combing the forest is made for search and neutralization of residual groups and lone surviving enemy soldiers, as well as to identify and eliminate small bandit groups, sheltering in forests. Very often combing the individual forest areas and difficult-terrain made by individual under the coordination of the mouth of the same special groups, explore the forest before.
In these cases, combing takes on the character of persistent transient clashes between small groups of friends and foes.
combing the forest is planned and performed taking into account the terrain, necessarily along the glades, wide trop, along the forest glades, gullies - that is elongated along the open spaces. Along these open spaces are moving machine guns and firing at everything living, that they appear.
Its know about it and open spaces do not go. For others such tactics limits leeway.
All the terrain - ravines, dell, deep moats - combed along, moving on top and lower, horseshoe edges forward, as far as possible to meet each other, or at least with placing barriers on some of the outputs of a particular recess.
To let the enemy regrouping at the intersections of forest roads, some parts of the glades and open spaces are settling machine-gun position with the possibility of long-range shelling. This technique was used by the German rangers in the Bryansk forests, and quite effectively. Besides, the Germans, conducting combing, for the prevention of firing at every suspicious rustle, the thick bush, by shaded areas: by loschinkam and ravines. In the mountains, this method can not be used, because there is immediately obvious, where shooting. In the forest, this technique made the unknown guerrilla group to move away from the shooting location and enter the pre-requisite infrastructure ambush.
Combing produced two chains at a distance 30-50 m from each other, depending on the line of sight, not moving away from one another. The wings were the two circuits must be rounded to 2-3 fighter to repel a sudden attack side.
All of the above not only guaranteed quality of carding, as preventing the risk of sudden impact others in the flanks and rear. When the firing contact with the enemy offensive advancement chains are alternately - rear chain is attached and provides fire cover front attacking chain. Then overlies and is secured front chain, while the rear chain and reserve (if he is) tightened and is also attached.
In reality, the move must not only along the open spaces and ravines, but also across them. And when one chain or group overcomes them, the other - the fear of a sudden attack.
Wrong will overcome the obstacle all together - in this case, without a safety net fire, moving from the bottom up to the ramp face, in a line, all are helpless and are a group target. Such places in the forest, where there is an instinctive accumulation possible opponent in front of an obstacle, as well as places, that could serve as shelter from a sudden fire (ditch, funnel, potholes, dell), the war is simply unreasonable not to undermine.
If you have to move in rough terrain, Try to plan and organize the promotion of the so, so that the rays are on the left side of your body. In this case, the arrow on the right-hand drive will be convenient to shoot from the right shoulder to any point on the ramp and up too. When the chute is to the right of this arrow, it will be hard, strange and uncomfortable to turn to right-up shooting. This so-called left-hand rule - shoot left turns much faster and easier. If the ramp is still located on the right while promoting, put forward on the right flank of the arrow left-handed. They have a very well turn out to shoot at the right side. We should not forget about it.
In the mountainous and forested terrain of the search front company 400-500 h /. Search front in the forest is about the same, but the forward speed can be increased to 1- 1,5 kmh. When a mountainous and forested or rugged terrain circuit or a separate group moving uphill from the bottom upwards, it necessarily cover fire from the bottom or side. Had risen to the height of the group is attached and the fire support, who rises from the bottom up.
Author: A.Potapov
