JANUARY 2003
HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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FM 3-21.11
Field Manual
Headquarters
No. 3-21.11
Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 23 January 2003
THE SBCT INFANTRY RIFLE COMPANY
CONTENTS
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PREFACE...........................................................................................................................x CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW OF THE SBCT INFANTRY RIFLE COMPANY
Section
I. Introduction ......................................................................................... 1-1
1-1.
Characteristics of the SBCT Infantry Rifle Company............. 1-1
1-2.
Operational Premise ................................................................ 1-1
1-3.
Capabilities and Limitations of the SBCT Force .................... 1-1
Section
II. Organization ........................................................................................ 1-2
1-4.
Brigade Organization .............................................................. 1-2
1-5.
SBCT Infantry Battalion Organization.................................... 1-3
1-6.
Company Organization............................................................ 1-4
1-7.
SBCT Infantry Rifle Platoon................................................... 1-6
1-8.
Mobile Gun System Platoon.................................................. 1-10
1-9.
Sniper Team .......................................................................... 1-11
1-10. SBCT Combat Support Assets .............................................. 1-12
1-11. SBCT Combat Service Support Assets ................................. 1-13
Section
III. Duties and Responsibilities of Key Personnel .................................. 1-14
1-12. Company Commander........................................................... 1-14
1-13. Executive Officer .................................................................. 1-14
1-14. First Sergeant......................................................................... 1-15
1-15. Platoon Leader....................................................................... 1-16
1-16. Platoon Sergeant.................................................................... 1-16
1-17. Fire Support Officer .............................................................. 1-16
1-18. Communications Specialist ................................................... 1-17
1-19. Radiotelephone Operator....................................................... 1-17
1-20. Supply Sergeant..................................................................... 1-17
1-21. Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological NCO .............................. 1-18
1-22. Mortar Section Leader........................................................... 1-18
1-23. Sniper Team Leader .............................................................. 1-18
1-24. Armorer/Supply Specialist .................................................... 1-18
1-25. Company Medic .................................................................... 1-19
Section
IV. Battlefield Operating Systems........................................................... 1-19
1-26. Command and Control .......................................................... 1-19
1-27. Intelligence ............................................................................ 1-20
1-28. Maneuver............................................................................... 1-20
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1-29. Fire Support........................................................................... 1-20
1-30. Air Defense............................................................................ 1-20
1-31. Mobility and Survivability .................................................... 1-21
1-32. Combat Service Support........................................................ 1-21
CHAPTER 2. BATTLE COMMAND AND TROOP-LEADING PROCEDURES
Section
I. Command and Control ........................................................................ 2-1
2-1.
Command and Control ............................................................ 2-1
2-2.
Concept of Command and Control.......................................... 2-1
2-3.
Leadership ............................................................................... 2-2
2-4.
Fundamentals of Command and Control................................. 2-2
2-5.
Command and Control Responsibilities.................................. 2-3
2-6.
Combat Orders ........................................................................ 2-4
Section
II. Troop Leading Procedures .................................................................. 2-5
2-7.
Application of Troop-Leading Procedures.............................. 2-5
2-8.
Receive the Mission ................................................................ 2-7
2-9.
Issue a Warning Order........................................................... 2-22
2-10. Make a Tentative Plan........................................................... 2-22
2-11. Initiate Movement ................................................................. 2-26
2-12. Conduct Reconnaissance....................................................... 2-27
2-13. Complete the Plan ................................................................. 2-27
2-14. Issue the OPORD .................................................................. 2-28
2-15. Supervise and or Refine ........................................................ 2-28
CHAPTER 3. MOVEMENT
3-1.
Tactical Movement and Enemy Contact ................................. 3-1
3-2.
Movement Techniques ............................................................ 3-2
3-3.
Movement Formations ............................................................ 3-8
3-4.
Use of Movement Formations............................................... 3-19
3-5.
Control Techniques ............................................................... 3-22
3-6.
Security during Movement.................................................... 3-23
3-7.
Movement as Part of a Battalion ........................................... 3-24
CHAPTER 4. OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS
Section
I. General Planning Considerations ........................................................ 4-1
4-1.
Characteristics of the Offense ................................................. 4-1
4-2.
Types of Offensive Operations................................................ 4-2
4-3.
Forms of Maneuver ................................................................. 4-3
Section
II. Sequence of Offensive Operation........................................................ 4-7
4-4.
Assembly Area ........................................................................ 4-7
4-5.
Reconnaissance ....................................................................... 4-8
4-6.
Movement to the Line of Departure ........................................ 4-8
4-7.
Maneuver................................................................................. 4-8
4-8.
Deployment ............................................................................. 4-9
4-9.
