Improvement of Methods of Conducting Engineering Reconnaissance in the Interests of Engineering Support of Combat Operations of Troops (Forces)

Abstract

The experience of the Russian-Ukrainian war shows that with the rather large spatial and temporal indicators of combat operations, the volume of one of the main measures of engineering support - engineering reconnaissance - increases, which in turn leads to an excess of the required time and the need to attract a significant amount of resources for its implementation. To resolve this discrepancy, it is necessary to envisage not only the strengthening of forces and means and their rational distribution, but also the choice of the most effective ways to accomplish the tasks. Neglect of engineering support tasks (measures) always leads to unjustified losses in personnel, weapons and military equipment. The purpose of the study is to find new, more advanced ways of conducting engineering reconnaissance, to reveal the role, risks, advantages and disadvantages, and to analyze the possibility of their integration into the practice of engineering troops. The main task was to determine the effectiveness of methods of performing engineering intelligence tasks, the composition of equipment of engineering intelligence bodies, taking into account the capabilities of modern technical means. The tasks of engineering reconnaissance in the main types of combat (operations) and at different levels, which involve units of engineering troops, are analyzed. It is established that the proposed methods of conducting engineering reconnaissance will lead to a sharp change in the conditions of its conduct and reduce the time for the implementation of reconnaissance activities by engineering units at individual sites. The role, place and influence of unmanned aerial vehicles of various types used by the defense forces in the course of combat missions are studied and it is established that the most effective methods, both in the course of defensive and offensive combat (operation), are combined air-ground. The implementation of the proposed methods of engineering intelligence contributes to the improvement of such key indicators as efficiency and reliability. command and control bodies and troops (forces) compared to traditional approaches. The main direction of further research should be directed to the development of various methods of conducting engineering reconnaissance, taking into account trends in the direction of robotization of processes to improve the capabilities of mine action.