Reigate Grammar School CCF

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Reigate Grammar School CCF
Section Formations
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Key To Diagrams
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Single File
For following linear features such as hedges,
ditches, walls and narrow tracks.

• ADVANTAGES
• Least vulnerable to flank fire.
• Useful for moving along linear
• features such as hedges and ditches.
• 3. Good for control on a very dark night.

• DISADVANTAGES
• Bad for fire protection to the front.
• Vulnerable to frontal fire.
• Bad for observation to the flanks as
• men tend to follow the person in front.
• Passage of commands and
• information is slow.

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Single File Hand Signal
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File
For wide tracks and paths and allowing alternate
men on ether side of feature.

• ADVANTAGES
• Easy to command
• Useful at night

• DISADVANTAGES
• Presents a
• concentrated target

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File Hand Signal
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Arrowhead
For moving on a broad front in open country.

• ADVANTAGES
• Easy to control
• Very good all round
• observation and
• protection.

• DISADVANTAGES
• If too concentrated presents
• a vulnerable target.

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Arrowhead Hand Signal
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Extended Line
The assault formation
ADVANTAGE 1. Maximum firepower available.
DISADVANTAGE 1. Difficult to control
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Extended Line Sand Signal
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Diamond
Only used when crossing open country at night.
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• ADVANTAGE
• All round defence
• Good control

• DISADVANTAGE
• Is vulnerable target after dark
• when illuminated.

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Diamond Hand Signal
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END OF LESSON