Platoon Operations: Ambush Flashcards
Tips
Silence violence, silence, silently get off objective
Use leaders recon to plan…
Kill zone, location of surveillance/security teams, limit of advance, release point (S&O), collection points for EPWs, causalities (BEHIND SUPPORT BY FIRE), and demo.
What are the types of ambushes?
CATEGORY (HASTY & DELIBERATE)
TYPE (POINT, AREA, ANTI-ARMOR)
FORMATION (LINEAR, L-SHAPE, V-SHAPE)
STEPS ON CONDUCTING AMBUSH
- DO A MAP RECON, APPROXIMATE ENEMY ARIVAL, IDENTIFY KILL ZONE
PARAGRAPH 3 OF OPORD
CDR INTENT: DESTORY ENEMEY RO PREVENT…. END STATE FOR ENEMIES(DEAD), US (UNHARMED), CIVILIANS (NO CIVILIAN BUILDINGS HURT), TERRAIN (LEAVE LITTLE TRACE OR DESTROY ROAD)
CONCEPT OF OPERATION: START AT PATROL BASE, MOVE NORTH AT ZERO DEGREE AZIMUTH FOR 300M WALKING IN COLUMN 1ST SQUAD SEC SQUAD MAKE APLHA AND BRAVO TEAM EACH IN WEDGE W/ PL AT FRONTRTO TO RIGHT, GREIDEIER TO LEFT AND TWO OTHER BEHIND. 2ND SQUAD IS ASSAULT 1 SAME FORMATION 3RD PLATOON ASSUALT TWO SAME FORM. HALT AT ORP, RECON, ATTACK IN CERTAIN WAY, LEAVE IN CERTAIN WAY (DETAILED BUT SIMPLE)
SCHEME OF MOVEMENT AND MANEUVER: FROM ORP TO MISSION COMPLETE. BE VERY VERY DEATILED. KEEP GRIDS, HAND SIGNALS, CODE TERMS, ESPECIALLY AFTER ASSAULT IS DONE (WITHDRAW PALN)
FIRES: WHAT TO DO IF ENEMY GETS OUT OF KILL ZONE ALIVE.
CASEVAC: IF WE TAKE A CASUALTY DURING ASSAULT BATTLE BUDDY/MEDIC AID AND THEYRE THEY LAST TO LEAVE OBJECTIVE. GO BACK TO ORP FOR 9 LINE MEDEVAC. CASUALUTY AT ORP SAME BUT MOVE TO PATROL BASE.
TASKS TO SUBS: WHAT YOUR SUBORDINATS NEED TO DO (WHO IS AID/LITTER, DEMO, CCP,) 2ND SQUAD: OCCUPY L+R SEC. POS AND PROVIDE EPW. ASSAULT 1: ATTACK, CLEAR, DESTROY, PREVENT ENEMY FROM MOVING EAST. ASSAULT 2: SAME AS ASSAULT 1 WEAPONS SQUAD: SUPPORT BY FIRE ONTO OBJ RAMS AND SUPPRESS THE ENEMY PREVENT ENEMY FROM MOVEING EAST ENABLE ASSAULT 1 AND 2 TO GET ACROSS OBJ.
COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS: TIMELINE, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAN BE LOST, RISK ASSESMENT, WHAT INITIATION IS, ENVIRONEMTN, FORCE PROTECTION
SCHEME OF MOVEMENT
STOP AT ORP, MAKE 360 SECURITY, LEADER RECON (PL, 4 SQUAD LEADERS, RTO, S/O FROM SECURITY SQUAD M4 AND 249 AND RADIO, BRING MROE SECURITYIF YOU WANT) GIVE GOTWA TO PSG. PSG AND MEDIC COUNT OFF (GENERALLY 12 PEOPLE GOING ON RECON) FIRST IDENTIFY KILL ZONE ESTABLISH S/O (CAN SEE BUT NOT HEAR ENEMY USUALLY A TREE/ROCK B/C EASILY IDENTIFIABLE) WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT SECURITY, SUPPORT BY FIRE, AND ASSULT LINE. IDENITFY WHERE CCP, EPW, AND DEMO WOULD GO. WHEN PL LEAVES S/O GIVE S/O A NEW GOTWA. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE? SET SECUITY IN POSITION FIRST. GIVE A GOTWA WHEN LEAVING TO SET SECURITY AND GET COUNTED OUT. NEXT GRAB SUPPORT BY FIRE AND SET THEM. NEXT SETS ASSAULT 1 AND 2 AND SET ASSAULT LINE. BRIEF THE INITIATION PLAN (HOW TO START) PL IS ON ASSAULT LINE MEDIC IS WITH PSG AT S/O. ASSUALT 1 AND 2 GET UP AND GO THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE (APPROX 30M AFTER THE LIMIT OF ADVANCE) PL MOVE TO A POINT TO GET SITUATION AWARENESS. EPW, ACE/LACE REPORTS, AID AND LITER. (LEAVE W/ SILENT BOUNDING OVERWATCH BACK TO ORP) ASSAULT 1/2 GETS OFF OBJECTIVE FIRST. THEN SUPPORT BY FIRE, THEN SECUIRTY. ASSAULT COUNTS PEOPLE BACK AFTER FINDING A CHOKE POINT
AFTER ASSAULT ENDS
ASSUALT 1 AND 2 GET UP AND GO THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE (APPROX 30M AFTER THE LIMIT OF ADVANCE) PL MOVE TO A POINT TO GET SITUATION AWARENESS. EPW, ACE/LACE REPORTS, AID AND LITER.
(LEAVE W/ SILENT BOUNDING OVERWATCH BACK TO ORP) ASSAULT 1/2 GETS OFF OBJECTIVE FIRST. THEN SUPPORT BY FIRE, THEN SECUIRTY. ASSAULT COUNTS PEOPLE BACK AFTER FINDING A CHOKE POINT
SEND REPORTS WHEN BACK AT ORP. 360 SECUITY, RECONSOLIDATE AMMO.
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF INSTRUCTION AS A PL?
GET CO INTRUCTIONS, MAKE WARNO AND TERRAIN MODEL, BRIEF, MAKE ORDER, BRIEF