Assault ..................................................................................... 4-9
4-10. Consolidation and Reorganization ........................................ 4-10
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III. Planning Considerations.................................................................... 4-10
4-11. Fire Support........................................................................... 4-10
4-12. Mobility, Countermobility, and Survivability....................... 4-11
4-13. Air Defense............................................................................ 4-11
4-14. Combat Service Support........................................................ 4-11
4-15. Aviation ................................................................................. 4-12
4-16. Integration of Vehicles .......................................................... 4-13
Section
IV. Actions on Contact ............................................................................ 4-13
4-17. Developing Actions on Contact ............................................ 4-14
4-18. Time Requirements for Actions on Contact.......................... 4-14
4-19. The Four Steps of Actions on Contact .................................. 4-14
Section
V. Company Offensive Operations ........................................................ 4-17
4-20. Attack Characteristics............................................................ 4-17
4-21. Hasty and Deliberate Attacks ................................................ 4-18
4-22. Attacks during Limited Visibility.......................................... 4-21
Section
VI. Other Offensive Operations............................................................... 4-21
4-23. Planning Considerations........................................................ 4-21
4-24. The Search-and-Attach Technique........................................ 4-22
4-25. The Approach-March Technique .......................................... 4-28
4-26. Considerations ....................................................................... 4-31
4-27. Exploitation ........................................................................... 4-33
4-28. Pursuit.................................................................................... 4-33
Section
VII. Special Purpose Attacks .................................................................... 4-33
4-29. Ambush ................................................................................. 4-34
4-30. Raid ....................................................................................... 4-35
4-31. Spoiling Attack...................................................................... 4-35
4-32. Counterattack......................................................................... 4-36
4-33. Feint....................................................................................... 4-36
4-34. Demonstration ....................................................................... 4-37
Section
VIII. Attack Techniques............................................................................. 4-37
4-35. Assault of a Strongpoint ........................................................ 4-37
4-36. Attack during Limited Visibility ........................................... 4-45
Section
IX. Common Offensive Activities........................................................... 4-54
4-37. Infiltration.............................................................................. 4-54
4-38. Overwatch ............................................................................. 4-58
4-39. Follow and Support ............................................................... 4-59
4-40. Bypass ................................................................................... 4-60
4-41. Clear an Objective ................................................................. 4-60
4-42. The Company as Reserve ...................................................... 4-62
4-43. Security Operations ............................................................... 4-63
CHAPTER 5. DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS
Section
I. General Planning Considerations ........................................................ 5-1
5-1.
Defensive Operations .............................................................. 5-1
5-2.
Purposes................................................................................... 5-2
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II. Characteristics of the Defense............................................................. 5-2
5-3.
Preparation............................................................................... 5-2
5-4.
Security......................................................................................52
5-5.
Disruption................................................................................ 5-2
5-6.
Mass and Concentration .......................................................... 5-2
5-7.
Flexibility ................................................................................ 5-3
Section
III. Sequence of the Defense ..................................................................... 5-3
5-8.
Reconnaissance and Security Operations and
Enemy Preparatory Fires ......................................................... 5-3
5-9.
Occupation and Preparation .................................................... 5-4
5-10. Approach of the Enemy Main Attack...................................... 5-4
5-11. Enemy Assault......................................................................... 5-4
5-12. Counterattack........................................................................... 5-4
5-13. Consolidation and Reorganization .......................................... 5-5
Section
IV. Planning Considerations...................................................................... 5-5
5-14. Maneuver................................................................................. 5-5
5-15. Fire Support............................................................................. 5-7
5-16. Air Defense.............................................................................. 5-8
5-17. Mobility, Countermobility, and Survivability......................... 5-8
5-18. Combat Service Support........................................................ 5-13
Section
V. Preparation and Integration ............................................................... 5-13
5-19. Defensive Techniques ........................................................... 5-13
5-20. Sector Defense....................................................................... 5-14
5-21. Battle Position Defense ......................................................... 5-16
5-22. Strongpoint Defense .............................................................. 5-19
5-23. Perimeter Defense ................................................................. 5-21
5-24. Linear Defense ...................................................................... 5-26
5-25. Nonlinear Defense................................................................. 5-27
5-26. Reverse Slope Defense.......................................................... 5-28
5-27. Engagement Area Development............................................ 5-31
5-28. Priority of Work .................................................................... 5-38
5-29. Adjacent Unit Coordination .................................................. 5-41
Section
VI. Retrograde Operations....................................................................... 5-41
5-30. Delay ..................................................................................... 5-42
5-31. Planning................................................................................. 5-42
5-32. Delay Techniques .................................................................. 5-43
5-33. Withdrawal ............................................................................ 5-45
5-34. Phases .................................................................................... 5-46
5-35. Unassisted Withdrawal.......................................................... 5-46
5-36. Assisted Withdrawal.............................................................. 5-47
5-37. Retirement ............................................................................. 5-48
CHAPTER 6. URBAN OPERATIONS
Section
I. General Planning Considerations ........................................................ 6-1
6-1.
