However, regardless of whether there are three people unleashing a hasty ambush or 30 conducting a deliberate ambush, both are capable of eliminating enemies that walk into the kill zone.

The actions for a hasty ambush must be well rehearsed so that soldiers know what to do on the leader’s signal. They must also know what action to take if detected before they are ready to initiate the ...

One night in April 2009, on a mountainside in Afghanistan’s infamous Korengal Valley, three soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division sat in a listening post 100 meters away from the rest of their ...

Editor’s Note: This piece on the War on the Rocks Hasty Ambush blog is published in partnership with the Hoover Institution’s new Military History in the News, a weekly column from the Hoover ...

Indian Army's Ambush Tactics in COIN OpsNew Delhi, India - Ambush tactics have been a critical component of the Indian Army's ...

Heavily laden with weapons, ammo, and equipment, the Special Forces Soldiers set up a hasty ambush along a 35-foot embankment alongside the road and fired a 66mm light antitank weapon (LAW) at the ...