Assault tactics

thumb|right|upright=1.3|French royalist rebels preparing an ambush during the War in the Vendée (The Ambush by [[Évariste Carpentier, 1889)]] thumb|General Edward Braddock|Braddock's troops ambushed and decimated by the French and Indians in 1755 thumb|Depiction of a Weenen massacre|Zulu attack on a [[Boer camp in February 1838]] thumb|1842 retreat from Kabul|Massacre of Elphinstone's army during the [[First Anglo-Afghan War in 1842]] thumb|Ambush of Polish Partisan (military)|partisans against Russian forces during the [[January Uprising, 1863]]

term used by the Allied forces to refer to Japanese human wave attacks

military tactic

concentrated rush of soldiers

military doctrine of evasive attacks

type of assault that typically involves the perpetrator firing a weapon from within a motor vehicle and then fleeing

direct military attack against the enemy's front line

thumb|United States Marine Corps|Marine from the U.S. [[31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fast-roping from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise in 2008.]]

swift attack that relies on speed and surprise

right|thumb|A replica of an ancient scaling ladder used for escalade, in Xi'an, [[China]] Escalade is the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders. Escalade was a prominent feature of sieges in ancient and medieval warfare. Although no longer common in modern warfare, escalade technologies are still developed and used in certain tactical applications.

warfare tactic used in which military forces may fire on likely enemy positions to provoke a reaction, which confirms the presence and the position of enemy forces

basic modern military low-level unit tactic used to maneuver on the battlefield in the presence of the enemy, especially when under fire

bombing the same location a second time

The Panzerkeil ("armoured wedge" or "tank wedge") was an offensive armoured tactic developed by German Kampfgruppe (battle groups) on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Panzerkeil was developed in response to the Soviet employment of the Pakfront anti-tank gun defence.

shock tactic used by the clans of the Scottish Highlands which incorporated the use of firearms

Small scale night-time surprise attacks in warfare