text: Chapter 6
  Step 2,Disrupt the Enemy
  6-187. Disrupting one or more parts of the enemy weakens their entire force and allows the BCT
  commander to attack the remaining weakened enemy force. The commander can disrupt the enemy’s
  defenses using a variety of methods including:
  (cid:122) Gaining surprise.
  (cid:122) Avoiding enemy security forces.
  (cid:122) Using suppressive,interdiction,preparation,and counterair fires against enemy formations,strong
  points,and assembly areas.
  (cid:122) Destroying target acquisition systems.
  (cid:122) Taking advantage of limited visibility,concealment,and cover by masking the approach.
  (cid:122) Using augmented cyberspace operations and EWassets to degrade enemy command and control
  systems.
  (cid:122) Using military deception to conceal the exact time and location of the attack.
  (cid:122) Using precision fires (precision guide munitions, multiple launch rocket system/high mobility
  artillery rocket system, M982 Excalibur) against HPTs in-depth coordinated with long-range
  surveillance and precision observation teams.
  Step 3,Fix the Enemy
  6-188. The primary purpose in fixing the enemy is to prevent the enemy from maneuvering to reinforce the
  unit targeted for destruction. Fixing the enemy into a given position or COA limits the enemy’s ability to
  respond to the attack effectively. Fixing the enemy usually is a shaping operation. To conserve combat power,
  the BCT commander carefully considers which enemy elements to fix and targets only the elements that can
  affect the point of attack.
  6-189. The BCT commander fires on supporting and rear positions to isolate the objective. The commander
  uses the fires to suppress the enemy’s suspected command and control centers, fire support systems, and
  reserve. The commander degrades the enemy’s command and control systems through cyberspace
  electromagnetic activities (CEMA),also.
  Step 4,Maneuver
  6-190. The BCT commander maneuvers forces to gain positional advantage to seize,retain,and exploit the
  initiative and consolidate gains. The commander avoids the enemy’s strength,employing tactics that defeat
  the enemy by attacking through a point of relative weakness,such as a flank or rear. The key to success is to
  strike hard and fast,overwhelm a portion of the enemy force,and quickly transition to the next objective or
  phase,thus maintaining the momentum of an attack without reducing pressure on the enemy.
  6-191. The coordination between fire and movement is critical to massing combat power. As maneuver
  forces approach the enemy defense,the commander shifts fires and obscurants to suppress and obscure the
  enemy. Proper timing and adjustment of fires enable the maneuver force to close on the enemy’s positions.
  The commander echelons fires to maintain effective suppression on the objective(s) up to the last possible
  moment while reducing any possibility of fratricide. The key to a successful attack is the suppression of the
  enemy force by indirect and direct fires that shift in the front of the assault force as it reaches its limit of
  advance. Maneuver forces and information collection assets provide battle damage assessment to the
  commander. The commander may need to adjust the speed of the approach to the objective based on reports
  from forward reconnaissance and surveillance assets.
  6-192. The BCT employs fires to weaken the enemy’s position. The BCT sets conditions for success before
  closure within direct fire range of the enemy. Initially,fires focus on the destruction of key enemy forces that
  affect the concept of operations,such as to destroy the enemy positions at the point of penetration during an
  attack.
  6-193. Fires allow the commander to destroy enemy security forces and weaken or neutralize enemy
  reserves. Fires can emplace artillery delivered obstacles to block enemy reserve routes to the objective,
  support breaching operations, isolate the objective, and suppress enemy positions. The commander can