OP NUANCES
CT OPS

PREVIEW
LDR
CARDINAL PRINCIPALS
FACTORS OF CT OPS
ESSENCE OF OPS
PREP
ASPECTS TO BORNE IN MIND
BEFORE OPS
DURING OPS
AFTER OPS
SECURITY
CASO

LDR
 LEADS FROM FRONT.
 SETS EXAMPLES AND STDS.
 HAS CLARITY OF THOUGHT.
 RADIATES COURAGE OF CONVICTION.
 KNOWS THE JOB AND DOES IT WELL.
 HAS TOLERANCE AND NEVER PANICS.
 TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE EXPECTS.
 ACKNOWLEDGES GOOD WORK.
 IDENTIFIES MISTAKES.
 FAIR AND HAS NEITHER FAVORITES NOR
SCAPEGOATS.
 YOU FEEL YOU COULD NEVER LET HIM DOWN.

CARDINAL PRINCIPALS
 ACQUAINT
 IDENTIFY
 ASCERTAIN
 DOMINATE
 NEGOTIATE
 INTELLIGENCE
 ELIMINATE
 DO NOT INTIMIDATE
 WHAM

FACTORS OF CT OPS
FACTORS
 POPULATION.
 NAXALS/INSURGENTS.
 SECURITY FORCES.
POPULATION : THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY
 FIGHT THE MOTIVE NOT THE PERSON.
 ALL CIVS ARE NOT NAXALS/INSURGENTS
 TRY TO UNDERSTAND NAXALS/
INSURGENTS MOTIVES,
MEANS AND ENDS.

ESSENCE OF OPS
 ONE LEG ALWAYS ON GRND
 FIRE AND MOVE
 DO NOT BE OVER EXUBERANT
 IDENTIFY AND USE EFFECTIVE COVER
 DO NOT GO WHERE YOUR BULLET CAN
 SURPRISE IS ALWAYS GOOD - ELIMINATE
PREDICTABILITY
 USE PRECISION FORCE
 IF A TGT PRESENTS ITSELF, ENCIRCLE, EVACUATE
CIVILIANS, LAY SIEGE & ELIMINATE
 STRENGTH IN FOUR ’S’S THAT IS SPEED, STEALTH,
SMALL NUMBERS & SURGICAL OPS

ESSENCE OF OPS
 FOLLOW THE LAW, OTHERWISE THE LAW WILL FOLLOW
YOU
 ACCEPT GOOD ADVICE FROM SUBORDINATES
 LEARN FROM OTHERS MISTAKES
 REMEMBER "CAREFUL HURRY”
 DON'T EVER ASSUME ANYTHING AND FORGET NOTHING
 REPETITION AND KNOWING YOUR ROLE IS PARAMOUNT
TO SUCCESS
 KNOWING YOUR BUDDY’S ROLE IS EQUALLY
IMPORTANT
 NOTHING BEATS PREPARATION
 FEEL FREE TO UPGRADE THE TRG
 PRACTICE THESE TO PERFECTION
 MAGAZINE CHANGES AT NIGHT

ESSENCE OF OPS
 MOVE TECHNIQUES AND
FMNS.
 “DO AS I DO DRILLS”.
 REDUCE STOPPAGES, DAY
AND NIGHT.
 CLEAR A ROOM.
 BEING OFFRS DOES NOT
ENTITLE US TO THE
LIGHTEST OR THE BEST
WPNS.
 ENSURE RATHER THAN
ASSUME.
 BE FRIENDLY WITH CIVS.

PREPARATION

SECURITY ASPECTS
 AVOID CARRYING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS IN OPS.
 USE UNMARKED MAPS.
 MAP ONLY WITH TEAM CDR.
 MIN TRANSMISSION ON RADIO SET.
LEGAL
 CARRY ADEQUATE SETS OF LEGAL DOCUS.
 IT IS ADVISABLE TO CARRY CIV POLICE REP.
 EMP LADY POLICE DURING OPS IF REQD.
 DEATH IN CUSTODY IS AN AVOIDABLE EVIL, AVOID
IT AT ALL COSTS.
 HAVE FAITH IN THE SYSTEM.
BEFORE OPS

PREP
 DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF AOR FOR PLANNING.
 ANALYSE AND CORROBORATE INFO.
 APPREIATE.
 MAKE A SIMPLE, EFFECIVE & WORKABLE PLAN.
 VETTING OUT.
 DETAILED BRIEFING SO EACH MAN KNOWS HIS
DUTY.
 CARRY OUT REHEARSALS.
 EMPLOY IN BUDDY PAIRS, USE HELMETS WITH
CAMOUFLAGE, WEAR BPJs AND BPPs.

