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AIMS AND TYPES OF
PATROLS
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The Aim
To teach to you the main types of
patrol and their roles so that by
the end of the lesson you will be
able to be a competent member of
any type of patrol.
Aims of Patrolling
1. To obtain up-to-date and
accurate information.
2. To dominate the ground.
3. To destroy and disrupt enemy
forces.
Aims of Patrolling
Questions?
Types of Patrols
1. Reconnaissance patrols.
2. Standing patrols.
3. Fighting patrols.
Types of Patrols
Questions?
Reconnaissance Patrols
Minimum strength
(One NCO and three cadets)
Roles/Tasks
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Collecting topographical information on features, tracks and the
state of the ground.
Obtaining details of enemy minefields and the extent of enemy
positions.
Locating enemy machine guns and defensive fire (DF) areas,
where fire is immediately directed on call in case of emergency.
Investigating noises made by the enemy, their habits and patrol
routes.
Checking our wire and/or minefields at first or last light.
Acting as listening posts to give early warning of enemy
approach and with the ability to call down fire.
Reconnaissance Patrols
Questions?
Standing Patrols
Minimum strength
(One NCO and three cadets)
Roles/Tasks
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Watch and listen on likely enemy approaches.
Watch over dead ground in front of and between friendly
localities.
Watch over minefields and obstacles.
Standing Patrols
Questions?
Fighting Patrols
Sufficient strength and armament
(Usually a minimum of two NCOs and nine cadets)
Roles/Tasks
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Denying enemy patrols freedom of action in No Man’s
land.
Driving in enemy protective patrols.
Interfering with enemy working parties.
Distracting enemy attention from other activities.
Carrying out raids.
Fighting Patrols
Sufficient strength and armament
(Usually a minimum of two NCOs and nine cadets)
Roles/Tasks
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Capturing prisoners for identification purposes.
Tank hunting.
Laying ambushes.
Protecting reconnaissance and working parties of other
arms.
Escorting stretcher parties.
Fighting Patrols
Questions?
Standing Patrols
Quiz
Aims & Types of Patrols
• 1. Which of these is not an aim of patrolling?
• A. To obtain accurate information so an operation can
be planned.
• B. To dominate no mans land, to make it easier and
safer for your own patrols to gather information and
harder for the enemy.
• C. To interrogate POWs and gain information by
methods that the Genève Convention would class as
unlawful.
• D. To destroy and disrupt enemy forces, particularly
those that pose a threat to yourselves.
Aims & Types of Patrols
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2. How many main types of patrol are there?
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Aims & Types of Patrols
• 3. Which of these is not a main type of patrol?
• A. Reconnaissance patrols.
• B. Standing patrols.
• C. Fighting patrols.
• D. Advance Patrols.
Aims & Types of Patrols
• 4. When talking about Reconnaissance Patrols,
which one of these statements is false?
• A. There is usually one NCO and three cadets, which
gain information by observation and operate by
stealth.
• B. It is used for obtaining details of enemy minefields
and the extent of enemy positions.
• C. It is used for checking our wire and/or minefields at
first or last light.
• D. It denies enemy patrols freedom of action in No
Man’s land.
Aims & Types of Patrols
• 5. When talking about Standing Patrols, which one
of these statements is false?
• A. It usually has one NCO and three cadets which
gain information of enemy movement and prevent or
disrupt enemy infiltration.
• B. A standing patrol is used for keeping other patrols
safe.
• C. A standing patrol is used for watching over dead
ground in front of and between friendly localities.
• D. A standing patrol is used for watching over
minefields and obstacles.
Aims & Types of Patrols
• 6) When talking about Fighting Patrols, which one
of these statements is false?
• A. It is used for denying enemy patrols freedom of
action in No Man’s land.
• B. These are patrols organized with sufficient strength
and armament usually a minimum of two NCOs and
nine cadets to accept combat in order to fulfil their
role.
• C. A fighting patrol is used for carrying out raids.
• D. A fighting patrol is used obtaining details of enemy
minefields and the extent of enemy positions.
Aims & Types of Patrols
• 7) Successful patrolling calls for a high standard
of?
• A. Team work.
• B. Individual training,
• C. Initiative.
• D. All of the above.
Answers
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Question 1 – C
Question 2 – C
Question 3 – D
Question 4 – D
Question 5 – B
Question 6 – D
Question 7 – D
AIMS AND TYPES OF PATROLS
Summary
AIMS AND TYPES OF PATROLS
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