+Mitch Schutter There is a wealth more things to talk about, the idea being to break it down to the most foundational level concepts so we can fit it into fairly short videos and start a good conversation about it. This video could easily be a year long. -Lane
I think my buddies and I might use the concepts in your videos to apply to theoretical situations, trying to be realistic of course. Thanks for posting.
+Mitch Schutter That's exactly how it should be. These are the fundamentalsame but your individual practice and dry runs for scenarios will establish your TTPs for exact scenarios such as reactions to IED/Sniper/Small Arms/Indirect Fire etc... -Lane
Your comment in ref to reaction to ambush point of contact is exceptional. Communication...Communication...Communication! Knowing who your leader is and having confidence in that leader will either ensure a lack of casualties and a positive outcome or lead to ambush mass casualties. Fella, this is the best 7 minutes I have seen on reaction to ambush. Your points are precise and attainable. Rock on!
Lane, I really appreciate this series. Thank you so much for your service, and for sharing with patriotic Americans how we can become worthy heirs of the minutemen of times past.
Great lesson, perfectly described and each scenario adapts well in real life situations. If our team is out numbered by hostile forces also calling an air strike is a clever alternative.
Thank you for the channel. Bastian What are some recommended books on infantry tactics/training and advanced individual infantry man training? Looking for something that teaches you drills to practice and rifle and pistol combat drills for being a better shooter?
Г and Ш shape ambushes are the best, but they can be mostly organized in the places where the road turns and such places are typically well known for enemy convoy/patrol and are often mined before the convoy goes. It's not a rare site to find land mines in the places which are just perfect for setting up ambushes. Also the enemy artillery can be zeroed in onto such places and open up once the ambush goes off. "Hugging with the enemy" (fighting at close than 50 meters) saves you from artillery and CAS.
nvidiaguy98 That would depend on the situation and the load-out of the unit. Seeking cover is always number 1, assessing is always number 2 and the actions after the leader and members assess the situation depend on those things. If you are engaged by armor and you have no anti-armor weapons, you get the hell out of dodge by breaking contact and then either call for supporting arms (air, arty etc..) or you fall back and consolidate somewhere out of the kill-zone. If you do have some sort of weapons able to prosecute the enemy armor and the leader thinks you have the initiative and position to be able to engage, then go ahead and engage. Indirect Fire (mortars, arty etc..) it remains the same; you seek cover, assess that you're taking IDF and not an IED or mine or something else, then you determine your actions as you assess. For example, if I took contact from IDF and the impacts were missing; I would break contact away from the kill-zone and find better cover or depending on the type of rounds we might be able to get out of range and then return fire. If we were taking impacts in our formation and our cover was really good we would probably stay if it was only smaller munitions like mortars or Rifle grenades. If we take impacts in our formation and our cover is bad, we probably need to lace up our Track Spikes and run the fuck out of the kill-zone. The last little 'what-if' is to take the scenario into context. If we are patrolling to find the enemy or to find out where we can or can't go without forcing the enemy to attack us and he hits us with IDF, we found him now let's get the hell out of here and report the position. If we are patrolling to try and intercept enemy units, we might be more inclined to stay and fight in bad situation. Very good question; this is why determining or assessing the contact is so crucial and why the leader but also every unit member needs to be communicating as soon as rounds start flying. Take into account your mission, your men, your equipment and your terrain -Lane
nvidiaguy98 Thank you. These videos are meant to be the foundational basics on this type of stuff, quite literally this is the stuff you spend all of your training time in the military learning, refining and testing during training. -Lane
From seeing this video, I see the importance and effectiveness of satellite patrolling. I was just wondering how would you do satellite patrolling in a wooded area, desert, or any area that is out in the open. Great video btw
Nothing changes as a concept for the most part. More open terrain you need more dispersion, more restricted terrain you need less. The importance of the bounding overwatch is amplified in more restrictive terrain.
Another question, how would you set up your troops & respond in these 2 scenarios. 1. You are escorting a vip in a convoy of vehicles when the enemy catches you in an ambush from the front 2. You are escorting a vip on foot with a squad when you are hit with an ambush from the front
This sounds great, in theory. My only question is HOW CAN YOU TRAIN THE MEN TO CHARGE RIGHT INTO AN AMBUSH INSTINCTIVELY? I'm sure 99% of guys first reaction is going to be to get the hell down and find some cover, THEN return fire, right?
