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Basic unit movement and formations

General introduction into movement.

Basic formations

Formation - A formation is defined as an arrangement. The way something, in this case members of a squad, are arranged or coming together. The endgoal of keeping formations lies in working together as a single entity, providing cover and keeping sectors cleared so the integrity of the can be guaranteed.

Combat movement

Bounding

The bounding tactic is a combat maneuvre frequently used to safely reach your objective when there is not much cover and when you want to keep a maximum firepower at all times. This tactic consists of one fireteam bounding to a certain point, once that fireteam is set, the second overwatching fireteam 'bounds' up to the first fireteam's location. Which allows a maximum amount of firepower if troops come into contact with enemies. This movement gets repeated untill the full squad reaches his destination.

Alternate Bounding a.k.a. Leapfrogging

The tactic of alternating movement of coordinated units to allow, if necessary, suppressive fire in support of offensive forward movement or defensive disengagement.

In essence, a fireteam takes up an overwatch position whilst the other members advance to cover. These two fireteams continuously switch roles towards their objective. This allows the overwatch position to suppress enemy fire when necessary.

The diffrence between normal bounding and leapfrogging lies in the fact that the leapfrogging tactic overtakes the overwatch position instead of halting at the overwatching fireteam.