EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(RULES OF THUMB)
MASS
IDENTIFY ENEMY WEAKNESS
- Recon
- Initiate
Recon Rapidly
- Include
Minefields As NAI
- Use
All Available Recon Assets
- Provide
Redundant Commo
- Disseminate Intelligence
- Initiate
Recon Rapidly
- Conduct
Actions On Contact
- Deploy
- Report
- Develop the Situation
- Deploy
ENSURE UNITY OF EFFORT
- Drill
Breach Procedures
- Develop
Combined Arms Teamwork
- Push
Logistics Forward
- Push
Engineers Forward
- Train
All Soldiers/Units to Manually Breach
- Organize
To Breach:
- Designate
assault/breach/support forces
- Specify responsibilities
- Designate
assault/breach/support forces
- March Order IAW METT-T
- Develop
Combined Arms Teamwork
- Plan
and Issue a Clear/Complete OPORD
- Employ
Backwards Planning
- Wargame
the Courses of Action
- Employ Backbriefs
- Employ
Backwards Planning
- Prepare
to Execute
- Rehearse
Countermine Drills
- Combined Arms Rehearsal
- Rehearse
Countermine Drills
ISOLATE ENEMY WEAKNESS WITH:
- Terrain
- Obscurants
- Fire
RECON THE MINEFIELD
DECIDE:
- Bypass
- Hasty
Breach
- Deliberate Breach
BREACH
SUPPRESS
- Support
Forces Provide Direct Fire
- Counterfire
Critical To Manual Breach
- Mass SHORAD at Breach
OBSCURE
- Mortars
Initiate
- Artillery or Smoke Platoon Sustains
SECURE
- Infantry
Assault/Infiltrate
- Support
Force Destroys
- Fire Support Neutralizes
REDUCE
- Recon
Minefield's Forward Edge
- Clear
the Lane
- Proof
the Lane
- Mark
the Entrance/Exit/Sides
- Post Guides and Recovery Assets
ASSAULT
- Cross/Lead
With Detection Element
- Retain Control of the Breach Site
CLEAR
- Handover Lane to Follow-On Engineer
LANE REQUIREMENTS
- One
Per Assault Company
- Two
Attempts Planned
- Two
Per Task Force
- Four
Meter Initial Lane
- Eight Meter Final Lane
Table
of Contents
Countermine
Tactics, Part 2
NCO
Corner
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