Is there or can there be a “force” in an ambush; like in the “force” for run defense in football, some element that pressures or influences a desired reaction from the ambushee. - in the L shape ambush (far) would the front force the bunching of the ambushee so that the lateral/flank could finish them? Sorry for the long winded question. Haven’t been able to find much on this and have been recently introduced to your channel.
@@bastionblackperformance3804 I haven't seen anyone teaching tactics in such an easy and clear way. Subscribed. Will be waiting for more videos on tactics.
I have seen situations where in bad guys robbery video's and active shooter . Wherein they deploy a a phantom or lagging tail gunner. Someone on their side hanging back as a wild card. Are there any organised moments for units such as this. Not referring to the #2 or #3 videos or bounding in an urban situation I could see possibly 2 or more blocks or separation. Giving the tail guys flexibility.
Dude, get in touch with Jocko Willink he has a great podcast, he is an ex-navy seals commander, but so humble. Check his stuff out, it's awesome. He would love to have you on his podcast I just know it.
Can you please get your hands on the Verdansk map from Call Of Duty Warzone and apply these tactics on any bit of land and building, terrain? I would love to see combat speed illustrations if you’ve the program for that. I assure you there won’t be a copy right issue.
one unit gets ambushed then two of your other units perform flanking maneuvers. But to your surprise you encounter a much more larger force. Cant get out of the killzone since units already committed to the maneuver. what to do? (wrong or innacurate intel)
If its that big of an ambush, you're in trouble. Coordinating individual elements is crucial so that you don't get cut off individually and attacked piecemeal
I have a question. I participate in airsoft an extremely realistic combat based sport and what would you do on a multi- frontal parallel ambush, like say the enemy is in the buildings to your left and right. And how would you best use weapons like grenades or support to your advantage. (keep in mind you are a line unit sizing from as big as a squad to as small as a fireteam).
Well for a near ambush the text book answer is to assault through the ambush site, for an ambush that is on both flanks one must identify one or the other to assault. This determination is made based on proximity, terrain, formation etc... But if you walk into a near ambush that is parallel and on both sides, you fucked up and/or the enemy played you like a fiddle. For a far ambush you identify a direction to break contact if fire supremacy isn't achieved. Again this choice is based on terrain, formation etc. It also matters how much of an element is engaged, for example: if you come around a corner and just the point man or the last ma. is engaged, it's wisest to just suppress, pull him back ro the rest of the element and retrace your steps or just continue ahead.
Hey mate, really enjoying the videos. I've no military experience so this will probably sound pretty stupid, but at 6:04 if the environment allowed it,what if the bottom blue token pushed left and the other two pushed up and to the left also? How do reckon the enemy would maneuver/react to counter this? Just a farfetched query lol
The enemy would simply maintain fire superiority. The two tokens are pinned and the third one is about to be pinned. At this point the best option would be to consolidate and break contact or dig in and request support.
I thought "out the way you came in" is valid? Since it's an ambush, I presume my enemy will have the surprise and most likely fire superiority. Thus, retreating by the way we came in; we came in a certain direction meaning that direction is likely to remain somewhat open (if it isn't my enemy is so good that I'm screwed anyway), is a viable option?
I would say generally that's true but realistically every situation is different. There's also a difference between ambushes and contact or meeting engagements; so knowing any direction may be the best choice.
Are the individual black markers indicators for individual, squad, platoon, or, company levels of troops? Just wondering since there are only eight markers.
By the manual closer than 50m is classified as 'Near.' Basically what makes near different than far, aside from the obvious, is that it is determined that it is more dangerous to go back than it is to attack. 100m is still not very close and I would not treat it as a Near Ambush as it will take a very long time to assault through an objective 100m away if you are taking direct fire. -Lane
What is the textbook called that you get issued in the marines? Can i get it online somewhere? Also if you should get the game "Squad" which is extremly realistic and you can live out your tactics again, without endangering your life.
