List of military tactics
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[edit] Principles
- Identification of objectives
- Concentration of effort
- Exploiting prevailing weather
- Exploiting night
- Maintenance of reserve forces
- Economy of force
- Force protection
- Fortification
- Fieldworks (entrenchments)
- Strongpoints
- Use and improvement of terrain
- High ground
- Protection
- Natural barriers - e.g. rivers
- Obstacles and barriers - man made
- Multiple Axis of Movement
- Reconnaissance
[edit] Small Unit Tactics and Drills
- Infantry Minor Tactics
- Fire and movement or "pepperpotting"
- Basic Drill
- Contact Drill
- Immediate Ambush Drill
- Counter Ambush Drill
- Hull-down (in armoured warfare)
- Fire and Movement
- Patrolling
- Reconnaissance Patrol
- Fighting Patrol
- Standing Patrol (OP/LP)
- Ambush
- Linear Ambush
- 'L' Ambush
- Area Ambush
- Guerrilla
[edit] Offensive tactics
- Ambush
- Skirmish
- Rapid dominance
- Planned attack
- Use of Supporting Fire
- Indirect Fire Support
- Flying wedge (used by Alexander the Great)
- the "refuse" (cavalry formation)
- Frontal assault
- Penetration or infiltration
- Pincer movement
- Flanking maneuver
- Attrition warfare
- Interdiction - Severing or disrupting lines of communication and supply
- Control MSR (Main supply routes)
- Envelopment tactics
- Circumvallation
- Finnish Motti tactics
- Siege
- Vertical envelopment
- Airborne Forces
- Air Mobile Forces
- Rapid deployment
- Capturing key points
- Airborne operations
- Air Mobile operations
- Amphibious operations
- Motorised operations
- Tank desant
- Mechanised operations
- Armoured operations
- Raiding
- Preemptive Strike
- Disrupting Communications
- Divide and Conquer
[edit] Defensive tactics
- Basic Principles
- Defence in depth
- Mutual Support (e.g by crossfire)
- All round defence
- mobile defence
- Fighting withdrawal
- Reserved demolitions
- Scorched earth
- Booby traps
- Center Peel
- Trench warfare
- Counter attack
- Counter battery fire
- QRF (quick-reaction force)
- Delaying Defence
- Break contact
- Deep defence
- Hedgehog defence
[edit] Deception
- Deception and misdirection
- Camouflage
- Stealth
- Disinformation
- Feint or diversionary attacks
- Electronic warfare
- Force multiplication
- Use of surprise
