Military analysts say Russian forces are increasingly investigating Ukrainian lines to identify weakened positions before attacking and breaking through.
Keeping a relatively high percentage of troops in reserve so they could be redeployed to exploit weak points was a core part of soviet doctrine. When all you have to do to identify a weak point is look at their flag it makes things a lot easier.
Keeping a relatively high percentage of troops in reserve so they could be redeployed to exploit weak points was a core part of soviet doctrine. When all you have to do to identify a weak point is look at their flag it makes things a lot easier.
Offense in Depth
Yeah kinda! The official name was deep battle or deep operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_operation