In the Corps our manual is called the 12-5, said twelve dash five. But there are numerous publications and manual that tactics and TTPs are based off of.
Do armies from different countries have similar tactics in these situations ? I'm from Australia and just curious if allies train and learn the same or similar tactics ? Cool video's by the way.
It easy to counter that kind of tactic...plzzzz...dont upload that kind of vid..bcoz our arm forces they use the light infantry tactic like ur discuss..
I love that you're actually teaching tactics, not like how most videos teach weapons manipulation.
+Mitch Schutter Thanks! When you're truly obsessed, you try to do it all haha.
-Lane
I think you should lay out everything tactics-wise into videos for more people like me. There has to be more than what you've posted.
+Mitch Schutter There is a wealth more things to talk about, the idea being to break it down to the most foundational level concepts so we can fit it into fairly short videos and start a good conversation about it. This video could easily be a year long.
-Lane
I think my buddies and I might use the concepts in your videos to apply to theoretical situations, trying to be realistic of course. Thanks for posting.
+Mitch Schutter That's exactly how it should be. These are the fundamentalsame but your individual practice and dry runs for scenarios will establish your TTPs for exact scenarios such as reactions to IED/Sniper/Small Arms/Indirect Fire etc...
-Lane
Your comment in ref to reaction to ambush point of contact is exceptional. Communication...Communication...Communication! Knowing who your leader is and having confidence in that leader will either ensure a lack of casualties and a positive outcome or lead to ambush mass casualties. Fella, this is the best 7 minutes I have seen on reaction to ambush. Your points are precise and attainable. Rock on!
Thank you
Thank you sir. Your videos are very informative for someone who is fairly unfamiliar with military tactics.
Lane, I really appreciate this series. Thank you so much for your service, and for sharing with patriotic Americans how we can become worthy heirs of the minutemen of times past.
CO Woodsman You are most welcome.
-Lane
Great help! Your channel always refreshes my memory. Great explanation. Detail by detail. Cheers from the US Army 11B (Infantryman)
Is this what they teach in the army or is this SF?
I stumbled across this video somehow and I gotta say this is broken down very well. Shoot,move,communicate, kill.
Love the tactical training! Great job, two thumbs up.
Reminds me of the exact first AIT contact ! Great to teach before you get hit then learn how to respond so you never forget especially at night .
Great lesson, perfectly described and each scenario adapts well in real life situations. If our team is out numbered by hostile forces also calling an air strike is a clever alternative.
Love the series! You deserve a ton more views
mrwildbf Thanks man, if only it was that easy.
-Lane
Thank you for the channel. Bastian What are some recommended books on infantry tactics/training and advanced individual infantry man training? Looking for something that teaches you drills to practice and rifle and pistol combat drills for being a better shooter?
Г and Ш shape ambushes are the best, but they can be mostly organized in the places where the road turns and such places are typically well known for enemy convoy/patrol and are often mined before the convoy goes. It's not a rare site to find land mines in the places which are just perfect for setting up ambushes. Also the enemy artillery can be zeroed in onto such places and open up once the ambush goes off. "Hugging with the enemy" (fighting at close than 50 meters) saves you from artillery and CAS.
What would be an appropriate reaction to artillery i.e : HMG's,apc's,etc...
nvidiaguy98 That would depend on the situation and the load-out of the unit. Seeking cover is always number 1, assessing is always number 2 and the actions after the leader and members assess the situation depend on those things. If you are engaged by armor and you have no anti-armor weapons, you get the hell out of dodge by breaking contact and then either call for supporting arms (air, arty etc..) or you fall back and consolidate somewhere out of the kill-zone. If you do have some sort of weapons able to prosecute the enemy armor and the leader thinks you have the initiative and position to be able to engage, then go ahead and engage.
Indirect Fire (mortars, arty etc..) it remains the same; you seek cover, assess that you're taking IDF and not an IED or mine or something else, then you determine your actions as you assess. For example, if I took contact from IDF and the impacts were missing; I would break contact away from the kill-zone and find better cover or depending on the type of rounds we might be able to get out of range and then return fire. If we were taking impacts in our formation and our cover was really good we would probably stay if it was only smaller munitions like mortars or Rifle grenades. If we take impacts in our formation and our cover is bad, we probably need to lace up our Track Spikes and run the fuck out of the kill-zone.