Employment Considerations for Company-Size
Combined-Arms Teams .......................................................... 6-1
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6-2.
Employment of Infantry and MGS Vehicles........................... 6-3
Section
II. Offense .............................................................................................. 6-10
6-3.
General Offensive Considerations......................................... 6-10
6-4.
METT-TC Factors................................................................. 6-11
6-5.
Battle Command.................................................................... 6-16
6-6.
Task Organization ................................................................. 6-18
6-7.
Movement.............................................................................. 6-20
6-8.
Deliberate Attack................................................................... 6-21
6-9.
Isolate an Urban Objective .................................................... 6-23
6-10. Assault a Building ................................................................. 6-25
6-11. Attack a Block or Group of Buildings................................... 6-28
6-12. Consolidation and Reorganization ........................................ 6-29
Section
III. Defense.............................................................................................. 6-30
6-13. METT-TC Factors................................................................. 6-30
6-14. Command and Control .......................................................... 6-40
6-15. Hasty Defense........................................................................ 6-42
6-16. Company Defense of a Village ............................................. 6-43
6-17. Defense of a Block or Group of Buildings............................ 6-45
6-18. Defense of Key Terrain ......................................................... 6-46
6-19. Defense of an Urban Strongpoint.......................................... 6-48
6-20. Delay ..................................................................................... 6-50
CHAPTER 7. TACTICAL ENABLING OPERATIONS
Section
I. Reconnaissance ................................................................................... 7-1
7-1.
Reconnaissance Planning ........................................................ 7-1
7-2.
Reconnaissance Execution ...................................................... 7-1
7-3.
Reconnaissance Before and After Operations......................... 7-2
7-4.
Reconnaissance during Operations ......................................... 7-4
7-5.
Forms of Reconnaissance........................................................ 7-4
Section
II. Linkup ................................................................................................. 7-5
7-6.
Linkup Situations .................................................................... 7-5
7-7.
Linkup Planning ...................................................................... 7-5
7-8.
Steps of the Linkup Operation................................................. 7-6
Section
III. Security Operations ............................................................................. 7-8
7-9.
Forms of Security Operations.................................................. 7-8
7-10. Planning Considerations.......................................................... 7-8
7-11. Screen .................................................................................... 7-11
7-12. Guard ..................................................................................... 7-13
7-13. Local Security........................................................................ 7-17
Section
IV. Vehicle Laager .................................................................................. 7-18
7-14. Planning Considerations........................................................ 7-18
7-15. Occupying Vehicle Laager Sites ........................................... 7-19
Section
V. Passage of Lines ................................................................................ 7-19
7-16. Planning Considerations........................................................ 7-20
7-17. Reconnaissance Coordination ............................................... 7-20
7-18. Forward Passage of Lines...................................................... 7-21
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7-19. Rearward Passage of Lines.................................................... 7-22
Section
VI. Breaching........................................................................................... 7-23
7-20. Breaching Tenets................................................................... 7-23
7-21. Types of Breaches ................................................................. 7-26
Section
VII. Air Assault Operations ...................................................................... 7-26
7-22. Planning Considerations........................................................ 7-26
7-23. Reverse Planning Sequence................................................... 7-27
CHAPTER 8. STABILITY OPERATIONS
Section
I. Planning Considerations...................................................................... 8-1
8-1.
Rules of Engagement............................................................... 8-1
8-2.
Rules of Interaction ................................................................. 8-2
8-3.
Force Protection ...................................................................... 8-2
8-4.
Task Organization ................................................................... 8-3
8-5.
CSS Considerations................................................................. 8-3
8-6.
Media Considerations.............................................................. 8-4
8-7.
Operations with Outside Agencies .......................................... 8-4
Section
II. Types of Operations ............................................................................ 8-4
8-8.
Peace Operations ..................................................................... 8-4
8-9.
Foreign Internal Defense ......................................................... 8-5
8-10. Security Assistance.................................................................. 8-5
8-11. Humanitarian and Civic Assistance ........................................ 8-5
8-12. Support to Insurgency ............................................................. 8-5
8-13. Support to Counterdrug Operations ........................................ 8-5
8-14. Combating Terrorism .............................................................. 8-6
8-15. Noncombatant Evacuation Operations.................................... 8-6
8-16. Arms Control........................................................................... 8-6
8-17. Show of Force Operations....................................................... 8-6
Section
III. Company Tasks ................................................................................... 8-6
8-18. Establish and Occupy a Lodgment Area ................................. 8-6
8-19. Conduct Negotiations .............................................................. 8-9
8-20. Monito