This document outlines the reasons for and principles of conducting a withdrawal from a defensive position, including maintaining morale, control measures, and security. It describes the different positions involved like the present defensive position, intermediate positions, and new main position. It explains control arrangements and considerations for the withdrawal plan including routes, demolitions, defensive measures against flanking attacks, and logistics.

1. WITHDRAWAL

2. REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL
• TO DISENAGE FROM AN UNSUCCESSFUL BALLTE.
• THO DRAW THE EN INTO AN UNFAVOURABLE SIT.
• TO GAIN TIME WITHOUT FIGHTING.
• TO CONFORM WITH MOV OF FLANKING FMNS.
• TO ALLOW THE USE OF THE PART OF FORCE
ELSEWHERE.
• TO AVOID BATTLE UNDER UNFAVOURABLE
CONDITIONS.
• TO RAGAIN TAC CONTROL OVER A CONFUSED
SITUATION.

3. WDR MAY HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE
FACE OF THE FOL EN CONDITIONS
• THE OVER-RUNNING OF WDR TPS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO TURN THE OP INTO A ROUT.
• AN AIR ATTK, BY DAY.
• AN ENVELOPMENT & ENCIRCLING OP BY
GRND, AIRBORNE OR HELI BORNE TPS.
• THE USE OF CHEM AGENT S TO CAUSE CAS, TO
SLOW DOWN THE MOVEMENTS.

4. EXPLAINATION OF TERMS
• PRESENT DEF POSN. IS THE POSN CURRENLTY
OCCUPIED & WHICH IS TO BE ABANDONED.
• NEW MAIN POSN. IS THE NEXT PERMENANT
DEFENSIVE POSN TO WHICH THE FORCE IS TO WDR &
OCCUPY.
• INTERMEDIATE POSN. IS A POSN BETWEEN THE
PRESENT DEF POSN & A NEW DEF POSN WHICH IS HELD
AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO GAIN TIME FOR THE
PREPARATION OF NEW DEF POSN.
• COVERING TPS. MOB TPS OF ALL ARMS FORMED
INTO A FORCE WHOSE TASK IS TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR
THE INTERMEDIATE & NEW MAIN POSN BY CARRYING
OUT SCREEN & GUARD TASK.

5. • PRIMARY DEMOLITION. PRIMARY DEMOLITION
THOSE ARE WHICH CAN BE FIRED, AS SOON AFTER
THE PREPARATION AS IS CONVENIENT, ON THE
ORDER OF THE OFFICER RESP FOR THEM.
• RESERVED DEMOLITION. RES DEMOLITIONS ARE
WHICH ARE CONTROLLED BECAUSE THEY PALYA VITAL
PART IN THE TAC PLAN.
– SELECTED BY THE COMD.
– MUST BE GUARDED BY A FORCE KNOWN
DEMOLITION GUARD.
– AUTHORITY FIRE DEMOLITION IS RETAINED BY THE
COMD. OR IS DELIGATED BY HIM TO A NOMINATED
OFFICER.

6. THE CONCEPT OF WDR
• WDR WILL BE BASED ON NOs OF MAIN DEF
POSN.
• THE SITING & SPACING OF THESE WILL
DEPEND UPON THE GRND.
• THEIR NO WILL DEPEND UPON THE TIME
AVAIL IN WHICH TO PREPARE THEM.
• INTERMEDIATE POSN IS USUALLY LOC
BETWEEN EACH OF THEM & BASED ON OBTS.

7. PRINCIPLES OF WDR
• MAINTENACE OF MORALE.
• CONTROL MEASURES.
• SECURITY.

8. • MAINT OF MORALE.
– THE FOL CONSIDERATIONS ARE IMPORTANT IN
SUSTAINING MORALE.
• COMDS SHOULD REMAIN FWD UNTIL THE LATER
STAGES.
• ONCE IT STARTED, RELIABLE INFO ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENIGN MUST BE PASS TO ALL RANK.
• GOOD ADMN ARRANEMENTS MUST CONTINUE &
MUST CASEVAC TO BE DONE.
• ENSURE THE REST OF THE TROOPS AT SOME
STAGES.
• AIM OF THE WDR IS NOT LIKELY TO PREJUDICED.
• EVERY OPPURTUNITY SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ACT
AGAINST THE EN.

