text: Appendix C
  Reduction by Maneuver
  C-21. Reduction by maneuver uses a combination of fire and ground maneuver forces to attack and destroy
  an encircled enemy force. In many cases the constraints of time, munitions, and availability of sufficient fires
  assets will lead a commander to use the reduction by fires and movement method. The four techniques for
  reducing an encircled enemy are squeeze, hammer and anvil, wedge, and escape route.
  Squeeze Technique
  C-22. The squeeze technique uses simultaneous, coordinated attacks on enemy forces from various
  directions. Following the initial encirclement, the capture or destruction of an enemy force is methodical and
  thorough. Units use fire and movement together in a controlled contraction of the encirclement. As an
  enemy’s perimeter contracts, commanders remove units from the inner perimeter and add them to the reserve
  depending on the terrain and other mission variables. This technique is effective against battalion-size or
  smaller groups of encircled enemy forces. Figure C-3 depicts the squeeze technique.
  Figure C-3. Squeeze technique
  C-23. The squeeze technique promotes an enemy force’s confusion and rapid dispersion of combat power
  and prevents an enemy commander from using the enemy’s reserves in a decisive manner. The friendly unit
  shapes the operation by initially concentrating on destroying enemy command nodes, air defense systems,
  artillery systems, and sustainment capabilities. These sustainment capabilities include any drop zones,
  landing zones, or airstrips available to the enemy forces that would allow them to receive support from
  outside the encirclement.