Index

A

ACE. See armored combat earthmover (ACE).

Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS)

APOBS. See Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS).

armored combat earthmover (ACE)

armored vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB)

armored vehicle-launched MICLIC (AVLM)

assault force

AVLB. See armored vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB).

AVLM. See armored vehicle-launched MICLIC (AVLM).

B

bangalore torpedo

breach area

breach execution

breach force

breach organization

breach planning

breach preparation

breach scenario

breaching fundamentals

assault

obscure

reduce

secure

suppress

breaching tenets

bulling through

buried minefields

bypass marking

bypasses

C

clearing equipment

COA. See course of action (COA).

commitment criteria

complex obstacles

course of action (COA)

D

danger zone (MICLIC)

decision-support template (DST)

deliberate attack

dismounted breaching assets

dog-bone assembly

dozer blades

DST. See decision-support template (DST).

E

electronic detection assets

electronic minefield reduction

electronic obstacle detection

entrance markers

entrance-funnel markers

exit markers

explosive minefield reduction

F

far-recognition markers

farside objective

FECS. See Field-Expedient Countermine System (FECS).

Field-Expedient Countermine System (FECS)

final-approach markers

foreign mine data

foreign mine delivery systems

foreign mines

full-width AT

pressure-fused AP

side-attack AT

track-width AT

trip-wire/break-wire-fused AP

forward passage of lines

fragmentation zone (MICLIC)

full (two-way) lane-marking pattern

G

GMZs

grapnel

grappling hook

Grizzly

H

handrail markers

hasty attack

hooligan tool

I

IDA. See improved dog-bone assembly (IDA).

improved dog-bone assembly (IDA)

initial lane-marking pattern

intelligence

intermediate lane-marking pattern

L

lane maintenance

lane marking

lane requirements

lane-marking devices

lane-marking levels

lane-marking patterns

lane-marking requirements (NATO)

lanes

M

manual minefield reduction

manual obstacle reduction assets

mass

MCAP. See mine-clearing/armor-protection (MCAP) kit.

MCB. See mine-clearing blades (MCBs).

MCR. See mine-clearing rollers (MCRs).

MDMP. See military decision-making process (MDMP).

mechanical minefield reduction

mechanical minefield-detection system

mechanical obstacle reduction assets

metric conversion chart

MICLIC. See mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC).

military decision-making process (MDMP)

military operations in urbanized terrain (MOUT)

mine detector (AN/PSS 12)

mine-clearing blades (MCBs)

mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC)

mine-clearing rollers (MCRs)

mine-clearing/armor-protection (MCAP) kit

mine-emplacement techniques (threat)

MOUT. See military operations in urbanized terrain (MOUT).

O

obstacle clearing

obstacle detection

obstacle intelligence (OBSTINTEL)

obstacle reduction

obstacle-reduction equipment

obstacles

protective

tactical

OBSTINTEL. See obstacle intelligence (OBSTINTEL).

P

Panther

physical obstacle detection (probing)

point of breach

point of penetration

probing

proofing

protective obstacles

R

reduction area

reduction element

redundancy factor

rehearsal techniques

rehearsals

breaching

combined arms

restricted terrain planning considerations

reverse-planning process

S

sample breaching operation

SCATMINE. See scatterable mines (SCATMINEs).

scatterable mines (SCATMINEs)

scatterable mines (threat)

security element

situation obstacles

skim technique

skip zone

support force

surface danger zone (MICLIC)

surface-laid minefields

synchronization

T

tactical obstacles

TerraBase

terrain visualization

threat mine layers

threat mine operations

threat minefields

antihull

antipersonnel

antitrack

rapidly emplaced

towing vehicles

traffic control

traffic-control guides/posts

U

UMZs

urbanized terrain planning considerations

V

visual obstacle detection

W

Wolverine