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Hasty attack is a specific form of attack identified within United States and Canadian military doctrine, in which upon contact with the enemy that is unprepared a unit decides to conduct an attack with limited planning and coordination and with rapid preparation and execution to exploit the enemy's weakness. Though applicable to infantry operations historically and in modern times, hasty attacks are a hallmark of mechanized force operations. During the Civil War, the command for a hasty attack was "sally forth". FM 17-97, the United States Army field manual for Cavalry Troop operations, defines it as: "A hasty attack is conducted with a minimum of preparation to defeat an enemy force that is not prepared or deployed to fight. It is a course of action routinely employed in cavalry operations to seize or retain the initiative, or to sustain the tempo of operations. A hasty attack can be executed while the troop is engaged with a zone reconnaissance mission or movement to contact." The hasty attack stands in contrast to a ''deliberate attack'', an offensive mission conducted to defeat enemy forces in prepared defensive positions or strongpoints, employing detailed tactical planning and rehearsal of the attack, or a ''raid'' which is an attack into enemy territory for a specific purpose, with no intent to gain or hold terrain, and where the unit returns to friendly lines after the attack. A textbook example of a hasty attack was the Battle of 73 Easting. There the cavalry troop commander Captain H. R. McMaster upon advancing into an Iraqi Armor Brigade assembly area ordered his unit to advance and engage the Iraqis, exploiting surprise and momentum to win a decisive victory over a much larger and heavily armed force. == Critical tasks == In executing a successful hasty attack, the following tasks are considered critical: * Reconnaissance to determine the size, composition, and orientation of the enemy force. * Determining the level of support the objective enemy force may receive from other nearby units. * Finding a high-speed concealed approach into the enemy's flank(s). * Establish a maneuver element within the unit to move to a position of advantage over the enemy and attack him by direct fire. * Establish a base-of-fire element within the unit to defeat or suppress enemy anti-tank weapons with long-range direct and indirect fires before the maneuver element begins its attack. * Isolate the enemy's forces from other mutually supporting units with indirect fires. * Attack the enemy by fire or by fire and movement, and defeat him. * Once the attack is completed, immediately establish hasty defensive positions and observation posts on high-speed avenues of approach to the position. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hasty attack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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