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  Infiltration tactics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The same tactics were then employed to create a break through of the allied lines during the Battle of Caporetto in October, 1917, in which the future General Erwin Rommel was involved and decorated as a battalion commander.
Infiltration attacks began with brief and violent bombardments of the enemy front lines, to suppress and demoralize the soldiers stationed there.
Infiltration tactics led to the creation of the modern military formation of the fire team, a small group of soldiers with a certain degree of autonomy, capable of penetrating enemy territory on missions of sabotage and misdirection.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Infiltration_tactics   (564 words)

  
 Human wave attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What we today call 'human-wave' tactics were in fact the main tactic used by infantry in the attack prior to the development of skirmisher tactics during the Napoleonic Wars.
It is a tactic that developed out of trench warfare, where artillery or aerial attack often proved ineffective at dislodging the enemy from a firmly held defensive position.
It is widely believed that such tactics were employed widely and successfully by the North Korean and Chinese armies during the Korean War, because to the UN troops, the enemy seemed to be everywhere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_wave_attack   (1027 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Infiltration tactics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In military science, infiltration is the tactic of sending small forces of elite troops to penetrate between enemy strongpoints, placing them in a position to surprise the defenders.
These tactics were adopted by other armies in the second world war where they played a major part in infantry battles; the British equivalent of stormtroopers were the commando brigades.
The same tactics where then employed to create a break through of the allied lines during the Battle of Caporetto in October, 1917, in which the future General Erwin Rommel was involved and decorated as a battalion commander.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Infiltration-tactics   (1424 words)

  
 Weapons and Tactics
The infiltrating forces did not ‘concentrate’ or establish a ‘front’, they advanced along drainage lines and attacked from marching columns, seeking entry into the rear areas; fighting, where ever it occurred, was an encounter with units in their path or attacks on units located by their reconnaissance screens.
The Chinese tactics had evolved from guerrilla warfare, their battle drill was of machine like precision, they had the ability to concentrate quickly, deliver an unnerving, noisy, rapid attack and when necessary disengage and quietly disappear.
New tactics were evolved to “bring the enemy to battle on our terms rather than his terms”; operations by small units backed up by prompt and massive fire support to seek and destroy with ‘night-hunter’ and ‘night-search’ operations but these could not distinguish between the Viet Cong and non-combatants, “kill the VC” syndrome persisted.
www.defencejournal.com /2001/july/weapons.htm   (10608 words)

  
 Infiltration tactics: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Infiltration tactics led to the creation of the modern military formation of the fire team[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
Hit-and-run tactics is a tactical doctrine where the purpose of the combat involved is not to seize control of territory, EHandler: no quick summary.
The parthian shot was a tactic employed by ancient persian horse archers....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/in/infiltration_tactics.htm   (1139 words)

  
 Toward Combined Arms Warfare: a Survey. . .
The tactics of a body of mounted troops composed of the three arms is subject to the same established principles as is that of a mixed force in which foot soldiers bulk largely.
These tactics are sometimes called, probably erroneously, "Butler tactics." Gen. Oskar von Butler commanded such attacks on the Russian and Italian fronts during 1917 before directing one of the field armies in the German spring offensive of 1918, but he did not invent the concepts.
The German infiltration tactics of 1918 can be summarized under four headings: Bruckmüller artillery preparation; the combined arms assault or storm battalion; rejection of the linear advance in favor of bypassing enemy centers of resistance;, and attacks to disorganize the enemy rear area.
cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/House/House.asp   (20136 words)

  
 Infiltration tactics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In military science, infiltration is the tactic of sending small forces of elite troops to penetrate between enemy strongpoints,placing them in a position to surprise the defenders.
Instead of following a doctrineof preliminarybombardment followed by an attack of massed infantry, small forces of veterantroops, known as stormtroopers, were sent forward to infiltrate the enemy'sfront line.
These tactics wereadopted by other armies in the second world war where they played amajor part in infantry battles; the British equivalent of stormtroopers were the commando brigades.
www.therfcc.org /infiltration-tactics-117917.html   (175 words)

  
 infiltration - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about infiltration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The rate of absorption of surface water by soil (the infiltration capacity) depends on the intensity of rainfall, the permeability and compactness of the soil, and the extent to which it is already saturated with water.
The fl, with the twisted hand of leprosy and with a barely perceptible infiltration of the same disease thickening the skin of the forehead between the eyes, bent over his polishing, and ever his lips moved, repeating over and over, "Killeny Boy.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /infiltration   (153 words)

