Shock troops or assault troops are formations created to lead an attack. "Shock troop" is a calque, a loose translation of the German word Stoßtrupp. Military units which contain assault troops are typically organized for mobility with the intention that they will penetrate through enemy defenses and attack into the enemy's vulnerable rear areas.
Although the term "shock troop" became popular in the 20th century, the concept is not a new one, such as the utilization by Western European armies of the forlorn hope. Presently, the term is rarely used as the strategic concepts behind it have become standard contemporary military thinking.
Before 1914
Several sources describes how the Vikings used berserkers as shock troops in organized warfare.
Grenadiers originated as specialized assault soldiers for siege operations. First established with a distinct role in the mid- to late-17th century, grenadier units would throw grenades and storm breaches while leading the forefront of a breakthrough. Even after abandoning the use of the original black-powder grenade, armies retained the grenadier companies and regiments as specialist assault troops.
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Sibley's declaration of an insurrection and his deployment of troops to Wright County to enforce law and order after a shocking lynching and prisoner rescue would gain the tongue-in-cheek title of "Wright County War.".
Today, over a few thousand days drones of various purposes have come to the troops ... Therefore, at the end of the year, Andrei Belousov announced the creation of a new kind of military force — troops of unmanned systems (ВБС, VBS).
He also said that some of North Korea’s combat units had just one week of training with Russian troops ... It comes as Ukraine on Sunday renewed its offensive on Kursk, where its troops have been holding territory after last summer’s shock incursion.
View image in fullscreen ...ChrisJung/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock ... Yoon faces charges of insurrection after his shock declaration of martial law in December, when he dispatched troops to surround parliament ... Now it is a sanctuary under siege ... Share ... .
North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia's military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock incursion in August last year ... troops, not mercenaries".
Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia's military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock incursion in August last year ... troops, not mercenaries.".
However, just months after being created, it finds itself fighting two enemies — Russians across the battlefield and an internal scandal that has shocked the Ukrainian military establishment.
But just months after being created, it finds itself fighting two enemies -- Russians across the battlefield and an internal scandal that has shocked the Ukrainian military establishment.
Review... —Matt Brennan READ MORE ... (Full disclosure ... The SAS were an unconventional, maverick collection of commandos, 'outside the box' free thinkers and coldblooded killers who were used by the Allies as the shock troops at the spearhead of invasion ... 4 ... .
The soldier, known only as N1799, said he had been party to a conversation with a member of the SAS in 2011 who had served in Afghanistan, in which he had been “shocked by the age and methods” used to kill Afghans.
Kyiv has, however, renewed its offensive in Kursk, where its troops have been holding territory after launching a shock incursion last summer ... He said troops were still defending key industrial areas, including the town’s thermal power plant.
Russia's defence ministry also on Monday claimed to have captured the small village of Dachenske, south of Pokrovsk, another major city that its troops are targeting ... in a shock cross-border incursion.
