Lesson 1/Learning Event 3
Hasty Route Reconnaissance. A hasty route reconnaissance is conducted to determine the
immediate military trafficability of a specified route. Such information is vital to all units engaged
in planning and executing vehicular movement. It is limited to critical terrain data which are
necessary for route classification and which meet the intelligence requirements of the situation. Full
appreciation of a route's capability cannot be determined until each factor affecting traffic flow is
separately analyzed. The report of hasty route reconnaissance usually consists of a map overlay
supplemented by additional reports (dependent on the detail required) concerning various aspects of
the terrain.
When enemy contact is imminent during a route reconnaissance, three teams are normally employed
(figure 5).
FIGURE 5. ROUTE RECONNAISSANCE.
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