  
 IS7032 Lesson 1
Another tactic that aided in the increase of firepower mobility was the use of the tank.
The essence of the German tactics was for the first echelon of assault units to bypass centers of resistance, seeking to penetrate into the enemy positions in columns or squad groups, down defiles or between outposts.
The final aspect of the German infiltration tactics was the effort to disorganize the enemy rear.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/accp/is7032/lsn1.htm   (8202 words)

  
 Historical Applications Of Maneuver Warfare In The 20th Century
Through it was not universal at the tactical level, even by the end of the war, it increasingly became a matter not just for generals, but for lieutenants and sergeants as well.
One of the keys to the success of the infiltration tactics, was the coordination achieved with the artillery.
Two forces of 3,000 men (total) by their tactics and audacity captured 21,000 prisoners.61 O'Connor was a very bold commander, in fact due to transporta- tion stringencies he had to establish forward dumps of water and am- munition right under the enemies nose.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1990/HPE.htm   (9788 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Reichswehr was influenced by its analysis of pre-war German military thought, in particular its infiltration tacticsinfiltration tactics of the war, and the manoeuvre warfare which dominated the Eastern Front.
Tanks, artillery or infiltration tactics could all be used to break through an enemy defence, but almost all the offensives launched in 1918 ground to a halt after a few days.
Their infiltration and tactics had failed to panic Allied troops, and as the Japanese were unable to capture enemy supplies, they themselves starved.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Infiltration-tactics.htm   (1439 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Infiltration tactics
In warfare, infiltration tactics involves small forces bypassing enemy strongpoints, instead isolating these strongpoints for later forces and disrupting rear areas.
This tactic was first used by the stormtroopers of the German Army in 1917 during the First World War, where it was named Hutier tactics.
The tactic was most famously employed by General Oskar von Hutier of the German Eighteenth Army during the 1918 Operation Michael.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Infiltration_tactics   (367 words)

  
 Stormtrooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the withdrawal of Russia from World War I, the Germans were able to reinforce the Western Front with troops from the Eastern Front.
The new tactics, which were intended to achieve tactical surprise, were to attack the weakest parts of an enemy's line, bypass his strongpoints and to abandon the futile attempt to have a grand and detailed plan of operations controlled from afar.
Four successive German offensives followed, that of May 27 and for the first time in 4 years the stalemate of trench warfare was broken.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stormtrooper   (530 words)

  
 1918: STORM IN THE WEST ADDITIONAL VARIANTS
The Germans used specially trained troops and new infiltration tactics to begin Operation Michael on 21 March 1918.
A die roll determines the effectiveness of infiltration tactics.
A result of 1-4 produces successful infiltration movement while a 5-6 is unsuccessful.
grognard.com /variants1/1918.htm   (1179 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Infiltrators encourage hostility between leading individuals in the movement.
We recommend a certain caution, as in the past Scientology has frequently infiltrated counter-cult groups, the infiltrators recommending immoral actions against Scientologists so as to discredit the counter-cult movement (see, for example, the affidavit of former infiltrator Ford Martin Schwarz and pages 52- 54 in the sentencing memorandum in USA vs. Mary Sue Hubbard).
The notorious "Deprograming Manual", which advocates terror tactics against cult members, was in fact produced by the Guardian's Office of the Church of Scientology.
www.whyaretheydead.net /misc/Factnet/CTRSCN.TXT   (4133 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: World War I Trench Warfare (2): 1916-18: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Nor does the author really describe infiltration tactics or the fact that the attacks in the 1918 Kaiserschlacht were a mix of infiltration and standard infantry tactics.
However, deficiencies in British defensive tactics that contributed to the 1918 defeats are not mentioned.
In the tactics section, the author covers the use of these new weapons and ends with a interesting example of trench warfare, "during a period of little more than 48 hours of defensive action 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers threw 8,000 grenades, and lost 93 men killed or died of wounds, 13 men missing, and 274 wounded.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1841761982   (1610 words)

  
 Project: Weaver's Needle
To successfully infiltrate (name of agency or organization) to locate and obtain their files on the C of S.
Obtain or construct from data obtained an org board of the agency or organization to be infiltrated, and establish which office/section of the agency of the C of S file is most likely to be.
Find out what the requirements are if any, to become employed by the agency with particular emphasis on the office/section of the agency found in CT 1 and how one goes about getting placed there.
www.solitarytrees.net /racism/needle.htm   (901 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Oskar von Hutier
General Oskar von Hutier (1857-1934) served as a boldly effective field commander during World War One and was renowned for his efficient use of so-called infiltration tactics.
Although Hutier played no role in the development of such tactics (which were based upon British and French tactics) his prominent and wide scale use of them caused the British to dub them 'Hutier tactics' - the name remained.
Once again deploying infiltration techniques his forces captured some 50,000 prisoners and advanced a remarkable 60km, largely in opposition to British General Sir Hubert Gough's Fifth Army.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/hutier.htm   (553 words)

  
 Scenes from an Unfinished War: Low-Intensity Conflict in Korea, 1966-1968
North Korean infiltrators depended upon stealth to breach the DMZ or the ROK seacoasts.
The infiltrators proved adept at arranging violent, immediate ambushes, breaking contact, or waiting patiently for pursuers to pass by-whichever technique best suited their tactical situation.
Hunting infiltrators in the rough Korean terrain necessitated a lot of trained light infantry or a lot of helicopters to move the infantry on hand; Bonesteel's divisions had neither.
www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Bolger/bolger.asp   (14961 words)

  
 First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Cambrai, 1917
Aside from their undoubted initial value as a surprise tactic they were deemed to be of limited use in offensive operations, unwieldy and prone to malfunction.
So much so indeed that the German high command, having overcome their initial alarm at the sudden appearance of the huge mechanical beasts upon the battlefield, came to regard the tank with disdain, a device readily destroyed by use of concentrated field artillery.
Some 20 divisions were deployed during the German counter-attack, which deployed so-called Hutier infiltration tactics (named after the German commander who had first deployed them, Oskar von Hutier).
www.firstworldwar.com /battles/cambrai.htm   (890 words)

  
 Oskar von Hutier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
After rising to army command early in 1917 Hutier began to apply the lessons from his three years of commanding troops with his study of tactics used by armies.
These tactics were to prove so in 1917 and 1918 that the French dubbed them "Hutier although the more commonly used term today "infiltration tactics".
In March of that year Hutier again the infiltration tactics and hammered the Allied along the gap between the French and British armies advancing some 40 miles along Somme River toward Amiens.
www.freeglossary.com /Oskar_von_Hutier   (710 words)

  
 World War I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unfortunately, few drastic changes in tactics could have been made even if the military leaders of the time were open to them.
British and French trenches were defeated using novel infiltration tactics.
The Germans had brilliant new stormtrooper, or Hutier tactics that avoided the trenches and sent small units on preplanned raids deep behind the lines to control and communication centers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_I   (10086 words)

  
 Lone Sentry: Allied Fire Power Forces Enemy to Stress Night Infiltration (WWII Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 51, ...
Increasing emphasis on the importance of infiltration of Allied positions at night, and an admission of Allied superiority in fire power and air power, are significant points in a recently published German army document.
The incredibly heavy artillery and mortar fire of the enemy on the Western front is something new, both for seasoned veterans of the Eastern front and new arrivals from reinforcement units.
Direction of infiltration operations is less a question of large-scale, elaborate planning than of practical instruction and reminder.
www.lonesentry.com /articles/ttt/allied-firepower.html   (583 words)

  
 Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Right in the early stages of the war, large numbers of attacking troops were wiped out by comparatively small numbers of defenders and this was celebrated at the time.
I realise that until infiltration tactics, improved artillery techniques (short sharp heavy non-preregistered barrage followed by troop synchronised creeping barrage) and finally the tank, that there was really no alternative attack option.
But as the early experience had shown that more casualties were inflicted on the attacker and that for some time the objective was 'attrition' surely the logical approach was to adopt defensive tactics with the odd small provocative action to encourage the enemy to attack again.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/tadpole/question.htm   (318 words)

  
 Encyclopedia entries starting with INF
Infantry Attacks is a classic book on military tactics written by German General Erwin Rommel about his experiences in World War I. It was published in 1937 and helped to persuade Hitler to give Rommel high command, although he was not from an old military family or the Prussian aristocracy which ha..
Infiltration is a tactical shooter type first-person shooter mod based on Unreal Tournament (1999), featuring very realistic gameplay in respect to modern warfare as a soldier on foot in open areas booth and indoors, comparable to Operation Flashpoint or Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
An infiltration gallery is a structure used to supplement a storm sewer, by directing storm runoff from non-road areas.
encycl.opentopia.com /I/IN/INF   (10299 words)

  
 After Caporetto: Barker & the Italian Expeditionary Force
Faced with the vertigious terrain and all but impregnable fortifications of the eastern Italian Alps, the German commanders recognized that new tactics would be essential if victory was to be achieved with the still limited resources available to the Central Powers on the Adriatic front.
German answer to the deadlock in the Dolomites was a new style of warfare that broke with all recent European tactical dpoctrine: infiltration tactics.
(Infiltration tactics proved so decisive that they radically transformed German strategic thinking on the Western Front in 1918 and produced Germany's last great victory.
worldatwar.net /chandelle/v1/v1n1/barker.htm   (1350 words)

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