Barrier troops, blocking units, or anti-retreat forces are military units that are located in the rear or on the front line (behind the main forces) to maintain military discipline, prevent the flight of servicemen from the battlefield, capture spies, saboteurs and deserters, and return troops who flee from the battlefield or lag behind their units.
According to research by Jason Lyall, barrier troops are more likely to be used by the militaries of states that discriminate against the ethnic groups that comprise the state's military.[1]
^Lyall, Jason (2020). Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War. Princeton University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvn96h88. ISBN 978-0-691-19244-4. JSTOR j.ctvn96h88. S2CID 242123389.
Barriertroops, blocking units, or anti-retreat forces are military units that are located in the rear or on the front line (behind the main forces) to...
frustrated at continued reports of Red Army troops breaking under fire, Trotsky authorised the formation of barriertroops – stationed behind unreliable Red Army...
guarded and overseen by regular military units, military police, or barriertroops to ensure they do not attempt to escape, retreat, or mutiny. However...
of the Soviet Union in command of NKVD field units responsible for barriertroops and Soviet partisan intelligence and sabotage operations on the Eastern...
barriertroops were placed behind them threatening to ″destroy them″. In particular, Storm-Z units have been reported to be ″kept in line″ by barrier...
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on 16 March 2022. According to Ukrainian media, Chechen troops have been used as barriertroops, used to address low morale by executing Russian deserters...
numerous people being crushed or trampled. Adding to the mayhem were barriertroops of the 36th Division posted atop the gate, who had not received word...
not engaged in combat. The triarii served primarily as reserves or barriertroops designed to backstop the hastati and principes, and were equipped with...
Petrograd lost 70% of its population, while Moscow lost over 50%. Barriertroops were also used to enforce Bolshevik control over food supplies in areas...
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equipment used to fill the barrier. The main advantage of HESCO barriers, strongly contributing to their popularity with troops and flood fighters, is the...
refusing to advance being threatened with execution by firing squads or barriertroops. In late January 2023, Russia began supplanting some Wagner units with...
(barriertroops) which would shoot "cowards" and fleeing panicked troops at the rear. Over the course of the war, the Soviets executed 158,000 troops for...
repulsed in harsh fighting. The role of the Carabinieri was to act as barriertroops, setting up machine gun posts to control the rear of the attacking regiments...
Veurne Knokke Ypres Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur The Barrier Treaties (Dutch: Barrièretraktaat/Barrièreverdrag; French: traités de la Barrière)...
self-sacrifice and heroism. However, this was in fact realized via NKVD-led barriertroops that shot retreating soldiers in the back. This continued after the...
Order of the Red Star for taking part in court-martials and creating barriertroops during the Great Patriotic War. His father, Alexei Nikolaevich Venediktov...
Barrier Gate and surrounding area had 2,000 troops. Yi Zhongfu, the intendant of Gaolian circuit in Guangdong, was stationed in Macao with his troops...
second rank, and the veteran triarii in the third and final rank as barriertroops, or sometimes even further back as a strategic reserve. When in danger...
including so-called gravel mines, and troops at choke points backed sophisticated electronic surveillance. Named the barrier system by Robert McNamara (United...
alert signals" for the Indian troops, who can be alerted and ambush the infiltrators trying to sneak in. The barrier's construction began in the 1990s...
and mass desertions. Such militaries will also be more likely to use barriertroops. It is not ethnic diversity that undermines battlefield performance...
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