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Land warfare

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military engineering
art and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and communications
no man's land
strip of land between wartime trenches
military trench
type of earthwork constructed in a military context
sapper
thumb|Modern sapper equipment
ground warfare
combat operations conducted primarily using ground-based forces and weapons
encirclement
thumb|Diagram of the encirclement of ISIL|ISIS forces in the [[Second Battle of Tikrit (2015). The blue arrows indicate allied attacks, while the red line is the line of encirclement as of 9 March 2015.]] thumb|Encirclement of Stalingrad thumb|350px|An encirclement during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
close quarters combat
physical confrontation with firearms at close range
military engineer
military vocation
bomb disposal
activity to dispose of and render safe explosive munitions and other materials
human wave attack
concentrated rush of soldiers
salient
battlefield front breakthrough progressing into enemy territory
tunnel warfare
warfare inside tunnels and other underground cavities
front-line
in military terminology the position(s) closest to the area of conflict
rear
part of concentration of military forces that is farthest from the enemy
shock tactic
rapid offensive maneuver
desert warfare
warfare in deserts and similar arid environments
ski warfare
use of ski-equipped soldiers in war
pocket
military forces isolated from their logistical base
Tank desant
military combined arms tactic
fire and movement
basic modern military low-level unit tactic used to maneuver on the battlefield in the presence of the enemy, especially when under fire
Flying column
combined arms independent military formation of a temporary nature
Hull-down
upper part of a vessel or vehicle is visible, but the lower body is not
despatch rider
military messenger
high ground
area of elevated terrain
spider hole
camouflaged one-man foxhole