Rifle pack
As shooters pack the wide in two rows behind staggered type of installation and exercise of will Infantry referred to in the field. This type of setup and movement is usually formed by a group, and less often by a train . In the Austrian Armed Forces , this line-up is known as the rifle chain .
The deep set-up and movement of a sub-unit is the rifle line . The formation for the next level of combat readiness would be the hedgehog , which enables a group to have all-round security.
Structure and composition
The soldiers form a wide, open arrangement in order to e.g. B. to be able to take up combat immediately on a broad front with all weapons. In a pack of riflemen, transverse cover like a stone wall can also be used by all soldiers, or open terrain or parts of terrain like a road can be overcome from the formation together in one jump on command.
Similar types of locomotion are also used in the non-military sector when combing through terrain sections, for example to facilitate search operations and to be able to cover the largest possible area.
Observation areas
The soldiers observe and basically work forward with their weapons. The soldiers marching outside secure and monitor to the left and right.
Advantages and disadvantages
- All weapons can act on the enemy at the same time.
- The soldiers do not hinder or endanger each other during fire fighting.
- Coordination and communication with one another is more difficult due to the wide arrangement, which means that longer distances are more strenuous and require more time.
- The leadership is difficult.
- The wide, open order is more noticeable in the terrain than the deeply staggered row of rifles.
- The rifle pack is more prone to flanking attacks. Therefore, as soon as the situation allows, the sub-unit will also be reclassified to the rifle row.
literature
- The friction . The manual for the German soldier. ES Mittler & Sohn 2009, ISBN 978-3-8132-0905-1 , p. C 215.
swell
- Bundeswehr ZDv 3/11 Combat service of all troops (on land)