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A close order formation is a military tactical formation in which soldiers are close together and regularly arranged for the tactical concentration of force. It was used by heavy infantry in ancient warfare , as the basis for shield wall and phalanx tactics, to multiply their effective weight of arms by their weight of numbers.
A file formation is used for close terrain, often in dense vegetation or when there is low visibility. The file formation is easiest to control, and provides fire to the ranks should an ambush from the side occur. Diamond: Similar to the Wedge and inverted wedge, the diamond formation allows for the fourth section to follow the lead element.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
The Strategikon describes the phoulkon as a close-order infantry formation. Before close contact with the enemy and just outside of archery range, the command "ad fulco" (αδ φουλκω) would be issued, and infantry were to close ranks and form a shield wall from the first two lines. [10]
A depiction of a Napoleonic-era British infantry square at the Battle of Quatre Bras, Belgium, 1815.. An infantry square, also known as a hollow square, was a historic close order formation used in combat by infantry units, usually when threatened with cavalry attack. [1]
Order Date Official (or De facto) superseding note Signed by ACTIVE: ADP 1 (incl. C1 and C2) ADP 1, The Army (with included Changes No. 1 and No. 2) 6 August 2013 [2] This publication supersedes FM 1, 14 June 2005. Raymond T. Odierno: INACTIVE: ADP 1 (incl. C1) ADP 1, The Army (with included Change No. 1) 7 November 2012 [3]
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