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An echelon formation (/ˈɛʃəlɒn,ˈeɪʃlɒ̃/)[1] is a (usually military) formation in which its units are arranged diagonally. Each unit is stationed behind and to the right (a "right echelon"), or behind and to the left ("left echelon"), of the unit ahead. The name of the formation comes from the French word échelon, meaning a rung of a ladder, which describes the shape that this formation has when viewed from above or below.
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An echelonformation (/ˈɛʃəlɒn, ˈeɪʃlɒ̃/) is a (usually military) formation in which its units are arranged diagonally. Each unit is stationed behind and...
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typically observed to fly in V-shaped formations or J-shaped formations, the latter commonly known as echelon. The first study to attempt to quantify...
to organise the shock armies into two echelonformations. The first was to be the tactical breakthrough echelon, composed of several rifle corps. These...
addition to the field forces, lines of communication and home rear echelonformation signs are also shown. Armies and Corps used the pre-existing scheme...
progressively further to the right and rear of the proceeding column, in an Echelonformation. The Theban center and right were held back, screened by skirmishers...
in position while this formation is being used. Column Echelon Herringbone Line Skirmish Square Staggered column V formation Vanguard Wedge and inverted...
with the African troops on their flanks in echelonformation. It is believed that the purpose of this formation was to break the forward momentum of the...
Holding attack Basic principles Mutual support (e.g., by crossfire) Echelonformation All round defence Force dispersal Fighting withdrawal Booby traps...
sometimes more aircraft fly in close formation with the leader at the apex and the rest of the flight en echelon to the left and the right, the whole...
Air Ambulance helicopter operations engaging in MEDEVAC. Echelonformation: a military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Encirclement:...
confident and reliable enough to operate in separate dispersed units, the echelonformation may be adopted. That can take different forms with either equally...
crescent but the others more disc- or saucer-shaped, flying in an echelonformation, weaving like the tail of a kite, flipping and flashing in the sun...
War. 1763: Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi. 1763: EchelonFormation used by Frederick II of Prussia. 1765: The Stamp Act is introduced...
tactic was to use Crabs in groups of five. Three would go forward in echelonformation, clearing a broad path through the minefield. The other two would...
attack, with the Sacred Band of Thebes on the extreme left and in echelonformation disorganized the Spartan lines and spread confusion in its army. Before...
late March that he believed the Canadian Corps was moving into an echelonformation and were preparing for a big attack. The Germans quickly planned Operation...
deepened, the intelligence sharing arrangement became formalised under the ECHELON surveillance system in the 1960s. This was developed by the FVEY to monitor...
Division in the Kunersdorf area. 79th Corps was back in its single echelonformation and, with the help of 9th Tanks' motorized infantry, broke the resistance...
defense. These in turn manage military branches that themselves command formations and units specialising in combat, combat support and combat-service support...
strike-slip fault segments in a diagonal stepwise sequence known as echelonformation. In the areas where these segments overlap, pull-apart basins have...
The centre and right were staggered backwards from the left (an 'echelon' formation), so that the phalanx advanced obliquely. The Theban left wing was...
victory by either side. The next day, Bragg ordered attacks in an echelonformation starting with the left flank at dawn but Polk, commanding the Confederate...
Echelons above corps (EAC), in US and NATO practice, refer to higher headquarters, of purpose-built organization, which involve a greater number of troops...