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Characteristics of the Offense - -Audacity, Concentration, Surpise, Tempo
- Audacity - -Simple plan of action, boldly executed
- Concentration - -Massing of overwhelming effects of combat power to
achieve a single purpose
- Surprise - -In the offense, achieved by attacking the enemy at a time or
place they do not expect or in a manner for which they are unprepared
- Tempo - -The relative speed and rhythm of military operations over time
with respect to the enemy
- Offensive Tasks - -Movement to Contact, Attack, Exploitation, Pursuit
- Movement to Contact - -An offensive task designed to develop the
situation and establish or regain contact
- Attack - -Destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or
both
- Exploitation - -Follows an attack and disorganizes the enemy in-depth.
Seeks to disintegrate enemy forces to the point where they have no
alternative but surrender or retreat
- Pursuit - -An offensive task designed to catch or cut off a hostile force
attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying them. Normally follows
exploitation
- Forms of Manuever - -Envelopment, Turning Movement, Frontal Attack,
Penetration, Infiltration, Flank Attack
- Envelopment - -A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to
avoid the principal enemy defenses by seizing objectives behind those
defenses allowing the targeted enemy force to be destroyed in their current
positions
- Turning Movement - -A form of maneuver in which the attacking force
seeks to avoid the enemy's principle defense positions by seizing objectives
behind the enemy's current position
, - Frontal Attack - -A form of maneuver where an attacking force seeks to
destroy a weaker enemy force, or fix a larger enemy in place over a broad
front. Can be used to overrun a weak enemy force
- Penetration - -A form of maneuver where an attacking force seeks to
rupture enemy defenses in a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system
- Infiltration - -A form of maneuver where an attacking force conducts
undetected movement through or into an area controlled by enemy forces.
The goal is to occupy a position of advantage behind enemy positions while
exposing only small friendly elements to their defensive fires
- Flank Attack - -A form of offensive maneuver directed at the flank of an
enemy force. A flank is the right or left side of a military formation and is not
oriented toward the enemy
- Characteristics of the Defense - -Preparation, Security, Disruption, Mass
and Concentration, Flexibility, Maneuver, Operations In-Depth
- Defensive Tasks - -Area Defense, Mobile Defense, Retrograde
- Area Defense - -Concentrates on denying enemy forces access to
designated terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy
outright. The focus is in retaining terrain where the bulk of the defending
force positions itself in mutually supporting positions and controls the terrain
between positions
- Mobile Defense - -A defensive task that concentrates on destruction or
defeat of the enemy through a decisive attack by a striking force. Focuses on
the defeating or destroying the enemy by allowing enemy forces to advance
to a point where they are exposed to a decisive counterattack by the striking
force.
- Retrograde - -A defensive task involving organized movement away from
the enemy. The enemy may force this or a leader may execute voluntarily. In
either case the higher command of the force executing the operation must
approve it.
- Subcategories of retrograde - -Delay, withdrawal, retirement
- Delay - -Allows units to trade space for time, avoiding decisive
engagement and safeguarding it's forces.
- Withdrawal - -A planned retrograde operation, which a force in contact
disengages from an enemy force, and moves in a direction away from the
enemy.
, - Retirement - -A task employing to move a force not in contact to the rear.
A form of retrograde, which a force not in contact with the enemy moves
away from the enemy.
- Forms of the defense - -Defense of linear obstacle, Perimeter defense,
Reverse slope defense
- Defense of linear obstacle - -This form of defense may be used when
defensible terrain is available in the forward portion of the platoons area of
operation, or to take advantage of a major linear natural obstacle.
- Perimeter defense - -A defense oriented in all directions. The infantry
platoon uses it for self security, and to protect other units located within the
perimeter. The platoon can employ this defense in urban or woodland
terrain.
- Reverse Slope Defense - -In such a defense, the infantry platoon is
deployed on terrain that is masked from enemy direct fire and ground
observation by the crest of a hill. Although some units and weapons might be
positioned on the forward slope, the crest, or the counter slope (a forward
slope of a hill to the rear of a reverse slope), most forces are on the reverse
slope. The key to this defense is control the crest by direct fire.
- Six war fighting functions - -Command and control, movement and
maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, protection
- Command and control - -Is the related tasks and a system that enable
commanders to synchronize and converge all elements of combat power.
- Movement and maneuver - -Is the related tasks and systems that move
and employ forces to achieve a position of relative advantage over the
enemy and other threats.
- Intelligence - -Is the related tasks and systems that facilitate
understanding the enemy, terrain, weather, civil considerations, and other
significant aspects of the operational environment.
- Fires - -Is the related tasks and systems that create and converge effects
in all domains against the adversary or enemy to enable operations across
the range of military operations.
- Sustainment - -Is the related tasks and systems that provide support and
services to ensure freedom of action, extended operational reach, and
prolong endurance.
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