MS300 Quiz 3 Review Study Guide

What are the 3 elements that comprise the task org for an ambush?

Assault, Support, Security

What is the defining characteristic of a raid, which clearly differentiates it from an attack?

Planned Withdrawal

Per DMI tactical planning, select the following items that should be included on the ENY SITTEMP:

- Orient and label

- Depict organic, attached, and supporting units (MEs and SEs) w/ task and purpose

- Depict key weapon systems and platforms

- Depict direct fire and graphic control measures

- Depict indirect fires

- Depict location of reserve, composition, anticipated route, and travel time

- Depict enemy decisive point

In an area ambush, soldiers deploy in two or more related point ambushes (T/F).

True

While both are types of special purpose attacks, an ambush differs from a raid in that in an ambush the enemy is _____ or _____.

Moving, temporarily halted

6) When conducting terrain analysis in an ambush, select 4 locations that must be identified.

Ambush site, kill zone, security positions, rally points

The three forms of ambush are _____, _____, and _____

Point, area, antiarmor

Match the five phases of a raid in their correct order

1) Insertion

2) Isolate

3) Surprise Attack

4) Seize

5) Withdraw

When planning IDFs, we target _____, _____, and _____ enemy positions.

Known, likely, suspected

List the two categories of Ambushes.

Hasty, Deliberate

Describe the purpose(s) of a leader's reconnaissance of an objective.

It confirms the condition of the objective, gives each subordinate leader a clear picture of the

terrain where he will move and identifies parts of the objective he must seize or suppress.

Select the four (4) fundamentals of the raid.

surprise and speed, coordinated fires, violence of action, planned withdrawal

When conducting a Raid, which two elements must be in place before the platoon leader initiates the

Assaulting element's movement from the assault position?

Security/Isolation and Support

In an ambush using a [_____] formation, the assault and support elements deploy along both

the short and long axis of the enemy's route. This allows friendly elements to

employ [_____] and [______] fires.

[L Shaped], [flanking], [enfilading]