List of military tactics

This article contains a list of military tactics.

The meaning of the phrase is context sensitive, and has varied over time, like the difference between "strategy" and "tactics".

[1] In the 4th century BCE, Sun Tzu said "the Military is a Tao of deception".

[8] Diversionary attacks, feints, decoys; there are thousands of tricks that have been successfully used in warfare, and still have a role in the modern day.

Electronic countermeasures Use of a Kill zone

Battle of Issus , a classic example of the single envelopment
Battle of Maling, the earliest known use of the feigned retreat
A mounted archer of the Ming Dynasty Army fires a parthian shot
Defensive trenches were used commonly during World War I
The cavalry charge is a quintessential offensive military tactic
The use of suppressive fire is a key part of modern small unit tactics