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What is the basis for assigning tactical tasks?
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Capabilities
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This task is usually given to the supporting effort during offensive operations and as a counterattack option for the reserve during defensive operations:
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Attack by Fire |
A surprise attack by fire from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily
halted enemy: |
Ambush |
To deny the enemy access to a given area or to prevent enemy advance in a given direction or on an avenue of approach. It may be for a specified time: |
Block |
To break through or secure a passage through a natural or enemy obstacle: |
Breach |
What is Bypass? |
To maneuver around an obstacle, position or enemy force to maintain the momentum of advance.
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What is Canalize?
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The use of existing or reinforcing obstacles or fires to restrict enemy operations to a narrow zone.
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To stop, hold or surround enemy forces or to keep the enemy in a given area and prevent his withdrawing any part of his forces for use elsewhere:
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Contain |
To disrupt or nullify the enemy commander’s plan and overcome his will to fight, thus making him unwilling or unable to pursue his adopted course of action and yield to the friendly commander’s will: |
Defeat
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Define Destroy: |
Physically rendering an enemy force combat-ineffective unless it is reconstituted. |
To integrate fires and obstacles to break apart an enemy’s formation and tempo, interrupt his timetable or cause premature commitment or the piecemealing of his forces:
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Disrupt
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Take full advantage of success in battle and follow up initial gains; offensive actions that usually follow a successful attack and are designed to disorganize the enemy in-depth:
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Exploit
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Define Feint:
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An offensive action involving contact with the enemy to deceive him about the
location or time of the actual main offensive action. |
It is when a force engages the enemy by direct fire to support a maneuvering force using overwatch or by establishing a base of fire:
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Support by Fire
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Define Rupture: |
To create a gap in enemy defensive positions quickly
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