SURPRISE
1) an unexpected and decisive, led by the martial activities in the most effective grouping fully valiant troops against the weakest or the strongest, but few are prepared for the enemy grouping, on the direction of and in time, when and where the enemy least expects it;
2) the sudden deployment of new combat equipment or use new methods of conducting combat operations in situation where the enemy does not expect and cannot this activity in a timely manner to face.
Surprise is one of the most important principles of military art, it is one of the major factors temporarily affecting the progress of the battle /operation/. According to the given tasks and the results achieved, we distinguish between tactical, operational and strategic surprise.
Source:
Vševojsková operational and tactical terminology: 1. part - Military science, operational art, and the general tactic. Terminological standard, the Ministry of national defense, Prague 1983..
1) an unexpected and decisive, led by the martial activities in the most effective grouping fully valiant troops against the weakest or the strongest, but few are prepared for the enemy grouping, on the direction of and in time, when and where the enemy least expects it;
2) the sudden deployment of new combat equipment or use new methods of conducting combat operations in situation where the enemy does not expect and cannot this activity in a timely manner to face.
Surprise is one of the most important principles of military art, it is one of the major factors temporarily affecting the progress of the battle /operation/. According to the given tasks and the results achieved, we distinguish between tactical, operational and strategic surprise.
Source:
Vševojsková operational and tactical terminology: 1. part - Military science, operational art, and the general tactic. Terminological standard, the Ministry of national defense, Prague 1983..