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Concept: Penetrate-Defenses

Superconcept: Military-Task

Superconcept: Penetrate

Definition: A form of maneuver to seek to rupture enemy defenses on a narrow front

Required Relationships:

agent: the Military-Unit that penetrates the defense of the object
object: the Military-Unit whose defense becomes penetrated by the agent
site: the place (a Spatial-Entity) where the object is penetrated

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Attack An Attack is an offensive operation that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both
Attack-by-Fire An Attack-by-Fire is an attack using direct fires, supported by indirect fires, to engage an enemy without closing with him to destroy, suppress, fix, or deceive him
Follow-and-Assume Follow-and-Assume is a tactical mission task to follow a force conducting an offensive operation and to continue the mission if the lead force is disabled
Follow-and-Support Follow-and-Support is a tactical mission task to follow and support a lead force conducting an offensive operation
Support-by-Fire Support-by-Fire is a tactical mission task in which a maneuver force moves to a position where it can engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force