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Military tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield. They involve the application of four battlefield functions which are closely related – kinetic or firepower, mobility, protection or security, and shock action. Tactics are a separate function from command and control and logistics. In contemporary military science, tactics are the lowest of three levels of warfighting, the higher levels being the strategic and operational levels. Throughout history, there has been a shifting balance between the four tactical functions, generally based on the application of military technology, which has led to one or more of the tactical functions being dominant for a period of time, usually accompanied by the dominance of an associated fighting arm deployed on the battlefield, such as infantry, artillery, cavalry or tanks.[1]
Militarytactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield. They involve the application of four battlefield...
of militarytactics. The meaning of the phrase is context sensitive, and has varied over time, like the difference between "strategy" and "tactics". Exploiting...
Empire. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. The 15 MilitaryTactics of Chinggis Khan, 5 May 2019 "sca_class_mongols". Home.arcor.de. Archived...
Roman infantry tactics are the theoretical and historical deployment, formation, and manoeuvres of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic...
equivalents. Militarytactics concerns itself with the methods for engaging and defeating the enemy in direct combat. Militarytactics are usually used...
resist the rise of the Macedonian kingdom in the north. With revolutionary tactics, King Philip II brought most of Greece under his sway, paving the way for...
to their units. These tactics were expanded and refined by many in the German military command, extending the Prussian military doctrine down to the smallest...
The militarytactics of Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) have been widely regarded as evidence that he was one of the greatest generals in history...
the term. It can refer to the type of military organization, or to the type of tactics used. An irregular military organization is one which is not part...
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and also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy...
Military organization (AE) or military organisation (BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as...
Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, the Greek military became professional, tactics became more sophisticated and additional levels of ranking...
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warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent...
Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation...
and to satellites. Military communications – or "comms" – are activities, equipment, techniques, and tactics used by the military in some of the most...
considered by military historians to have been a master of this particular form of warfare. Military powers would continue to employ such tactics even as technological...
Infantry tactics are the combination of military concepts and methods used by infantry to achieve tactical objectives during combat. The role of the infantry...
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transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics behind militarytactics. Modern military engineering differs...
the military forces and their tactics for the goals of an overarching strategy) and, on a small scale, its militarytactics (methods for military engagement...
of the general", which included several subsets of skills including militarytactics, siegecraft, logistics etc., the term came into use in the 6th century...
(protection against radar-targeted anti-aircraft weapons). An electronic warfare tactics range (EWTR) is a practice range that provides training for personnel operating...