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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
It's now called the reconnaissance battle.
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As an old scout officer, I can tell you that "the reconnaissance battle" is not necessarily the same as "infiltration assault." Recon is just that--being the eyes & ears of your commander. Should your commander feel you've "infiltrated" to a very good position, they certainly could order the assault at that point. But "assault" isn't necessarily the focal point of "reconnaissance."
Perhaps this is an error in translation on my part. "Reconnaissance battle" as it was defined to me is "the attempt to gain and maintain information supremecy over your enemy, to know more about your enemy & their efforts than they do about you & yours". Perhaps other militaries define it differently. If so, please share--& I'll chalk it up as yet another learning experience for me in this forum.