…Selective demolition of bridges and roads and other countermobility measures can force the enemy into taking avenues of approach that favor the defense. (b) Constructing obstacles forward of and between defensive positions to block, disrupt, fix…

…They can be used outside the built-up area to cover high-speed armor avenues of approach. Tanks are normally employed in this role during the isolation phase. Tanks also support by fire the assault to…

…During defensive operations, they attrite enemy forces as they approach, attack forces attempting to bypass, or canalize the enemy to take avenues of approach that are advantageous to the defender. (b) Other Considerations 1 Fixed-Wing…

…In the urban environment, this equates to the physical occupation of key public buildings, avenues of approach, transportation centers, industrial parks, etc. This defense focuses combat power to repel the attacker’s advance and/or penetration…

…This belt consists of wire and improvised barriers (including inside buildings, in subterranean avenues of approach, and outside in open areas), danger areas, and dead space. These barriers and obstacles should be heavily boobytrapped and covered…

…The existence of waterways, canals, and rivers in and around urban areas can provide avenues of ingress into designated objective areas. If used in conjunction with supporting fires, smoke, and/or deception operations, AAVs can capitalize…

…she attempts to deepen a penetration. (4) Commanders establish priorities of fire on the basis of enemy avenues of approach and threat systems that present the greatest danger to the defense. For example, during the attacker…

…This use is most common where the village stands astride a high-speed avenue of approach or lies between two difficult obstacles. To incorporate such an area into its defense, the infantry battalion must control the…

…Commanders determine the most advantageous area for an enemy force’s main attack as well as other military aspects of terrain, including observation and fields of fire, avenues of approach, key terrain, obstacles, and cover and…