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title="Martial music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare">Psychological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radiological_warfare" title="Radiological warfare">Radiological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">Submarine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconventional_warfare" title="Unconventional warfare">Unconventional</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">Tactics</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">List of military tactics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_combat_manoeuvring" title="Air combat manoeuvring">Aerial</a></li> 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title="Convoy">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defensive_fighting_position" title="Defensive fighting position">Foxhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drone_warfare" title="Drone warfare">Drone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">Guerrilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_tactics" title="Naval tactics">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_and_awe" title="Shock and awe">Rapid dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">Encirclement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investment_(military)" title="Investment (military)">Investment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarming_(military)" title="Swarming (military)">Swarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screening_(tactical)" title="Screening (tactical)">Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_objective" title="Tactical objective">Tactical objective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturation_attack" title="Saturation attack">Target saturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">Trench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_(military)" title="Withdrawal (military)">Withdrawal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Operational_level_of_war" title="Operational level of war">Operational</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_operation" title="Military operation">Military operation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_research" title="Operations research">Operations research</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_operation" title="Deep operation">Deep operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">Maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_manoeuvre_group" title="Operational manoeuvre group">Operational manoeuvre group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_(military)" title="Raid (military)">Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covert_operation" title="Covert operation">Covert</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">Strategy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts" title="List of military strategies and concepts">List of military strategies and concepts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_campaign" title="Military campaign">Military campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-access/area_denial" title="Anti-access/area denial">Anti-access</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">Attrition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_raiding" title="Commerce raiding">Commerce raiding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-offensive">Counter-offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culminating_point" title="Culminating point">Culminating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_in_depth" title="Defence in depth">Defence in depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabian_strategy" title="Fabian strategy">Fabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_Fort_Strategy" title="Empty Fort Strategy">Empty fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_Warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic Warfare">Mosaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_deception" title="Military deception">Deception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_defence" title="Strategic defence">Defensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_depth" title="Strategic depth">Depth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_goal_(military)" title="Strategic goal (military)">Goal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_strategy" title="Nuclear strategy">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_strategy" title="Naval strategy">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_(military)" title="Offensive (military)">Offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorched_earth" title="Scorched earth">Scorched earth</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Grand_strategy" title="Grand strategy">Grand strategy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">Asymmetric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">Blockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken-backed_war_theory" title="Broken-backed war theory">Broken-backed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_conflict" title="Class conflict">Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_war_(general_term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold war (general term)">Cold war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_war" title="Colonial war">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest" title="Conquest">Conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Containment" title="Containment">Containment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divide_and_rule" title="Divide and rule">Divide and conquer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_warfare" title="Economic warfare">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endemic_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic warfare">Endemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_in_being" title="Fleet in being">Fleet in being</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irregular_warfare" title="Irregular warfare">Irregular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_national_liberation" title="Wars of national liberation">Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limited_war" title="Limited war">Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network-centric_warfare" title="Network-centric warfare">Network-centric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_generation_warfare" title="New generation warfare">New generation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_war" title="Perpetual war">Perpetual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_warfare" title="Political warfare">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princely_rebellion" title="Princely rebellion">Princely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proxy_war" title="Proxy war">Proxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_war" title="Religious war">Religious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resource_war" title="Resource war">Resource</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_studies" title="Strategic studies">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_succession" title="War of succession">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_(warfare)" title="Theater (warfare)">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_war" title="Total war">Total war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_war" title="World war">World