Ground warfare



Ground warfare or land warfare is the process of military operations eventuating in combat that take place predominantly on the land surface of the planet.

Land warfare is categorized by the use of large numbers of combat personnel employing a diverse set of combat skills, methods and a wide variety of weapon systems and equipment, conducted in diverse terrains and weather environments. Land warfare can conducted in defence of urban and rural population areas.

Land warfare in history has undergone several distinct transitions in conduct from large concentration of largely untrained and irregularly armed populace used in frontal assaults to current employment of combined arms concepts with highly trained regular troops using a wide variety of organisational, weapon and information systems, and employing a variety of strategic, operational and tactical doctrines.

Although the land combat in the past was conducted by the Combat Arms of the armed forces  largely involves five distinct types of combat units: Infantry, Cavalry, Siege, Artillery and Elephant These arms,in the Ancient period have used concepts and methods to project land power.

Land forces
Land forces include personnel, weapons platforms, vehicles, and support elements operating on land to accomplish assigned missions and tasks.[1]

Infantry
Main article: Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, elephant, or other means.

Cavalry
Main article: Cavalry

Siege
Main article: Siege weapons

Artillery
Main article: Artillery

Historically, artillery  refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. The term also describes ground-based troops with the primary function of manning such weapons. Sometimes known as "The King of Battle"  This term includes coastal artillery which traditionally defended coastal areas against seaborne attack and controlled the passage of ships using their ability to deny access through the threat of coastal fire. It also includes land-based field artillery.

Elephant

Main article: Elephants

Combined arms
Main article: Combined arms

Combined arms is an approach to warfare which seeks to integrate different military arms to achieve mutually complementary effects.

By landscape and climate
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 * Winter warfare
 * Desert warfare
 * Mountain warfare
 * Jungle warfare

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