7. Assessment of Patrol Operations
(a) A patrol with a mission to reconnoiter along a route that meets an enemy unit marching along that route will detect the enemy without being discovered. Two opposing mounted or dismounted patrols that meet while reconnoitering the same route will discover each other.
Control will randomize to see which withdraws. In case one patrol is mounted and the other dismounted the latter will detect the former without being discovered.
(b) A patrol with a mission to follow and maintain contact with an enemy unit marching along a route will be able to maintain contact but has 10% probability (00-09) of being captured each ½ hr.
When maintaining contact with an enemy marching cross-country the patrol has a 2% possibility (00-24) of losing contact and has a 25 percent probability (00-24) of being
captured during each ½ hr.
(c) When a patrol moves into a l/2km square occupied by an enemy patrol/ OP it has:
a 25% probability (00-24) of detecting the enemy OP and
a 75% probability (00-74) of being detected by the enemy.
When each detects the other, each patrol will withdraw 500 m.
When neither contacts the other, patrols continue their missions.
(d) When a friendly and an enemy patrol have missions of establishing patrol OPs in the same ½ km square and both patrols arrive in the ½ km square undetected, the patrols can remain in position for succeeding periods without being detected by opposing patrol OPs.
(e) When a patrol moves into an adjacent square with a halted dismounted enemy unit or camp there is a 50% probability of the patrol being captured. If the patrol is not captured it will report the enemy and be able to maintain contact with the enemy unit in subsequent intervals.
(f) When two opposing dismounted patrols move into the same ½ km square each patrol will have a 25% (00-24) probability of detecting the other.
If only one patrol detects the other it will report and continue the mission. If both patrols detect each other each will report (Code 712) and will withdraw 500 m.
(g) Patrols engaged in reconnaissance move at tactical-column rate.
