Post by Demski on Jul 21, 2010 23:40:51 GMT -6
(From ChaplainGrillSgt from To Be Marine)
One thing I've noticed in my years of Airsoft is that teams place an overwhelming emphasis on stealth. Stealth is an excellent skill, one that proves useful time and time again in our sport. But there are situations where stealth isn't the most appropriate method, and others where it is detrimental to reaching your objective.
When you make contact with the enemy, and are engaged in a firefight, it is more effective for a leader to bark verbal commands than it is for him to use hand signals or other forms of communication. His verbal commands do several things: The reassure a soldier that his leader is still alive and in command, which boosts morale, it keeps a soldier directed on the objective, it also allows the soldier to gauge how far from his commander he is, and finally it breaks "combat isolation"
Combat Isolation occurs when a soldier loses sight of his fellow soldiers, and focuses only on the things in front of him. Combat Isolation causes morale to sag, because the soldier doesn't know really anything about what's happening behind him, so he doesn't know if his entire squad has been wiped out, or pulled back, creating a sense of isolation or loneliness. This occurs to a lesser degree on the Airsoft battlefield than it does in real life.
When the leader is giving commands, he needs to radiate confidence, and allow his soldiers to absorb that confidence in turn. His soldiers need to look at him and think "I want to tap into whatever he's got". He also needs to be heard by all under his command, so they all know the situation and his orders. Sometimes a leader will be in a firefight and not fire a single shot, because he was more focused on leading his men than getting into the action.
In addition to using noise as a means to keep your men organized, you can use it psychologically to throw the enemy for a loop and create chaos. A good example of this is the "Rebel Yell" employed by several Confederate Generals during the American Civil War. Union troops were not prepared to have screaming confederate troops pour from seemingly empty woods near their positions. the confederates did the unexpected, and then exploited the new weakness in the Union lines.
It is fairly well known that 3 main things are the principles of an attack: Surprise, Mass, and Violence. Violence isn't used in it's normal context in this case, it is used to describe how sudden your attack is, and how well you exploited your enemies weakness. Using noise to you advantage can add to the violence of your attack, increasing your chances of success. The element of suprise doesn't neccessarily mean that the enemy didn't know you were there. It is possible to surprise the enemy by doing something unexpected. The final element, mass, is the amount of troops you commit to the assault.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2010, 03:59:31 am by To be Marine »
One thing I've noticed in my years of Airsoft is that teams place an overwhelming emphasis on stealth. Stealth is an excellent skill, one that proves useful time and time again in our sport. But there are situations where stealth isn't the most appropriate method, and others where it is detrimental to reaching your objective.
When you make contact with the enemy, and are engaged in a firefight, it is more effective for a leader to bark verbal commands than it is for him to use hand signals or other forms of communication. His verbal commands do several things: The reassure a soldier that his leader is still alive and in command, which boosts morale, it keeps a soldier directed on the objective, it also allows the soldier to gauge how far from his commander he is, and finally it breaks "combat isolation"
Combat Isolation occurs when a soldier loses sight of his fellow soldiers, and focuses only on the things in front of him. Combat Isolation causes morale to sag, because the soldier doesn't know really anything about what's happening behind him, so he doesn't know if his entire squad has been wiped out, or pulled back, creating a sense of isolation or loneliness. This occurs to a lesser degree on the Airsoft battlefield than it does in real life.
When the leader is giving commands, he needs to radiate confidence, and allow his soldiers to absorb that confidence in turn. His soldiers need to look at him and think "I want to tap into whatever he's got". He also needs to be heard by all under his command, so they all know the situation and his orders. Sometimes a leader will be in a firefight and not fire a single shot, because he was more focused on leading his men than getting into the action.
In addition to using noise as a means to keep your men organized, you can use it psychologically to throw the enemy for a loop and create chaos. A good example of this is the "Rebel Yell" employed by several Confederate Generals during the American Civil War. Union troops were not prepared to have screaming confederate troops pour from seemingly empty woods near their positions. the confederates did the unexpected, and then exploited the new weakness in the Union lines.
It is fairly well known that 3 main things are the principles of an attack: Surprise, Mass, and Violence. Violence isn't used in it's normal context in this case, it is used to describe how sudden your attack is, and how well you exploited your enemies weakness. Using noise to you advantage can add to the violence of your attack, increasing your chances of success. The element of suprise doesn't neccessarily mean that the enemy didn't know you were there. It is possible to surprise the enemy by doing something unexpected. The final element, mass, is the amount of troops you commit to the assault.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2010, 03:59:31 am by To be Marine »
