…That battalion is augmented by a reserve component main command post operational detachment to provide it with additional capacity. Functional support brigades consist of military police, engineer, air and missile defense, and military intelligence brigades. Functional…

…Their main efforts before their initiation of their decisive operation generally have priority of fires. They place coordinated fire lines as close to their units as possible without interfering with the maneuver of their forces. They…

…Rifle and light machine gun fire Grenade launchers Mines and boobytraps Indirect fires. (9) Long-range antiarmor weapons are employed in the forward areas of the main battle area and the security area. Antiarmor weapons must…

…The main defensive positions should be formed on key terrain features, such as prominent buildings, road junctions, and positions which offer good fields of fire. Long-range antiarmor weapon systems should be deployed to engage the…

…An attack along a subterranean avenue of approach could become the main effort. Even if the subterranean effort is not immediately successful, it forces the defender to fight on atleast two levels and to extend resources…

Figure C-2. Main Gun Used To Breach Exterior c. Shortly before the assault, suppressive fires on the objective should be increased until masked by the advancing assault force. Once masked, fires are shifted to upper…

…light recoilless weapons are as effective against structural walls as demolitions or heavier weapons such as tank main guns or field artillery. Of all the light recoilless weapons, the SMAW is the most effective. Military Operations…

…If tanks are attached to the company, they can breach the wall by firing their main gun (Figure C-2). C - 4 MCWP 3-35 .3

…The time of attack is the moment the leading elements of the main body cross the line of departure, or in a limited-visibility attack, the point of departure. A commander uses it when conducting simultaneous…

…center JP joint publication LD line of departure LOA limit of advance LOC line of communications MBA main battle area TTP tactics, techniques, and procedures U.S. United States SECTION II – TERMS *actions on contact A…

…variables, mission, 2-4–2-5 operational, 2-3 W warfighting function, defined, 2-10 weighting the decisive operation or main effort, 2-79 withdraw, defined, 4-20 X-Y-Z zone reconnaissance, defined, 5-5

…Engineers may accompany the lead platoon on the main route to help clear obstacles and mines as they may be encountered. Between key terrain, when contact is not likely, the company remains on their vehicles. At…

…The defender employs security forces forward of the main battle area and establishes inner or outer defensive strongpoints with extensive obstacles designed to assist in canalize the enemy into kill zones. The entrapment and ambush option…

Glossary Glossary-12 ADP 3-90 31 July 2019 *time of attack The moment the leading elements of the main body cross the line of departure, or in a limited-visibility attack, the point of departure…

…The main battle area is the area where the commander intends to deploy the bulk of the unit’s combat power and conduct decisive operations to defeat an attacking enemy. A defending commander’s major advantage…

…When firing at main battle Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain B - 11

…They have limited capability against main battle tanks, especially those equipped with reactive armor, except when attacking from the top, flanks, or rear. This category of weapons includes the AT4, the M47 Dragon, and the SMAW…

…The tank commander may have to halt in a covered position, dismount, and reconnoiter his/ her route forward into a firing position. (2) When the tank main gun fires, it creates a large fireball and smoke…

…This normally means that commanders are well forward, usually with the force conducting the decisive operation or designated as the main effort. Once the decisive operation or main effort makes contact with enemy forces, the commander…

… Cover is a type of security operation done independent of the main body to protect them by fighting to gain time while preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body. Commanders…