong to the institution’s canine units, as well as the small number of canine teams that are able to operate. Within the scope of Urban Operations, the benefits of using cynotechnical binomials in this type of operations were verified, namely in the prac-tical case of the Theater of Operations of the Central African Republic. In conclusion, we can conclude that the use and integration of canine teams in a combat force for Urban Operations constitutes a multiplier effect of the Combat Potential and a non-lethal capability that is available to the Commander, namely by the forces de-ployed to the Central African Republic.
Cynotechnics in the Portuguese Army is still a specialty with little operational use, when compared to other organizations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries that currently integrate canine teams in the forces they deploy to the Theatres of Opera-tions. The doctrine applied to the use and integration of the canine teams in Urban Opera-tions in the Portuguese Army is non-existent, consequently, there are no established Tech-niques, Tactics and Procedures concerning the employment of canine teams with assault forces. Currently, the Portuguese Army participates in the United Nations international mission in Central African Republic, in which it is urgent to understand the possible con-tributions of the Cynotechnic Specialty to the fulfilment of the mission. The present investigation has the general objective of understanding how the Portu-guese Army can train and employ the canine team and integrate it into a combat force to fight in Urban Environment, namely in the Theater of Operations of the Central African Republic. The methodology adopted in the investigation is of qualitative nature and the research design is a case study. The data sources used consist of eleven semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. The results suggest that one of the main limitations of Cynotechnics concerns the lack of operational experience of this specialty within the framework of the international missions assigned to the Portuguese Army. Contributing to this is the lack of troops and dogs that currently belong to the institution’s canine units, as well as the small number of canine teams that are able to operate. Within the scope of Urban Operations, the benefits of using cynotechnical binomials in this type of operations were verified, namely in the prac-tical case of the Theater of Operations of the Central African Republic. In conclusion, we can conclude that the use and integration of canine teams in a combat force for Urban Operations constitutes a multiplier effect of the Combat Potential and a non-lethal capability that is available to the Commander, namely by the forces de-ployed to the Central African Republic.
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Cinotecnia Exército Português Combate em Áreas Urbanas República Centro-Africana OTAN Cynotechnics Portuguese Army Urban Operations Central African Republic NATO