9. CONTROL MEASURES
• THE ESSENTIAL CONTROL MEASURES ARE A
COMBINATON OF TIMMING & PHYSICAL POINT S
SUCH AS CHECK PTS, RVS & EMBUSSING PTS/ LZ.
• TIMINGS. THESE MUST BE CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT TO ENSURE CO-ORD OF
REARWARD MOVE ACROSS THE FRONT.

10. • 2 ESSENTIAL TIMING LAID DOWN BY THE FMN
COMD.
– DENIAL TIME. THIS THE TIME UP TO WHICH
A POSN HAS TO BE DENIED TO THE EN.
– NO REARWARD MOVEMENTS. THIS IS THE
TIME BEFORE WHICH THRE IS NO REARWARD
MOVE FROM THE PRESENT DEF POSN EXCEPT
FOR RECCE PARTIES MOV BACK TO THE NEXT
POSN.

11. • CERTAIN OTHER TIMINGS ORDERED BY A CO
– FINAL ABANDONMENT. THIS IS THE TIME BY WHICH
THE LAST OF THE FWD TPS, INCL PTL, MUST BE
CLEAR OF THE FWD POSN.
– THINNING OUT TIME. THIS IS THE TIME
WHEN THE DEPTH CT, SUCH OTHER DEPTH TPS MAY
BEGIN TO MOVE BACK FROM THEIR BATTLE POSN.
– CLEAR OF LINE. A CONVENIENT LINE MAY BE
SELECTED FWD OF WHICH ARTY & A/C MAY ENGAGE
THE EN FREELY AFTER A LAID DOWN TIME
CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY SUBJECT TO THE
COMPLETION OF THE WDR TO THAT LINE ON TIME.

12. • PHYSICAL MEASURES. THESE ARE RVs, CHECK
PTS & EMBUSSING PTS, LZs. THEY WILL BE GIVEN
NICKNAMES &, IN THE EVENTS OF LONG WDR,
REPORT LINES MAY BE NEC IN ORDER TO GAUGE
PROGRESS BETWEEN THEM.
– RVs. AN RV IS AN AREA WHERE TPS COLLECT &
RECOGNIZE AS AN ENTITY BEFORE CONTINUING
THE WDR.
– CHECK PTS. THESE ARE PTS AT CONVENIENT
PLACES ON THE ROUTES BACK TO RV; THEY ARE
MANNED BY RESP OFFICER OR NCO WITH COMN.
TPS DON’T STOP.MAY NOT BE REQD AT PL LEVEL.

13. – EMBUSSING PT. IS AN AREA TO THE REAR OF THE
BG RV WHERE MARCHING TPS JOIN THEIR
TPT.CONTRL BY AN OFFR, WITH COMN & MUST BE
PROTECTED.
– HELICOPTER LZ. IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES SP
HEPTERS MAYBE PROVIDED MOVE TPS BACK TO THE
NEXT POSN. AN AREA WHICH CAN LAND SEVERAL
HEPTERS AT ONCE IS A LZ. LZ MUST BE PROTECTED.
– REPORT LINES. MAY BE USED TO SUPPLIMENTS
OTHER CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS. MUST BE GIVEN
A NICKNAME.

14. SECURITY
• FOL ACTS WILL HELP TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF
WDR DURING PLANNING & EXCECUTION.
– IN THE PALANNING STAGE.
• REST THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLAN THOS EWHO
NEED TO KNOW.
• CONT NORMAL ACT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
• CARRY OUT DECEPTION MEASURE TO COVER THE
MOV OF VEH.

