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Appendix A 160 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 Table A-1. Breaching tenets (continued) Breaching Tenets Planning actions Breaching organization • Support force. Suppress enemy direct fire and observed indirect fires on the reduction area. Control indirect fires and obscuration within the breach area. Prevent the enemy from repositioning or counterattacking to place direct fires on breach force. • Breach force. Create and mark lanes for the breach element. Secure the obstacle near side and far side for the security element. Report lane status and location. • Assault force. Assault through the obstacle and destroy the enemy on the far side. Mass • Mass combat power to create enemy weakness at the point of breach. • Prevent enemy from massing combat power at the point of breach. Synchronization • Conduct detailed reverse planning. • Communicate clear instructions to subordinate units. • Provide effective command and control. • Perform combined arms rehearsals. SOSRA suppress, obscure, secure, reduce, and assault Table A-2. Enemy standard row minefield dimensions Types of minefield Disrupt Fix Turn Block Frontage (m) 200 200 300 300 Depth (m) 60 60 120 120 Table A-3. Enemy standard minefield resource requirements (number of mines required) Types of minefield Disrupt Fix Turn Block Full width AT mines 60 60 133 133 Pressure-activated mines 110 110 250 250 Note. Calculated by taking the total number of mines per 1 km frontage and dividing by the frontage of minefield (200 m for disrupt/fix, 300 m for turn/block) A-14. To determine the size and composition of engineering assets in the support, breach, and assault forces, planners use reverse planning for breaching. The steps for reverse planning for breaching are— Step 1. Identify available reduction assets. Step 2. Template enemy obstacles. Step 3. Understand the scheme of movement and maneuver. Step 4. Identify the number of required breach lanes. Step 5. Identify the assets required to reduce, proof, and mark lanes. Step 6. Task-organize reduction assets within the maneuver forces.