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(Sample Only) Find this and other SMARTbooks at: www.TheLightningPress.com Sample (Sample Only) Find this and other SMARTbooks at: www.TheLightningPress.com thelightningpress.com SMARTBOOKSUTS3 Third Edition (SUTS3) SampleSmall Unit TACTICS Planning & Conducting Tactical Operations Third Edition (SUTS3) The Lightning Press Dr. Christopher Larsen Norman M. Wade (Sample Only) Find this and other SMARTbooks at: www.TheLightningPress.com The Lightning Press 2227 Arrowhead Blvd. Lakeland, FL 33813 24-hour Order/Voicemail: 1-800-997-8827 E-mail: [email protected] www.TheLightningPress.com (SUTS3) The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, 3rd Ed. Planning & Conducting Tactical Operations SUTS3 is the third revised edition of The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, completely updated for 2019 to include ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense (Jul ‘19), ADP 3-0 (Jul ‘19) and FM 3-0 Operations w/Chg 1 (Dec ‘17), FMs 3-90-1 & -2 (May ‘13), ATP 3-21.8 Infantry Platoon and Squad (Apr ‘16), ATP 3-21.10 Infantry Rifle Company (May ‘18), TC 3-21-76 The Ranger Handbook (Apr ‘17), and the latest versions of more than 20 additional references. Copyright © 2019, Christopher Larsen & Norman M. Wade ISBN: 978-1-935886-77-8 All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or other means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing by the publisher. Inquiries should be ad- dressed to The Lightning Press. 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About our cover photo: U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) engage opposing forces in a simulated exercise during Saber Junction 18 at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Sept. 26, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Weaver) Credits: Photos courtesy of HJ Images; photos by Jeong, Hae-jung. All other photos cour- tesy Dept. of the Army and/or Dept. of Defense and credited individually where applicable. Printed and bound in the United States of America. View, download FREE samples and purchase online: www.TheLightningPress.com (Sample Only) Find this and other SMARTbooks at: www.TheLightningPress.com (SUTS3) Notes to Reader Planning & Conducting Tactical Operations Tactics is the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. Through tactics, commanders use combat power to accomplish missions. The tactical-level commander uses combat power in battles, engagements, and small-unit actions. The nature of close combat in land operations is unique. Combatants routinely come face-to-face with one another in large numbers in a wide variety of operational environments comprising all types of terrain. When other means fail to drive enemy forces from their positions, forces close with and destroy or capture them. An offensive operation is an operation to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain control of terrain, resources, and population centers. Offensive operations impose the commander’s will on an enemy. The offense is the most direct means of seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative to gain a physical and psychological advantage. The four types of offensive operations are movement to contact, attack, exploitation, and pursuit. A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, econo- mize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations. Defensive operations are a counter to an enemy offensive action, and they seek to destroy as much of the attacking enemy forces as possible. Friendly forces use three types of defensive operations to deny enemy forces advantages: area defense, mobile defense, and retrograde. The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook translates and bridges operational-level doctrine into tactical application -- in the form of tactics, techniques and procedures -- and provides the “how to” at the small-unit level as a ready reference at the battalion, company, platoon, squad and fire team level. SUTS3 is the third revised edition of The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, completely updated for 2019 to include ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense (Jul ‘19); FM 3-0 Operations w/Chg 1 (Dec ‘17), FMs 3-90-1 & -2 (May ‘13), ATP 3-21.8 Infantry Platoon and Squad (Apr ‘16), ATP 3-21.10 Infantry Rifle Company (May ‘18), TC 3-21-76 The Ranger Handbook (Apr ‘17), andSample the latest versions of more than 20 additional references. 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(Planning & Conducting Tactical Operations) The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook translates and bridges operational-level doctrine into tactical application -- in the form of tactics, techniques and procedures -- and pro- vides the “how to” at the small-unit level as a ready reference at the battalion, company, platoon, squad and fire team level. SUTS3 is the third revised edition of The Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook, completely updated for 2019 to include ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense (Jul ‘19), ADP 3-0 (Jul ‘19) and FM 3-0 Operations w/Chg 1 (Dec ‘17), FMs 3-90-1 & -2 (May ‘13), ATP 3-21.8 Infantry Pla- toon and Squad (Apr ‘16), ATP 3-21.10 Infantry Rifle Company (May ‘18), TC 3-21-76 The Ranger Handbook (Apr ‘17), and the latest versions of more than 20 additional references. FM 3-90-1 OFFENSE AND DEFENSE VOLUME 1 MARCH 2013 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ADP 3-90 FM 3-0 (Chg 1) FM 3-90-1 FM 3-90-2 ATP 3-21.10 ATP 3-21.8 TC 3-21.76 plus 20+ more! SUTS3 chapters and topics include tactical fundamentals, the offense; the defense; train, advise, and assist (stability, peace, and counterinsurgency operations); enabling opera- tions (reconnaissance, security operations, troop movement, relief in place, passage of lines, and encirclement); special purpose attacks (ambush, raid, counterattack, spoiling attack, demonstrations and feints); urban and regional environments (urban, fortified areas, desert, cold region, mountain, and jungle operations); patrols and patrolling. Chap 1: Tactical FundamentalsSample Tactics is the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other. Through tactics, commanders use combat power to accomplish missions. The tactical-level commander uses combat power in battles, engagements, and small-unit actions. The nature of close combat in land operations is unique. Combatants routinely come face-to-face with one another in large numbers in a wide variety of operational en- vironments comprising all types of terrain. When other means fail to drive enemy forces from their positions, forces close with and destroy or capture them. Chap 2: The Offense An offensive operation is an operation to defeat or destroy enemy forces and gain con- trol of terrain, resources, and population centers. Offensive operations impose the com- mander’s will on an enemy. The offense is the most direct means of seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative to gain a physical and psychological advantage. The offense compels an enemy to react, creating new or larger weaknesses the attacking force can exploit. The four types of offensive operations are movement to contact, attack, exploita- tion, and pursuit. 2-Introduction (Sample Only) Find this and other SMARTbooks at: www.TheLightningPress.com Chap 3: The Defense A defensive operation is an operation to defeat an enemy attack, gain time, economize forces, and develop conditions favorable for offensive or stability operations. Defensive operations are a counter to an enemy offensive action, and they seek to destroy as much of the attacking enemy forces as possible. Friendly forces use three types of defensive operations to deny enemy forces advantages: area defense, mobile defense, and retro- grade. Chap 4: Train, Advise, Assist Military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence missions, tasks, and ac- tions encompass a wide range of actions where the military instrument of national power is tasked to support other instruments of national power as represented by interagency partners, as well as cooperate with international organizations and other countries to protect and enhance national security interests, deter conflict, and set conditions for future contingency operations. Stability is achieved through the process of stabilization through the balanced application of the instruments of national power in partnership with the host nation (HN) and local communities. Peace operations are crisis response and limited contingency operations, and normally include international efforts and military missions to contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and to facilitate the transition to legitimate governance.