PREP : WPN AND EQPT
 LT EQPT SECURED TO THE BODY.
 RT HANDED TO PLACE IMP EQPT ON LEFT SIDE AND VICE
VERSA.
 AVOID VELCRO FASTENERS ON FREQUENTLY USED EQPT
AND PARTS OF CLO.
 AVOID WEARING RANK BADGES.
 CARRY MULTI PURPOSE DISRUPTIVE PATTERN COTTON
PATKA.
 CARRY PONCHOS.
 USE THREE PT SLING.
 PREFER FIX BUTT WPNS.
 INT ELLIGENT CAMOUFLAGE OF SELF, WPNS AND EQPT.
 CHECK SERVICEABILITY OF WPNS AND EQPT.
 CARRY ESSENTIAL SPARES FOR WPNS AND EQPT.
 CARRY ADEQUATE AMN.

NIGHT MOV
 MAKE SCOUTS USE PNVDs.
 USE FLUORESCENT MKGS AT BACK OF CAPS.
 LIGHT BLUE FILM ON TORCH WILL REDUCE ITS
WAVE LENGTH & INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM
FAR AT NIGHT.
 LEARN EFFICIENT AND CORRECT USE OF RADIO
SETS.
 ALWAYS CARRY SPARES.
 CARRY MEANS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
DEPENDING ON TERRAIN
 USE HANDS FREE KIT.

ASPECTS TO BE KEPT IN MIND :
BEFORE OPS
 DO NOT CARRY OUT INTERVENTION IN A BLDG WHERE FIRE
HAS BEEN ELICITED FROM.
 TASKING OF TPS FOR SPL TASKS BASED ON SKILL /
TEMPERAMENT.
 UNWELL SOLDIERS CAN AFFECT OUTCOME OF MISSION
ADVERSELY.
 DISCIPLINE OF INDL, GP, FIRE, CAMOUFLAGE, TRACK ARE
IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS.
 INFO DISSEMINATION ON NEED TO KNOW BASIS.
 CAMERA, DAH, PENCIL TORCHES, BINO, DICTAPHONE -
ESSENTIAL.
 NO EATABLES IN POLYTHENE.
 TRAIN ADEQUATE BATTLE FIELD NURSING ATTENDANTS AND
EMPLOY THEM IN EVERY COLUMN.
 KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL LANGUAGE IS INDISPENSABLE.
 IMPROVISE FD SIGS FOR EASY UNDERSTANDING AND USE.

ASPECTS TO BE
KEPT IN MIND : OPS

MOVE TO CONTACT
 MAINT COMD AND CONT DURING MOV.
 KEEP IN VISUAL OR VOICE COMN WITH TPS MOV ON
EITHER SIDE.
 AVOID VILL AND BARKING DOGS.
 ABSOLUTE SILENCE WHILE MOV IN JUNGLES. USE FD
SIGS .
 USE NI VISION DEVICES.
 CONDUCT COUNTING DRILL AFTER 30 MINS.
 IF COLNS ARE MOV INDEP FROM MULTIPLE DIRNS, BE
SURE OF THE LOC OF OTHER COLNS.
 WHENEVER MOV IN A NALA MOV A PARTY ON EACH
BANK FOR FIRE SP FROM FLANKS

CONTACT
 ALL THOSE MOVING AT NIGH ARE NOT
TERRORISTS.
 CHALLENGE BEFORE OPENING FIRE.
 ONLY HE WHO SEES A TRT AND CAN BRING DOWN
EFFCTIVE FIRE ON THEM, MUST FIRE.
 AVOID BEING TRIGGER HAPPY, SHOOT TO
SUPPRESS OR KILL ONLY AT KNOWN TGTS .
 BEFORE CHANGING MAG, LOB A GREN TO ENGAGE
THE TGT. CONSERVE AMN.
 DO NOT EXPOSE YOURSELF BEFORE OR WHILE
OPENING FIRE.
 DEDICATED RES / QUICK RESPONSE TEAMS.
 PURSUE.
 CARRY OUT SPOT INTERROGATION WHEREVER
POSSIBLE.

