FM 3-19.4 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

FM 3-19.4
6-56 Area Security
• Give priority fire, if available, to the disengaging
element to rapidly increase its firepower.
• Begin an orderly movement to successive or
alternate positions.
• Use all available fire.
• Place the fire far enough forward to avoid
•
impeding personnel leaving the protected
positions.
Place smoke between the delaying force and the
enemy.
• Move into subsequent positions from the rear
andsendaSITREPtohigherHQ.
• Report the delaying force’s arrival to higher HQ.
• Tell the elements left in contact to disengage and
take their next positions.
6-173. If it becomes necessary, replace key leaders, give
crew-served weapons a priority of manning, evacuate
casualties, and redistribute ammunition. Refer to FM
17-95 for more information on defensive tactics used for
delays.
BATTLE HANDOVER TO A TACTICAL COMBAT
FORCE
6-174. When the combined efforts of the base and base
cluster defense force and the MP response force are
unable to jointly defeat an enemy threat, the operation
becomes the responsibility of the TCF. Coordination is
essential to determine when, where, and how the
response force gives up responsibility for the fight and
theTCFtakesover.TheMPresponseforceandthe
base-defense force will then hand over the fight to the
TCFbyconductingabattlehandover.
6-175. A battle handover (Figure 6-10) is a coordinated
operation between two units that transfers
responsibility for fighting an enemy force from one unit