THE LINE OF UNFOLDING
A section of terrain predetermined by the commander on which motorized /tank/ formations and units deploy from the march formation to the forward formation. During a running attack, lines of deployment are determined into battalion, company, and platoon streams as required.
Source:
All-military operational and tactical: Volume 1 - Military science, operational art and general tactics. Nomenclature standard, Ministry of National Defence, Prague 1983.
A section of terrain predetermined by the commander on which motorized /tank/ formations and units deploy from the march formation to the forward formation. During a running attack, lines of deployment are determined into battalion, company, and platoon streams as required.
Source:
All-military operational and tactical: Volume 1 - Military science, operational art and general tactics. Nomenclature standard, Ministry of National Defence, Prague 1983.