 COMPLETE ALL LEGAL FORMALITIES.
 IF POSSIBLE CLICK PHOTOGRAPHS IN SITU.
 COMPLETE DOCUS BEFORE LEAVING THE SIT.
 ALWAYS GET DOCUS COUNTER SIGNED BY
INDEP CIV WITNESSES.
 CASH IF RECOVERED SHOULD BE ACCURATELY
DOCU AND DEPOSITED IN STATE TREASURY.
 OFFRS TO AVOID SIGNING LEGAL DOCUS
LEGAL

 WOMEN DETAINEES IF ANY SHOULD NOT BE
BROUGHT TO POST.
 ADMINISTER FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
 DEAD SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND
HANDED OVER TO POLICE.
 UNDERSTAND PSYCHE OF RELATIVES OF
DECEASED. BE KIND TO THEM.
 DO NOT DISPLAY KILLS AS TROPHIES.
 TRUTHFUL REPORTING.
HR

ASPECTS TO BE KEPT IN
MIND : POST SECURITY

 A POST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF VILLS IS
PREFERABLE.
 SHOULD BE IN A DOMINATING POSN.
 LOCATION TO COVER AOR EVENLY.
 CAN BE SITED SO AS TO DOMINATE A
CHOKE POINT.
POST SECURITY - SITING

LAYOUT
 WELL DEFENDED PARAMETER.
 CSD AND VISITOR HUT LOC ON OUTER PERIPHERY.
 CK HOUSE AND TOILETS LOC IN DEFILADED POSNS.
 KOTE LOC CENTRALLY.
 TPS LIVING DISPERSED.
 TRENCHES, WALLS NEAR LIVING LINES TO ENABLE
AFFORD TPS COVER.
POST SECURITY - LAYOUT

 OBSERVE SYSTEM WITH PROVISION FOR
LIGHTING.
 PERIPHERAL SECURITY LIGHTS SHOULD NOT LT
UP SENTRY POSTS. THEY SHOULD BE WELL
AHEAD OF OBSERVER.
 TRIP FLARES, EMPTY CANS FOR EARLY
WARNING.
 CLEAR FIELD OF OBSERVATION AND FIELD OF
FIRE.
 DIG WPN PITS, FIRE POSNS AND COMN
TRENCHES.
 ESTABLISH FIXED LINE FOR AUTOS AND FIRE
ARCS.
PARAMETER DEFENCE

 SOP ON SECURITY OF POST
 ALWAYS BE ON OFFENSIVE DEF.
 DEFINED AOR FOR LOCAL DEF.
 PRACTICED AND REHEARSED ALARM SCHEME.
 REG STAND TO AT DIFFERENT TIMINGS
 DF TO BE SELECTED AND MARKED.
 COORD AND REHEARSED ILL PLAN.
 DEDICATED QUICK RESPONSE TEAM.
 REHEARSED RFT PLAN.
 ALWAYS PLAN AN EMERGENCY EXIT.
 DUPLICATED COMN.
 CONTINGENCY PLG.
DEFENCE PLAN

 RESTRICT CIVILIAN ENTRY AND MOVEMENT
INSIDE POST.
 REGULAR SANITIZATION OF CIVIL HOUSES
AROUND THE POST.
 NO STRAY DOGS MUST BE ALLOWED INSIDE
POST.
 DISPOSE GARBAGE BY DIGGING PITS.
 DOMINATE AOR.
 MAINTAIN MINIMUM COOL OFF DISTANCE.
 BUILD UP PSY PRESSURE ON NAXALS.
MISC

SINGLE ENTRY PT INTO THE POST.
DOUBLE GATE AT ENTRY PT
ELEVATED SENTRY POSTS.
LAZY TONGS, BARRIERS TO PREVENT
FORCED ENTRY INTO POST.
SENTRIES TO BE IN BUDDY PAIR.
ENTRY GATE

ASPECTS TO BE KEPT IN
MIND : SUICIDE ATTACK

PRECAUTION
 NO ENTRY WITHOUT VERIFICATION.
 CHECK EVERYTHING ENTERING THE POST.
 ENTRY ALWAYS COVERED WITH FIRE.
 ALERT SENTRIES.
 IDEN OF OWN TPS WITH PASSWORD.
 ALWAYS COUNT TPS ENTERING/LEAVING POST.
IF ATTACKED
 OCCUPY DEF POSNS, EST COMD / CONT, STRENGTHEN LOCAL DEF.
 ONLY QRT TO REACT.
 BE PREP FOR ATTACK FROM MORE THAN ONE DIRN AT A TIME.
 INFO HIGHER HQ AND NEIGHBORING UNITS.
 IDEN TGT BEFORE OPENING FIRE - DO NOT OPEN FIRE IN HASTE.
 DO NOT RUSH OUT.
PRECAUTION & IF ATTACKED

AVOID
 ACTING IN HASTE.
 BUNCHING UP.
 SR OFFRS SHOULD NOT VISIT THE POST IMDT.
ACTIONS POST ATTACK
 DETAILED AND DELIBERATE SEARCH.
 POSTS AT PERIPHERY TO BE PREP FOR FIRING
FROM WITHIN.
 AVOID UNNECESSARY MOV.
 DO NOT MOVE AT NI.
AFTER ATTACK

