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What is flanking tactic?
In military tactics, a flanking maneuver is a movement of an armed force around an enemy force’s side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it.
What are flanking defenses?
a competitive marketing strategy in which the market leader attempts to identify and strengthen its own weak points, commonly geographic areas or market segments in which it is under-performing, before a smaller rival can mount an attack against it.
What is a flank attack in war?
In military tactics, a flanking maneuver, or flanking manoeuvre (also called a flank attack), is an attack on the sides of an opposing force.
What is a flanking product?
A competitive marketing strategy in which a company produces its brands in a variety of sizes and styles to gain shelf space and inhibit competitors.
Whats the definition of Flanked?
1a : to be situated at the side of especially : to be situated on both sides of a road flanked with linden trees. b : to place something on each side of. 2 : to protect a flank of. 3 : to attack or threaten the flank of (as a body of troops)
Why is flanking important?
Flanking is useful because a force’s fighting strength is typically concentrated in its front, therefore to circumvent an opposing force’s front and attack its flank is to concentrate one’s own offense in the area where the enemy is least able to concentrate defense.
What does flanking mean in Magic The Gathering?
Flanking. 702.25a Flanking is a triggered ability that triggers during the declare blockers step. (See rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step.”) “Flanking” means “Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature without flanking, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.”
What is the purpose of the flank?
Where is the purpose of the flank?
A flank is the side of something, whether of beef or a military formation. Although flank is specifically used to talk about a cut of meat, or the right or left side of a military formation, we also use it in those same senses for other objects or even metaphorically.
Does flanking stack?
Yes. Each sliver will have 2 instances of Flanking. Since those are triggered abilities, each instance will trigger, go to the stack, and resolve separately.
How would you deal with a flanking maneuver in a battle?
This means to effectively deal with a flanking maneuver, the commanding officer would have to very quickly reorganize his troops to form a second front of fire that faced the flanking force, all while under fire. You can probably intuit why this would be difficult at best.
What can a flank or rear attack do?
Thus a flank or rear attack can do the following, with or without the help of the main frontal attack: (1) distract the enemy; (2) disorient the enemy or render him unable to react; (3) remove defenses; (4) pin or immobilize the enemy; (5) remove or disable armaments (disarm or dismantle); (6) totally maim or destroy the enemy entity.
What is a flanking attack?
A flanking attack begins with identifying a consumer segment that’s been underserved by the competition. The goal is not to create a demand, but to locate a market demand that’s not being entirely met.
What is a flanking strategy and how does it work?
Those companies that engage such strategies aim to capture a market segment that is not well served by the existing competition. As the flanking company moves in, other competitors must re-allocate their own resources to keep that targeted market, or end up ceding those customers to the flanking company.