1. SQUAD TACTICS- AMBUSH

2. AMBUSH
An ambush is a surprise attack from a concealed position on a moving or temporarily halted target.
Anti-armor ambushes are established when the mission is to destroy enemy armored or mechanized forces.
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3. ELEMENTS OF AN AMBUSH
Assault
Support
Security
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4. AMBUSH CLASSIFICATIONS
Category
Hasty
Deliberate
Type
Point
Area
Formation
Linear
L- shape
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5. CONSIDERATIONS FOR PLANNING AN AMBUSH
Route
ORP
Leader’s recon of objectives
Indirect fires and obstacles
Occupation of ambush site
Initiate ambush
Actions on Objective
Withdrawal
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6. LEADER’S RECON OF OBJECTIVE
Issue five point contingency plan
Identify Objective
Identify kill zone / center of the kill zone
Special Teams Locations
LOA
Fires
Collection Points
Release Point

7. LEADER’S RECON OF OBJECTIVE
Establish special teams location and sectors of fire
Security
Support
Assault
Surveillance
Determine limit of advance (LOA)
Determine release point (RP)
Determine collection points
Enemy prisoners of war (EPW)
Casualty collection point (CCP)
Demolition (demo)
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8. INDIRECT FIRES AND OBSTACLES
Plan indirect fires to destroy enemy in kill zone
Cover dead space
Isolate objective from escape or reinforcement (left, right, and far side)
Screen movement off objective
Tie in kill zone with impassable terrain (OAKOC)
Place mines to cover dead space or likely escape and counterattack routes
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9. OCCUPATION OF AMBUSH SITE
Travel from ORP to RP
Security halt at RP
Emplace left and right flank security
Emplace support team
Emplace assault team
Emplace mines and obstacles
PL must have visual center of kill zone
PL positions for direct control of most casualty producing weapon
If no claymores, PL must co-locate machine gun with PL in order for PL to give MG order to fire
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10. INITIATE AMBUSH
Left and Right Flank Security Give Early Warning to PL (SALUTE)
Number of enemy and traveling technique
Movement formation and speed
Location of key leaders
Distance from front to rear of enemy formation
Location of enemies most casualty producing weapons

11. INITIATE AMBUSH PL CAN NOT delegate task of initiating ambush
PL initiates ambush with the most casualty producing weapon
initiate when the majority of the enemy is in the center of the kill zone
Shift and lift fires signal to assault through kill zone
Assault team assaults through kill zone to LOA
Assault element reports LOA to PL
Consolidate and reorganize
Team leaders submit LACE report report to PL
PL consolidates reports, submits LACE, and SALUTE to higher command
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12. ACTIONS ON OBJECTIVE PL Calls for Special Teams EPW Team
Aid and Litter Team
Demo Team
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13. WITHDRAWAL Demo is prepared
PL signals for assault elements to withdraw
PL signals for support team to withdraw
PL gives “fire in the hole” signal
Demo team ignites charges & departs with PL
The APL is at the RP counting squad members through the RP, squad members form a hasty perimeter with EPWs and casualties in the center and await PL’s order to move to ORP
While en route to ORP, PL calls for preplanned indirect fires (if available) to cover his withdrawal
Patrol remains in ORP only long enough to collect and disseminate CCIR among all patrol members
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14. Squad Ambush Technique 1
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15. Squad Ambush Technique 2
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16. LIMITATIONS TO SQUAD AMBUSH
9-Soldier squad limits ambush techniques and options
Squad size limits ability to deploy 2-Soldier security teams out on flanks and to rear (leaves 3 Soldiers to conduct ambush)
Number of organic squad radios limits ability to displace support and security elements
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17. QUESTIONS???
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