1. Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up their numbers. 2. Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of [...]

1. Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. 2. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. 3. Thus the good [...]

1. Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a [...]

1. Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue [...]

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then, is governed by [...]

Military tactics, the art of organizing an army, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Changes in philosophy and technology over time have been reflected in changes to military tactics. Concept Before the nineteenth century, many military tactics were confined to battlefield concerns, [...]

Deception and misdirection Military camouflage Stealth technology Disinformation Feint or diversionary attacks Electronic warfare Force multiplication Use of surprise Parthian shot Hit-and-run tactics Irregular warfare Sources: Wikipedia Modified by UTS  

Basic Principles Defence in depth Mutual Support (e.g. by crossfire) All round defence Fighting withdrawal Reserved demolitions Scorched earth Booby traps  - Minefields Trench warfare Counter attack Counter battery fire Rapid reaction force Delaying Defence Break contact Hedgehog defence military bottleneck Sources: Wikipedia Modified by UTS  

Ambush Skirmish Rapid dominance Blitzkrieg Carpet bombing Human wave attack Shock and Awe Swarming (Military) Planned attack Use of Supporting Fire Indirect Fire Support Base of fire Flying wedge (used by Alexander the Great) the “refuse” (cavalry formation) Frontal assault Holding attack – to hold the enemy in position while other offensive or defensive activity [...]

Infantry Minor Tactics Fire and movement or “pepperpotting” Basic Drill Contact Drill Immediate Ambush Drill Counter Ambush Drill Hull-down (in armoured warfare) Shoot-and-scoot Fire and Movement Four Fs Overwatch Bounding Overwatch Center Peel Patrolling Reconnaissance Patrol Fighting Patrol Standing Patrol (OP/LP) Saturation patrol Ambush Linear Ambush ‘L’ Ambush Area Ambush Guerrilla Sources: Wikipedia Modified by [...]