The last little 'what-if' is to take the scenario into context. If we are patrolling to find the enemy or to find out where we can or can't go without forcing the enemy to attack us and he hits us with IDF, we found him now let's get the hell out of here and report the position. If we are patrolling to try and intercept enemy units, we might be more inclined to stay and fight in bad situation.
Very good question; this is why determining or assessing the contact is so crucial and why the leader but also every unit member needs to be communicating as soon as rounds start flying. Take into account your mission, your men, your equipment and your terrain
-Lane
Bastion Black Performance thanks. That was very insightful
nvidiaguy98 Thank you. These videos are meant to be the foundational basics on this type of stuff, quite literally this is the stuff you spend all of your training time in the military learning, refining and testing during training.
-Lane
I'm not in the military (only because I'm nit medically fit to join), but I love learning about this stuff. Thanks for the tactics.
You are most welcome.
From seeing this video, I see the importance and effectiveness of satellite patrolling. I was just wondering how would you do satellite patrolling in a wooded area, desert, or any area that is out in the open. Great video btw
Nothing changes as a concept for the most part. More open terrain you need more dispersion, more restricted terrain you need less. The importance of the bounding overwatch is amplified in more restrictive terrain.
Another question, how would you set up your troops & respond in these 2 scenarios.
1. You are escorting a vip in a convoy of vehicles when the enemy catches you in an ambush from the front
2. You are escorting a vip on foot with a squad when you are hit with an ambush from the front
See my Reactions to Contact video.
Great training.
This sounds great, in theory. My only question is HOW CAN YOU TRAIN THE MEN TO CHARGE RIGHT INTO AN AMBUSH INSTINCTIVELY? I'm sure 99% of guys first reaction is going to be to get the hell down and find some cover, THEN return fire, right?
Because they die if they stay in place in a near ambush
Is there or can there be a “force” in an ambush; like in the “force” for run defense in football, some element that pressures or influences a desired reaction from the ambushee.
- in the L shape ambush (far) would the front force the bunching of the ambushee so that the lateral/flank could finish them?
Sorry for the long winded question. Haven’t been able to find much on this and have been recently introduced to your channel.
love these vids
Did you use satellite patrolling in the open fields too? Can/should it be used in both urban and rural areas?
It can be used for both
@@bastionblackperformance3804 I haven't seen anyone teaching tactics in such an easy and clear way. Subscribed. Will be waiting for more videos on tactics.
I have seen situations where in bad guys robbery video's and active shooter . Wherein they deploy a a phantom or lagging tail gunner. Someone on their side hanging back as a wild card. Are there any organised moments for units such as this. Not referring to the #2 or #3 videos or bounding in an urban situation I could see possibly 2 or more blocks or separation. Giving the tail guys flexibility.
Doing it that way would mean you lack mass at the point of attack as you are purposely leaving firepower away from the point of contention.
Dude, get in touch with Jocko Willink he has a great podcast, he is an ex-navy seals commander, but so humble. Check his stuff out, it's awesome. He would love to have you on his podcast I just know it.
Can you please get your hands on the Verdansk map from Call Of Duty Warzone and apply these tactics on any bit of land and building, terrain? I would love to see combat speed illustrations if you’ve the program for that. I assure you there won’t be a copy right issue.
I dont have any play stations or Xboxes
@@bastionblackperformance3804 PC?
@@aedanlizardi7147 no
one unit gets ambushed then two of your other units perform flanking maneuvers. But to your surprise you encounter a much more larger force. Cant get out of the killzone since units already committed to the maneuver. what to do? (wrong or innacurate intel)
If its that big of an ambush, you're in trouble. Coordinating individual elements is crucial so that you don't get cut off individually and attacked piecemeal
These are great videos!
Thanks
I have a question. I participate in airsoft an extremely realistic combat based sport and what would you do on a multi- frontal parallel ambush, like say the enemy is in the buildings to your left and right. And how would you best use weapons like grenades or support to your advantage. (keep in mind you are a line unit sizing from as big as a squad to as small as a fireteam).
