Bounding Overwatch



Bounding overwatch is the slowest movement technique, but by far the safest. Therefore it should be used at all times during hostile engagements.

The essence of this technique is that a group of soldiers only moves forward when they receive covering fire from another group. This results in a ‘leapfrog’ effect.

Bounding overwatch can be undertaken on any organisational level. It can be done in pairs, in fireteams, or in squads. It can also be used to safely attack, or to safely retreat.

Field notes

''There is an advantage to leap-frogging your way to an objective. You can be moving up to a target with constant covering fire from team mates, and run a much smaller risk by taking little hops from cover to cover.''

''You can all rush in together and be killed in the confusion; or you can co-operatively and methodically move to an enemy objective, and arrive with the maximum amount of troops still alive. ''