war</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">Administrative</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_policy" title="Military policy">Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_education_and_training" title="Military education and training">Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_service" title="Military service">Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_sociology" title="Military sociology">Sociology</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_organization" title="Military organization">Organization</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">Area of responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_hierarchy" title="Command hierarchy">Chain of command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_doctrine" title="Military doctrine">Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principles_of_war" title="Principles of war">Principles of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_force" title="Economy of force">Economy of force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_medicine" title="Military medicine">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_intelligence" title="Military intelligence">Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_technology" title="Military technology">Technology and equipment</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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href="/wiki/Children_in_the_military" title="Children in the military">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgender_people_and_military_service" title="Transgender people and military service">Transgender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment_in_the_military" title="Sexual harassment in the military">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscientious_objector" title="Conscientious objector">Conscientious objector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_volunteer" title="Military volunteer">Volunteer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_volunteers" title="List of foreign volunteers">foreign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">Mercenary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier" title="Soldier">Soldier</a> / <a href="/wiki/Warrior" title="Warrior">Warrior</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" 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href="/wiki/Forward_operating_base" title="Forward operating base">FOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outpost_(military)" title="Outpost (military)">Outpost</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_science" title="Military science">Science</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Power_projection" title="Power projection">Power projection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loss-of-strength_gradient" title="Loss-of-strength gradient">Loss-of-strength gradient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanchester%27s_laws" title="Lanchester's laws">Lanchester's laws</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Force_multiplication" title="Force multiplication">Force multiplication</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_military_jurisprudence" title="Islamic military jurisprudence">Islamic rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_justice" title="Military justice">Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatant" title="Combatant">Lawful</a> / <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_combatant" title="Unlawful combatant">Unlawful combatant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letter_of_marque" title="Letter of marque">Letter of marque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfidy" title="Perfidy">Perfidy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">Private military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_volunteers" title="List of foreign volunteers">Foreign expatriate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">Mercenary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">Privateer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_laws_on_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish laws on war">Jewish laws on war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_of_conquest" title="Right of conquest">Right of conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">Rules of engagement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">Martial law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crime" title="War crime">War crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_military_unit" title="Penal military unit">Penal military unit</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_theory" title="Military theory">Theory</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">Air supremacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appeasement" title="Appeasement">Appeasement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Command_of_the_sea" title="Command of the sea">Command of the sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deterrence_theory" title="Deterrence theory">Deterrence theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full-spectrum_dominance" title="Full-spectrum dominance">Full-spectrum dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overmatch" title="Overmatch">Overmatch</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare" title="Unrestricted Warfare">Unrestricted Warfare</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_war_theory" title="Just war theory">Just war theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principles_of_war" title="Principles of war">Principles of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_war" title="Philosophy of war">Philosophy of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_dilemma" title="Security dilemma">Security dilemma</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tripwire_force" title="Tripwire force">Tripwire force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wargaming" title="Professional wargaming">Wargaming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_simulation" title="Military simulation">Simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">Exercises</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Military_operations_other_than_war" title="Military operations other than war">Non-warfare</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arms_control" title="Arms control">Arms control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-insurgency" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-insurgency">Counter-insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deterrence_theory" title="Deterrence theory">deterrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disaster_response" title="Disaster response">Disaster response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey-zone_(international_relations)" title="Grey-zone (international relations)">Grey-zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy" title="Gunboat diplomacy">Gunboat diplomacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">Humanitarian aid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement" title="Law enforcement">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low-intensity_conflict" title="Low-intensity conflict">Low-intensity conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_engineering" title="Military engineering">Military engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multilateralism" title="Multilateralism">Multilateralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping" title="Peacekeeping">Peacekeeping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peacebuilding" title="Peacebuilding">Peacebuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_through_strength" title="Peace through strength">Peace through strength</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Show_of_force" title="Show of force">Show of force</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This article contains a list of <a href="/wiki/Military_tactics" title="Military tactics">military tactics</a>. </p><p>The meaning of the phrase is context sensitive, and has varied over time, like the difference between "strategy" and "tactics".