Raid (military)
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Raid, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to enemy forces being able to respond in a co-ordinated manner or formulate a counter-attack. A raiding group may consist of combatants specially trained in this tactic, such as commandos, or as a special mission assigned to any general troops. Raids are often a standard tactic in irregular warfare, employed by warriors, guerrilla fighters, or other irregular military forces.
The purposes of a raid may include:
- to demoralize, confuse, or exhaust the enemy
- to ransack, pillage, or plunder
- to destroy specific goods or installations of military or economic value
- to free POWs
- to capture enemy soldiers for interrogation
- to kill or capture specific key persons
- to gather intelligence.
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See also
- List of raids
- Chevauchée
- Direct action (military)
- Hit-and-run tactics
- Infiltration tactics
- Slave raiding
- Trench raiding
- List of battles of Muhammad
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