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FOLLOW-ON FORCES ATTACK [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Tactics
DEF

An attack directed against all enemy ground forces not committed to the contact battle during their offensive operations.

OBS

follow-on forces attack; FOFA: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tactique militaire
DEF

Attaque dirigée contre toutes les forces terrestres ennemies non engagées dans le combat direct durant leurs opérations offensives.

OBS

attaque des forces de deuxième échelon : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

attaque du second échelon; attaque contre les échelons suivants; attaque contre les forces d'exploitation et de remplacement; attaque des échelons ultérieurs : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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