Near ambush or far?
try both scenarios
Well for a near ambush the text book answer is to assault through the ambush site, for an ambush that is on both flanks one must identify one or the other to assault. This determination is made based on proximity, terrain, formation etc... But if you walk into a near ambush that is parallel and on both sides, you fucked up and/or the enemy played you like a fiddle.
For a far ambush you identify a direction to break contact if fire supremacy isn't achieved. Again this choice is based on terrain, formation etc. It also matters how much of an element is engaged, for example: if you come around a corner and just the point man or the last ma. is engaged, it's wisest to just suppress, pull him back ro the rest of the element and retrace your steps or just continue ahead.
Ok thank very much your videos are incredibly helpful and that will allow me to help improve my team's strategy and tactics and drill them
You're welcome.
Hey mate, really enjoying the videos. I've no military experience so this will probably sound pretty stupid, but at 6:04 if the environment allowed it,what if the bottom blue token pushed left and the other two pushed up and to the left also? How do reckon the enemy would maneuver/react to counter this? Just a farfetched query lol
The enemy would simply maintain fire superiority. The two tokens are pinned and the third one is about to be pinned. At this point the best option would be to consolidate and break contact or dig in and request support.
I thought "out the way you came in" is valid? Since it's an ambush, I presume my enemy will have the surprise and most likely fire superiority. Thus, retreating by the way we came in; we came in a certain direction meaning that direction is likely to remain somewhat open (if it isn't my enemy is so good that I'm screwed anyway), is a viable option?
I would say generally that's true but realistically every situation is different. There's also a difference between ambushes and contact or meeting engagements; so knowing any direction may be the best choice.
Are the individual black markers indicators for individual, squad, platoon, or, company levels of troops? Just wondering since there are only eight markers.
They are meant to represent small elements or individuals.
Thanks, it's been 30 years since I was training to be good in the woods. US Army, 11C.
I honestly feel like anything between 100m is a near ambush because youre taking extremely accurate fire at that point vs pop shots here and there???
By the manual closer than 50m is classified as 'Near.'
Basically what makes near different than far, aside from the obvious, is that it is determined that it is more dangerous to go back than it is to attack. 100m is still not very close and I would not treat it as a Near Ambush as it will take a very long time to assault through an objective 100m away if you are taking direct fire.
-Lane
+Mauricio Suarez No one is throwing hand grenades from 100 meters away
Hence why 50m is the textbook number.
What is the textbook called that you get issued in the marines? Can i get it online somewhere? Also if you should get the game "Squad" which is extremly realistic and you can live out your tactics again, without endangering your life.
In the Corps our manual is called the 12-5, said twelve dash five. But there are numerous publications and manual that tactics and TTPs are based off of.
im going to use this to lead my counter strike team. i know games are games... but any FPS game will be better with small tactics as shown.
I want to learn this but i find it difficult bcause you never give examples of were the enemy is or what there doing with ur chips
The enemy are the red chips....
@@bastionblackperformance3804 Thanks, this is what I was trying to figure out.
Do armies from different countries have similar tactics in these situations ?
I'm from Australia and just curious if allies train and learn the same or similar tactics ?
Cool video's by the way.
Similarities exist country to country and especially amongst allies
Bastion Black Performance thanks for replying .
This is so solid - were you in the unit?
Marine infantry
Kind of looks like a polish ambush at the end there..
Drop, return, evaluate.
Move
I knew that was a kriss vector by hearing it before watching
6:27 I would rather retreat, incase I was cut off .
and then create an arc at the bottom of their formation and attack from there.
Cut off the snakes tail, leaves only the head.
Create an arc?
drink water you
Pipe hitter
man i can not STAND the sound those things make when you move them on the chalk board…..clearly, I am not cut out for combat...
You should do strats for 2 civilians and a single fighter scenarios....
Just trying to get prepped for this election nonsense
L-shaped ambushes fucking sucks
It easy to counter that kind of tactic...plzzzz...dont upload that kind of vid..bcoz our arm forces they use the light infantry tactic like ur discuss..
What?
Wat? (2)
small unit tactics lol