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General">General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Exploiting prevailing weather – the tactical use of weather as a <a href="/wiki/Force_multiplier" class="mw-redirect" title="Force multiplier">force multiplier</a> has influenced many important battles throughout history, such as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_by_fire" title="Reconnaissance by fire">Fire attacks</a> – reconnaissance by fire is used by apprehensive soldiers when they suspect the enemy is nearby.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Force_concentration" title="Force concentration">Force concentration</a> – the practice of concentrating a military force against a portion of an enemy force.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_combat" title="Night combat">Night combat</a> – combat that takes place at night. It often requires more preparation than combat during daylight and can provide significant tactical advantages and disadvantages to both the attacker and defender.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a> – a mission to obtain information by visual observation or other detection methods, about the activities and resources of the enemy or potential enemy, or about the meteorologic, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area.<sup id="cite_ref-FM_7-92_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM_7-92-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoke_screen" title="Smoke screen">Smoke screening</a> – the practice of creating clouds of smoke positioned to provide concealment, allowing military forces to advance or retreat across <a href="/wiki/Open_terrain" title="Open terrain">open terrain</a> without coming under <a href="/wiki/Direct_fire" title="Direct fire">direct fire</a> from the enemy.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eight_classic_maneuvers_of_warfare">Eight classic maneuvers of warfare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Eight classic maneuvers of warfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/List_of_military_tactics" title="Special:EditPage/List of military tactics">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ol><li><b>Penetration of the center</b>: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base. Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaeronea_(338_BC)" title="Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)">Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)</a>) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves to hold the line while the elite forces continue forward, exploiting the gap immediately (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">blitzkrieg</a>).<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_issus_decisive.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Battle_issus_decisive.png/220px-Battle_issus_decisive.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Battle_issus_decisive.png/330px-Battle_issus_decisive.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Battle_issus_decisive.png/440px-Battle_issus_decisive.png 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="563" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Issus" title="Battle of Issus">Battle of Issus</a>, a classic example of the single envelopment</figcaption></figure></li> <li><b>Attack from a defensive position</b>: Establishing a strong defensive position from which to defend and attack your opponent (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Alesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Alesia">Siege of Alesia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Granicus" title="Battle of the Granicus">Battle of the Granicus</a>). However, the defensive can become too passive and result in ultimate defeat.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maling_map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Maling_map.gif/220px-Maling_map.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Maling_map.gif/330px-Maling_map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Maling_map.gif/440px-Maling_map.gif 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="881" /></a><figcaption>Battle of Maling, the earliest known use of the feigned retreat</figcaption></figure></li> <li><b>Single <a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">envelopment</a></b>: A consolidated prong (flank) beating its opponent opposite end, and with the aid of holding attacks, attack an opponent in the rear. Sometimes, the establishment of a strong, hidden force behind a weak flank will prevent your opponent from carrying out their own single envelopment. (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rocroi" title="Battle of Rocroi">Battle of Rocroi</a>).</li> <li><b>Double <a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">envelopment</a></b>: Both flanks defeat their opponent opposite and launch a rear attack on the enemy center. Its most famous use was Hannibal's tactical masterpiece, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae" title="Battle of Cannae">Battle of Cannae</a>, and it was frequently used by the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> on the Eastern Front of World War II. It was also executed to perfection by <a href="/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid" title="Khalid ibn al-Walid">Khalid ibn al-Walid</a> in the decisive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yarmuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Yarmuk">Battle of Yarmuk</a> in 636 AD.</li> <li><b>Attack in <a href="/wiki/Oblique_order" title="Oblique order">oblique order</a></b>: This involves placing your flanks in a slanted fashion (refusing one's flank) or giving a vast part of your force to a single flank (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen" title="Battle of Leuthen">Battle of Leuthen</a>). The latter can be disastrous, however, due to the imbalance of force.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Feigned_retreat" title="Feigned retreat">Feigned retreat</a></b>: Having a frontal force fake a retreat, drawing the opponent in pursuit and then launching an assault with strong force held in reserve (such as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maling" title="Battle of Maling">Battle of Maling</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings#Feigned_flights" title="Battle of Hastings">Battle of Hastings</a>). However, a feigned retreat may devolve into a real one, such as in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grunwald" title="Battle of Grunwald">Battle of Grunwald</a>.</li> <li><b>Indirect approach</b>: Having a minority of your force demonstrate in front of your opponent while the majority of your force advance from a hidden area and attack the enemy in the rear or flank (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville" title="Battle of Chancellorsville">Battle of Chancellorsville</a>).