Infiltration tactics

      "Infiltration tactics" is the tactic which is used by infantryman or artilleryman.  This tactics is aiming to achieve a maximum of efficiency with a minimum effort.
     Soldiers sneak into enemy land.  Then they have not to be sniffed by enemy.  If it do well, they can atack enemy supply base, headquoter, access road, other enemy soldiers etc,,,.  Fnally enemy front line would isolate.
     Also,  if enemy found sneaked soldiers, enemy bomber and aritilleryman can't attack them because the area which enemy wants to attack is their land.  Enemy bombardment would kill friends.
     Once soldiers sneaked into our territory, attacking them is difficult.  When we found them, at least several our facility was gone.  But they have weakpoints. First, they are not able to suppliy foods and ammo.  Second, sneaked soldiers are not able to supported by friends.  That is to say, they will isolate.
     In middle of WW1, Russian soldier " Brusilov " created Infiltration tactics.  In WW2, Japanese Army was good at this.  For example, in Battle of Singapore, Japanese tank "Type97 CHIHA" and "Type 95 HAGO" conducted "Infiltration tactics" in the middle of night.  Basically, tank is used in the daytime, so British soldiers were surprised at this because Japanese tanks appeared at night; in British military territory!
Type95 HAGO

 

Type97 CHIHA

bullet

     In WW2, German military create new formation.  It is "bullet".  The shape is like arrow mark.  The creator is Heinz Wilhelm Guderian who is German general. 
     "bullet" aim attacking enemy headquarter.  Image the boxing.  If you was punched your head,  you will collapse on the floor by the concussion.   punch is "bullet", head is enemy headquarter, concussion is shock caused by our attack. 
     Soldiers obey an orders,  but if they are not gave an order, they never done anything.   that is to say,  atacking enemy headquater lead us win.
     Tip of arrow is tanks. Middle stick is other tank or truck.   Sticks growed from tip are truck loaded with infantry.
1)Cannon or dive bomber attacks enemy to be weaking.(So conducter must catch command of air.)
2)Tanks devastate weaking enemy.  Their mission is to hole in the enemy defense.
3)Track fulled with infantry defense enemy counterattack or expand the hole to through more friends.
4)Finally,  the first tanks attack enemy headquater.

German Military beated France Military , Yugoslavia Military, Poland Military in WW2 and defeat Soviet in the operation of Barbarossa.
Battle using "bullet" is called "lightning war".  Now US also adopted this formation.
He is Heinz Wilhelm Guderian.Sorry I could not find picture of "bullet".

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian

circle

    When soldiers rest, they form the formation which called "circle".  In US this is called "assembly".  I maight say that formation's weakpoint is corner.  In case of circle, as you know, there is no corner.  So if soldires were attacked, the damege would be minimum. 
     Basically, when we don't know what is enemy's target or object, "circle" is also formed.

"Circle" has been used by every Militaly.
This formation is too small. But "circle" is like this picture.

square

This is for Media English class

                                                                      SQUARE

     Square is formation against enemy troops or cavalry.  Soldiers must be arranged like square.  Then they must turn to outside and level weapon attached bayonet.  It like a wall of spear.  Through this, if soldiers are attacked everywhere, soldiers can react to enemy attack everytime.  Also bayonet and soldiers cushion the shock of cavalry's attack.  In middle of square, friend,especially cavalry, wonded soldiers are holded by the wall of soldiers and bayonet.  Once this formation formed,  any enemy charge can not break.
.  But if a misile or bomb hit the formation,  most of soldiers formed square wll die.  A corners are also weak point.
    In The Expedition of Egypt,  Napoleon used a square against Mamluk Military in the pitched battle of pyramid.  In these days, France Military is the most modernest military but Mamulk military used the strategy of Middle ages. Napoleon arranged artilleyman and elite infantry at every corner.  Finally, The France soldiers lost their lifes about 300.  But Mamuluk Military lost their lifes about 3000.

This is square.  This picture is not the pitched battle of pyramid.  This picture is Anglo-zulu war.

column

This is for Media English class.



                                                                      column


     Column is formation which soldiers line in lengthway.  This is basis of formation. 
     Column has strong power of breakthrough and it can move rapidly.  So in charge,  most of military conducted this in the war.  But after appearance of machinegun,  this formation went out of use in battlefield.  Because a machinegun is so strong that column was collapsed easily. 
     In the French Revolution, Napoleon combined a rank and column.  In these day,  many volunteer joined France military.  But they were immature, so they can not act with normal soldiers.  Espesially, rank is very difficult because volunteer may run away from enemy.  As you know, if rank breakthrough,  it causes fetal damege for France Military.  Then Napoleon considered that normal soldier should be rank.  Volunteer should be column.  If there are volunteers in the back of other volunteers, they can not run away.
     We can see column in march,  and in train,  this have been using to take command of army.  in march,  this formation is often used.
(Column has been used all over the world.)

    

rank

This is for Media English class. 

                                      Rank

 

 

    Rank is form which soldiers line against enemy.  In this formation,  there are no obstruction of the view and soldiers can cooplate with by the soldier.  So soldiers can blaze easily and  react legion.  But if one point is broken through,  the point do great damege to our formation.  So soldiers are demanded the mind that I never escape.

 

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

Example of battle used this)     This formation has been used all over the world.