Abort
The term cancel is used in various contexts in military parlance.
- Aborting a battle: The leader of a combat party decides to break off the battle if he no longer sees any advantage in continuing the battle and sees the possibility of breaking away from the enemy. For this purpose, the troops in action are slowly withdrawn, if possible under the supervision of troops standing behind them. After the combat activity has subsided, the troops can leave the battlefield or remain to observe the enemy. If the enemy pushes too hard, the battle cannot be broken off and the battle resumes.
- Exercise , formal service : Up until 1914, the German armed forces had the command cancel to order a change in the form of troops who had arrived or marched. The corresponding command part of a company that had entered could read, for example: Break off to the right in groups . The soldiers then took up a marching formation, in which the groups marched off in two members over the right wing . This type of change in shape can still be seen today in the parades of the British Guards on the Queen's birthday.
- In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was used to shorten the front of a unit. This created an open column from the line tactics and a narrower column from the wider column.
- Dismantle, dismantle and scrap a warship.
- Fire command of the artillery, in response to which the distance is shortened by lowering the pipe or lowering the load by the corresponding distance.
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Wiktionary: cancel - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations