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_T" title="Crossing the T">Crossing the "T"</a></b>: a classic naval maneuver which maximizes one side's offensive firepower while minimizing that of the opposing force (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar" title="Battle of Trafalgar">Battle of Trafalgar</a>).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tactics">Tactics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tactics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deception">Deception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ming_mounted_archer.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ming_mounted_archer.JPG/175px-Ming_mounted_archer.JPG" decoding="async" width="175" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ming_mounted_archer.JPG/263px-Ming_mounted_archer.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ming_mounted_archer.JPG/350px-Ming_mounted_archer.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1379" data-file-height="1138" /></a><figcaption> A <a href="/wiki/Mounted_archer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mounted archer">mounted archer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ming_Dynasty_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ming Dynasty Army">Ming Dynasty Army</a> fires a <a href="/wiki/Parthian_shot" title="Parthian shot">parthian shot</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 4th century BCE, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Tzu" title="Sun Tzu">Sun Tzu</a> said "the Military is a Tao of deception".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diversionary attacks, feints, decoys; there are thousands of tricks that have been successfully used in warfare, and still have a role in the modern day. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perfidy" title="Perfidy">Perfidy</a>: Combatants tend to have assumptions and ideas of rules and fair practices in combat. Those who raise surrender flags to lure their attackers in the open, or who act as stretcher bearers to deceive their targets, tend to get especially disliked.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_flag" title="False flag">False flag</a>: An ancient ruse de guerre – in the days of sail, it was permissible for a warship to fly the flag of an enemy power, so long as it properly hoisted its true colors before attacking. Wearing enemy uniforms and using enemy equipment to infiltrate or achieve surprise is also permissible though they can be punished as <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">spies</a> if caught behind enemy lines.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demoralization_(warfare)" title="Demoralization (warfare)">Demoralization (warfare)</a>: A process in psychological warfare that can encourage them to retreat, surrender, or defect by deterioration of the opposite force's morale rather than defeating them in a regular warfare.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disinformation" title="Disinformation">Disinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_camouflage" title="Military camouflage">Military camouflage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stealth_technology" title="Stealth technology">Stealth technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feint" title="Feint">Feint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">Electronic countermeasures</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_counter-countermeasure" title="Electronic counter-countermeasure">Electronic counter-countermeasures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_silence" title="Radio silence">Radio silence</a> – while traveling, a fleet will refrain from communicating by radio to avoid detection by enemy forces</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holding_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Holding attack">Holding attack</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defensive">Defensive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Defensive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WWI-French-trench-Hirtzbach-Woods-16-June-1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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improvement of terrain <ul><li>Use of the <a href="/wiki/High_ground" title="High ground">High ground</a></li> <li>Protection</li> <li>Natural barriers – e.g., rivers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverse_slope_defence" title="Reverse slope defence">Reverse slope defence</a></li> <li>Obstacles and barriers – man made <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">Barbed wire</a></li> <li>Anti-vehicle <a href="/wiki/Ditch_(fortification)" title="Ditch (fortification)">ditches</a></li> <li>Anti-vehicle <a href="/wiki/Berm" title="Berm">berms</a> (knife edges)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Multiple axis of movement</li></ul></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">Electronic countermeasures</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offensive">Offensive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 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style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambush" title="Ambush">Ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirmish" class="mw-redirect" title="Skirmish">Skirmish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trench_raiding" title="Trench raiding">Trench raiding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peaceful_penetration" title="Peaceful penetration">Peaceful penetration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_dominance" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid dominance">Rapid dominance</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg">Blitzkrieg</a></i> – a method of warfare whereby an attacking force is spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> formations, and heavily backed up by <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Glantz2010p14_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Glantz2010p14-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpet_bombing" title="Carpet bombing">Carpet bombing</a> – also known as <i>saturation bombing</i>, is a large <a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">aerial bombing</a> done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_tactics" title="Shock tactics">Shock tactics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarming" class="mw-redirect" title="Swarming">Swarming</a></li></ul></li> <li>Planned attack <ul><li>Use of <a href="/wiki/Fire_support" title="Fire support">supporting fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_wedge" title="Flying wedge">Flying wedge</a> (used by Alexander the Great)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_spearhead" title="Armoured spearhead">Armoured spearhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Encirclement" title="Encirclement">Encirclement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_and_anvil" title="Hammer and anvil">Hammer and anvil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontal_assault" title="Frontal assault">Frontal assault</a></li> <li>Penetration or <a href="/wiki/Infiltration_tactics" title="Infiltration tactics">infiltration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pincer_movement" title="Pincer movement">Pincer movement</a> – an army assaults an enemy by attacking two sides at opposite locations, often planning to cut off the enemy from retreat or additional support in preparation for annihilation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_horn_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bull horn formation">Bull