15. – DURING EXECUTION.
• USING DARKNESS TO COVER ALL REARWARD MOVE.
• CONTIMNUE AN ACTIVE & AGGRESSIVE PTL POLICY.
• IMPOSE STRICT RADIO DISCPL ON ALL NETS.
• CONTINUE ARTY FIRE , AFTER THE POSN HAS BEEN
ABANDONED.
– COMN.
• CONTROL CAN BE LOST IF COMN FAIL IN A WDR ;
–NO INCREASE OF RADIO TRAFFIC.
–COMN MUST BE DUPLICATED.
–RADIO SILENCE OR USE OF LOW POWER RADIO
SETS.
–STRICT TO RADIO SECURITY

16. COMPO OF REAR RECCE PARTY.
• BG 2IC.
• SP COY COMD.
• CT 2ICs.
• SSM OF ARMR SQN.
• RECCE PARTY SGT.
• MOR PL SGT & MFCs.
• A/T PL SGT & 3 SEC REPS.
• RFL PL SGTs & ONE SLDR PER SEC.
• TANK TP GUIDE., RSO.
• ENGR RECCE PARTY & ASLR PNR PL SGT.
• ARMY AVIATION REP., RP.

17. CLEAN BREAK
• IT IS VITAL TO PRESERVE SECRECY & TO PLAN SPECIALLY
TO MAKE A CLEAN BREAK FROM THE EN. THIS CAN BE
ACHIEVED BY;
– STEATH WDR UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS IN ORDER
THAT AN EN DOSNT REALISE THAT A WDR HAS
TAKEN PLACE UNTILL AFTER THE BREAK HAS BEEN
MADE.
– SPEEDY & NOISY WDR RELYING ON INDIR FIRE SP TO
PREVENT AN EN ADV UNTILL AFTER THRE BREAK HAS
BEEN MADE.
– THE USE OF AN OBST BELT TO DELAY AN EN WHILST
THE BREAK IS BEING MADE..

18. ENGR PLAN
• ROUTE DENAIL WILL BECOME AN IMP ASPECT OF
A WDR PLAN & THE FOL MAY BE REQD.
– RECCE & IMPROVEMENTS OF WDR ROUTES.
– CLOSEING MINEFD GAPS & PTL LANES.
– BBOBY TRAPPING.
– BEHIND THE ABANDONED POSN, BLOCKING
LIKLEY EN ROUTES FWD BY DEMOLITIONS,
FELLING TREES ETC…

19. DEF AGAINST AB & OUT FLANKING ATTACKS
• DEF MEASURES WHICH A BG COMD MAY TAKE
DURING A WDR ARE;
– THE GUARDING OF DEFILES & OTHER CRITICAL
PTS PRIOR TO THE MOVE THROUGH THEM OF THE
MAIN WDR FORCE.
– THE RETAINTION TRHOUGHOUT ALL STAGES OF
THE WDR OF A MOB RES.
– THE ORG OF SVLN, IN DEPTH & TO THE FLANKS,
TO GIVE A EARLY WNG OF THE APCH OF EN.
– THE ORG OF ACTIVE & PASSIVE AD MEASURES.

20. LOGISTIC
• THE FOL PTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN PLANNING;
– THE BG SHOULD START THE WDR FULLY
REPLENISHED.
– NON- ESSENTIAL VEH & STOCKS MUST BE WDR AS
EARLY AS IS CONSISTANCE.
– THE DESTRUCTION OF EQPT WILL BE CARRIED OUT
ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN BACK LOADING IS
IMPOSSIBLE.
– THE CASEVAC SYS SHOULD BE BASED ON AIR.

21. MECHANIC OF A BDE WDR
PRESENT DEF POSN
INTERMEDIATE POSN
NEXT MAIN POSN

22. CONTRL ARRANGEMENT FOR BG WDR
CT RV
PL RV
BG RV
BG EMBUS PT
TP RV
SQN RV