IF BOMB IS NOT DETONATED
 ISOLATE AND DEMARCATE - CALL FOR BD TEAMS.
 DO NOT ALLOW INQUISITORS .
 STRENGTHEN LOCAL DEF.
 PREPARE BOMB EVACUATION PLAN.
 BRIEF BD REP.
IF BOMB IS DETONATED
 DO NOT PANIC - REGAIN COMD AND CONT.
 REINFORCE DEFENCES.
 ASSESS DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES.
 ADMINISTER FIRST AID.
 INFORM HIGHER HQ.
 MOVE QRT TO SECURE AREA IN VICINITY.
 EVAC CAS.
 WAIT FOR REINFORCEMENT.
BOMBS LOCATED

ASPECTS TO BE KEPT IN
MIND : CASO

CASO - GEN
 IN CASE OF MULTIPLE SEARCH PARTIES - DEMARCATING AREA OF
SEARCH WITH BOUNDARIES IDENITIFIABLE ON GRND.
 USE BPJs AND BPPs.
 SEARCH FROM ONE END TO OTHER.
 MARK SEARCHED HOUSES.
 ALL MOVE MUST BE COVERED BY FIRE.
 IMDT SP GP MUST KEEP VIGIL ON NEIGHBORING HOUSES ALSO.
 TRAIN AND PRACTICE TPS IN HOUSE CLEARING TECHNIQUES.
 NO CLAIM CERTIFICATE ON COMPLETION OF SEARCH.
 AVOID OBVIOUS ENTRY PTS.
 BEWARE OF IEDs.
 AVOID TOUCHING ANYTHING YOURSELF.
 SEAL ALL SEIZED ITEMS.
 PREP SEIZURE MEMO.
 SIG OF MIN TWO WITNESS AND POLICE REP.
 HANDOVER ALL SEIZED ITEMS OR PERSONS TO POLICE.
 OBTAIN RECEIPT.
 USE OF MAHILA POLICE.

CASO
 PREFER SELECTIVE/SPECIFIC SEARCH.
CORDON
 FIRST LAY OUTER AND THEN INNER CORDON.
 SIMULTANEOUS CORDON IF TIME IS AT PREMIUM.
 DEPLOY SNIPER AT A VANTAGE PT.
 ENSURE EFFECTIVENESS OF CORDON BEFORE SEARCH.
SEARCH
 SECURE, SANITIZE HOUSE AND THEN SEARCH.
 ENSURE NO ONE IS INSIDE THE HOUSE BEFORE COMMENCING
SEARCH.
 DETAILED SEARCH WITH EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOGS AND BD DET OF
SUSPICIOUS HOUSES.
 FIRST SEARCH CIVILIANS AND THEN HOUSE.
 EQUAL PRIORITY TO PUCCA HOUSES OF EDUCATED RESIDENTS.
 MEANS OF MINIMIZING COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

CASO - ENTRY
 KEEP YOUR BACK TO A SOLID WALL - WORK IN BUDDY
PAIR.
 MUTUAL SP AMONG BUDDIES
 DO NOT EMP TOO MANY BUDDY PAIRS IN RESTR SPACE.
 SEARCH TEAMS SHOULD USE FIX BUTT WPNS.
 BEFORE ENTERING USE STUN GREN.
 NEVER ENTER A DARK ROOM WITH A TORCH.
 IN ABSENCE OF LASER AIMING PT IMPROVISE
PRECISION FOCUS LT SOURCES STRAPPED ONTO
RIFLES.
 ILL BUT DON’T GET ILLUMINATED.
 TRY TO REMAIN AND MOVE IN SHADOWS.
 MOV FROM COVER TO COVER INSIDE ALSO.

CASO - HOUSE SEARCH
 SURVEILLANCE OF HOUSE BEFORE AND AFTER
SEARCH.
 SEARCH AT ODD TIME.
 COVER ROUTES OF ESCAPE.
 NEVER PEEP INTO A BLDG.
 ASCERTAIN PRESENCE OF HOSTAGES
NAXALS/TERRORIST IN A ROOM BEFORE
ENTERING IT.
 ENSURE PRESENCE OF A HOUSE
OWNER/MAHILA POLICE.

CASO - HOUSE SEARCH
 SEARCH THE HOUSE IN PRESENCE OF AN
OCCUPANT.
 SEARCH ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE.
 SEARCH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.
 REMOVE EVERY THING REMOTELY.
 LOOK FOR FALSE WALLS, FALSE CEILINGS,
HOLLOWS IN THE WALLS, ALMIRAHS WITH
FALSE BOTTOMS.
 DO NOT ALLOW CROWDING OF CIVILIANS
AROUND SEARCH TEAMS.