horn formation</a> – an army assaults an enemy force by sending troops to the enemy's flanks and by attacking their front attacking three areas at once, often planning to cut off any retreat or support as well as confusing the enemy in preparation for annihilation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flanking_maneuver" title="Flanking maneuver">Flanking maneuver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defeat_in_detail" title="Defeat in detail">Defeat in detail</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interdiction" title="Interdiction">Interdiction</a> – severing or disrupting lines of communication and supply <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">Air interdiction</a></li></ul></li> <li>Control MSR (main supply routes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Envelopment" title="Envelopment">Envelopment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circumvallation" class="mw-redirect" title="Circumvallation">Circumvallation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege" title="Siege">Siege</a> (For attacking fortified places) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mouse-holing" title="Mouse-holing">Mouse-holing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertical_envelopment" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertical envelopment">Vertical envelopment</a> <ul><li>Airborne forces</li> <li>Air mobile forces</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_deployment" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapid deployment">Rapid deployment</a> <ul><li>Capturing key points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airborne_operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne operation">Airborne operations</a></li> <li>Air mobile operations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious operations">Amphibious operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorized_infantry" title="Motorized infantry">Motorized operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tank_desant" title="Tank desant">Tank desant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanized_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanized warfare">Mechanized operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armored_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored warfare">Armored operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_(military)" title="Raid (military)">Raiding</a> – a small team is inserted deep behind enemy lines to capture a high-value individual or destroy a vital enemy installation then extracted before the enemy can respond.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exhausting" class="mw-redirect" title="Exhausting">Exhausting</a> - sending in small teams of soldiers to wear out the enemy each day and then strike with all of your forces.</li> <li>Disrupting communications</li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radar_jamming" class="mw-redirect" title="Radar jamming">Radar jamming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_jamming" title="Radio jamming">Radio jamming</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Small_unit">Small unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Small unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg/250px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg/375px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg/500px-Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Suppressive_Fire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3568" data-file-height="2044" /></a><figcaption>The use of <a href="/wiki/Suppressive_fire" title="Suppressive fire">suppressive fire</a> is a key part of modern small unit tactics</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Individual_movement_techniques" title="Individual movement techniques">Individual movement techniques</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire_and_movement" title="Fire and movement">Fire and movement</a> (also known as <a href="/wiki/Leapfrogging_(infantry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leapfrogging (infantry)">leapfrogging</a>) – working in 'fire teams', one team attempts to suppress the enemy while the other moves either toward the enemy or to a more favourable position.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Minor_Tactics#Basic_Drill" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry Minor Tactics">Basic drill</a> – a standard drill that all individual soldiers are supposed to perform if they come under fire.</li> <li>Contact drill</li> <li>Immediate ambush drill</li> <li>Counter ambush drill</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull-down" class="mw-redirect" title="Hull-down">Hull-down</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Armored_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Armored warfare">armored warfare</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoot-and-scoot" title="Shoot-and-scoot">Shoot-and-scoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infiltration_tactics" title="Infiltration tactics">Infiltration tactics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marching_fire" title="Marching fire">Marching fire</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Four_Fs_(military)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Four Fs (military) (page does not exist)">Four Fs</a>: find, fix, flank, finish</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_(military_tactic)" title="Overwatch (military tactic)">Overwatch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bounding_overwatch" title="Bounding overwatch">Bounding overwatch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_peel" class="mw-redirect" title="Center peel">Center peel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrolling" title="Patrolling">Patrolling</a> <ul><li>Reconnaissance patrol</li> <li>Fighting patrol</li> <li>Standing patrol (OP/LP)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambush" title="Ambush">Ambush</a> <ul><li>Linear ambush</li> <li><i>L</i> ambush</li> <li>Area ambush</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">Guerrilla</a> <ul><li>Sniper trap – A sniper trap (colloquial term in US military “Chechen rat trap”) is a tactic used by snipers in which the sniper intentionally shoots to wound instead of kill an enemy combatant, with the end goal of drawing more enemy personnel into the field of fire so the sniper can fire on them as they provide aid to their wounded comrade. Not only does this tactic provide more targets for the sniper as enemy personnel come to help the wounded, but it also causes the sniper’s enemy to expend more resources in recovering, evacuating, and treating the wounded combatant than would be expended if the sniper simply killed the enemy combatant.</li></ul></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_established_military_terms" title="List of established military terms">List of established military terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations" title="List of military operations">List of military operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts" title="List of military strategies and concepts">List of military strategies and concepts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_strategy" title="Military strategy">Military strategy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_formation" title="Tactical formation">Tactical formation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_military_tactics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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