Rifle Squad Tactics Flashcards
Types of offensive operations
- Movement to contact
- Attack
- Exploitation
- Pursuit
Type of Offensive Operations
Movement to Contact
Offensive operation that seeks to gain or regain contact and develop the situation in relation to an enemy whose general location is known, but exact location is unknown.
Type of Offensive Operation
Attack
Offensive operation characterized by coordinated movement, supported by fire, conducted to defeat, destroy, neutralize, or capture the enemy.
Type of Offensive Operation
Exploitation
Offensive operation that follows a successful attack and is designated to disorganized the enemy in depth.
Type of Offensive Operation
Pursuit
Offensive operation designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the aim of destroying it.
Fighter-Leader Concept
Fire team and squad leaders must fight and lead their units to the objective. During the Fog of War, it will be more effective for a fire team or squad leader to execute what he/she wants done rather than verbally communicate it. Their violence of action will set the tone of their unit’s attack and will maintain the momentum of their unit’s assault. Unit leaders must maintain situational awareness and be prepared to provide the fire or execute the movement that re-orients their unit on the enemy and accelerates the speed of the unit’s assault.
Base Unit Concept
Unit leaders control the speed, direction, and orientation of their entire unit by locating themselves in close proximity with the base unit, a designated sub-unit that serves as a reference point for the other sub-unit’s related movements. Unit leaders control their entire unit by driving the base unit through the objective area. Its foundation is effective lateral and implicit communication.
Reasons for Base Unit
The purpose of the base unit is to allow:
- The squad leader to control his unit when verbal commands cannot be heard.
- Ease of control when visibility restrictions do not allow team leaders to see the squad leader.
- Extend the flexibility of small unit direction changes down to the fire team leader, enabling him to maximize the use of micro-terrain allow the:
– Fire teams to maximize the use of movement and firepower within the team.
– Squad leader to quickly change the direction and speed of the attack using hand and arm signals to direct the base unit fire team and allowing the other two teams to follow the base unit.
Squad Tactics
Fire and Maneuver
Technique of advance in which one element (the maneuver element) moves while be being supported by another element (the support by fire element). A separate and distinct mission is assigned to each element.
Squad Tactics
Fire and Movement
A technique of advance in which elements and individuals provide their own suppression and move by bounds. Elements and individuals alternate the firing and moving so that movement is always covered by fire, and the assault’s momentum is retained.
Squad Tactics
ADDRAC
A - Alert D - Direction D - Description R - Range A - target Assignment C - fire Control
Squad Tactics
Cycle of Infantryman
S - Suppress
A - Assess
M - Move
Squad Tactics
FORE
Suppress
Cover
300 mils
Squad Tactics
AFT
Assess suppression
Reload
Looking to FTL or SqL
Identify next mvmt
Squad Tactics
S.A.F.E.
S - Security
A - Automatic Weapons
F - Fields of Fire
E - Entrenchment
Squad Tactics
A.C.E.
Ammo
Casualty
Equipment
