text: Chapter 5
  5-80. Units mass overwhelming combat power in sequence against isolated centers of resistance. Assault
  element commanders can task-organize their elements to assault one portion of an objective at a time. The
  enemy force may attempt to reinforce its defending forces or counterattack during the friendly force’s attack.
  Once the attacking force reaches the far side of the objective, selected elements clear remaining pockets of
  resistance while the bulk of the assault force prepares for a possible enemy counterattack. After assault forces
  reach their objectives, support forces leave their support by fire positions and rejoin assault forces or move
  to blocking positions to counter possible enemy counterattacks.
  Mounted Assault
  5-81. Units consider the terrain, obstacles, and the strength of enemy anti-armor defenses when determining
  whether to conduct a mounted or dismounted attack. Mounted assaults accelerate the operation’s execution
  by allowing the greatest speed and shock action and providing the best protection against small arms and
  indirect fires while conserving the strength of the infantry Soldiers conducting the assault.
  5-82. Armored units can conduct a mounted assault when facing weak, hastily prepared, disorganized
  resistance, or when attacking with overwhelming combat power. They concentrate all supporting fires to
  destroy and neutralize enemy forces and fix local reserves when conducting a mounted assault. Tanks,
  infantry fighting vehicles, and amphibious assault carriers use cannons and machineguns to engage targets
  for as long as possible. Other weapons increase their rate of fire as commanders lift or shift fires from one
  type of weapon to another. The assault force advances close to its objective under the cover of these
  supporting fires.
  5-83. Assault forces attack using shock action and firepower to overrun enemy positions as soon as their
  commanders shift supporting fires beyond their objectives. Mechanized infantry elements move as close as
  possible to their objectives while remaining mounted in their combat vehicles. Commanders give the order
  for infantry elements to dismount from their carriers when the danger to the mounted infantry elements
  exceeds the protection offered by their combat vehicles.
  5-84. Units may employ this technique with armored forces rapidly clearing an objective against an enemy
  force that lacks a robust anti-armor capability. First, the assaulting forces overrun their objectives. Then, the
  accompanying mechanized infantry Soldiers dismount from their combat vehicles on the far side of their
  objectives and sweep their objectives from the far side back to the near side to clear any remaining pockets
  of enemy resistance. The ability of armored forces to closely follow friendly mortar and artillery fires as they
  shift across their objectives is a major advantage. Units secure their objectives immediately after they shift
  their supporting fires to deny enemy forces time to move from protective to firing positions.
  Dismounted Assault
  5-85. Light infantry and Stryker units assault an objective utilizing dismounted infantry. Typically, Stryker
  units use their vehicle platforms in support of the dismounted assault.
  5-86. Units usually conduct dismounted assaults when—
  * The terrain favors dismounted operations.
  * Enemy forces have a strong anti-armor capability.
  * Tanks and armored combat vehicles are not available to lead the assault even though the mission
  variables favor their employment.
  * Enemy obstacles prevent maneuver across the objective.
  * Friendly forces require stealth to close on the objective.
  * Mounted assaults stall on or short of the objective.
  * Enemy forces are in prepared positions.
  Commanders determine if, when, and where any Stryker infantry forces dismount from their combat vehicles
  based on analysis of the mission variables and the degree of risk involved.
  5-87. Commanders of attacking forces advance beyond the geographical boundaries of enemy defensive
  positions whenever possible before stopping to consolidate and reorganize. This is because enemy forces
  with considerable indirect fire capabilities are likely to have developed preplanned targets on those positions
  for rapid engagement in case of their loss and to support enemy counterattacks.