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  2. Conventional warfare - Wikipedia

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    Conventional warfare is a form of warfare conducted by using conventional weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states in open confrontation. The forces on each side are well-defined and fight by using weapons that target primarily the opponent's military.

  3. List of military tactics - Wikipedia

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    Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...

  4. List of military strategies and concepts - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid warfare - Employs political warfare and blends conventional warfare, irregular warfare, and cyberwarfare with other influencing methods, such as fake news, diplomacy, lawfare and foreign electoral intervention. Incentive – A strategy that uses incentives to gain cooperation; Indirect approach – Dislocation is the aim of strategy ...

  5. Force concentration - Wikipedia

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    Modern armour warfare doctrine was developed and established during the run up to World War II. A fundamental key to conventional Warfare is the concentration of force at a particular point (the [der] Schwerpunkt). Concentration of force increases the chance of victory in a particular engagement.

  6. Search and destroy - Wikipedia

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    Search and destroy became an offensive tool that was crucial to General William Westmoreland's second phase during the Vietnam War.In his three-phase strategy, the first was to tie down the Viet Cong, the second phase was to resume the offensive and destroy the enemy, and the third phase was to restore the area under South Vietnamese government control.

  7. Infantry tactics - Wikipedia

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    These tactics were not unlike those used by the United States in Vietnam, or by the Germans against Soviet partisans in World War II. Conventional infantry tactics are generally modified before implementation in mountain warfare as the defending side generally has a decisive advantage over the attacking side by holding the heights and forcing ...

  8. Hit-and-run tactics - Wikipedia

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    Hit-and-run tactics were also used by the lightly-armed horse archers, typical of the Eurasian steppe peoples, who excelled at them. That holds especially true for such troops that were not part of a large army (such as scouting parties ), but it was common to see them employed in such a way even as part of a major force.

  9. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    These terms are used for talking about how armed forces are used. Many of the terms below can be applied to combat in other environments although most often used in reference to land warfare. Ambush: carrying out a surprise attack on an enemy that passes by a concealed position.