Patrolling

Patrolling is a military tactic. Small units or individual soldiers a larger unit are used to perform a specific mission (such as to cover a fixed distance traveled to reach an object to occupy a position or to fulfill a reconnaissance mission ) and then return to the site. The tactics of patrolling is used by all branches of service. The duration of a patrol can be up to several weeks, depending on the type of operation and the type of weapon involved in a few hours.

Use types

Patrols are carried out for different purposes. Most often, however (also called reconnaissance patrol ) are reconnaissance patrols, to gain information about the enemy. Often they are also known as patrol in enemy territory on the go. Your task is to be discovered the enemy as possible and without concealed himself to watch. However, reconnaissance patrols can operate openly, especially if they work together with civilians.

A safety patrol is a small group of soldiers, the so-called security concerns in particularly vulnerable positions or newly occupied territories in order to produce a backup of the immediate area. Such security patrols can also be used on patrol, which may in particular involve the use of the military to combat internal unrest and possibly also in cooperation with police forces.

A combat patrol is a group with sufficient combat power (usually in train or company strength ) to fight enemy forces from the ambush or to capture their resources. Unlike other attack tactics it is not important here on attaining or maintaining an area. The use of such combat patrols carried out in particular in the context of command -operations.

Next can be used to comb through a larger area patrols to make scattered or covert opponents locate and off. Here, the scoured area is occupied with some observation points. This tactic is especially used by armored forces in desert areas and ground forces in urban terrain.