Tactics 101 089: The Ambush, Part 2 – Plan, Prep, Execute
Tactics 101 continues its examination of the use and prevention of ambushes, with a look at the specifics on how to plan, prep, and execute an ambush.
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The Selous Scouts, a special force formed in Rhodesia in the 1970s, became one of the most feared and effective counterinsurgency groups in Africa.
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Tactics 101 begins a two-part series on the tactics of the ambush; part one covers such fundamentals as types of ambushes and critical actions of the ambush.
Read MoreCDG 58 – World War I in Africa, 1914
Assume the role of Lt Col Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck as he leads the German East Africa colony’s Schutztruppe - colonial security troops - in an attack on a large British force that has invaded the Tanga Peninsula in 'World War I in Africa, 1914.'
Read MoreTactics 101 083 – Targeting
Perhaps no area of military doctrine is tinkered with more than the targeting process. The latest installment of "Tactics 101" puts a bulls-eye on the subject, including such information as how targeting has changed since the War on Terror began.
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