•Message
•Schwerpunkt acts as a center or axis or
harmonizing agent that is used to help shape commitment and convey or carry-out
intent, at all levels from theater to platoon, hence an image around
which:
–Maneuver of all arms and supporting
elements are focused to exploit opportunities and maintain tempo of operations,
–and
–Initiative of many subordinates is
harmonized with superior intent.
•In this sense Schwerpunkt can be
thought of as:
–A focusing agent that naturally
produces an unequal distribution of effort as a basis to generate superiority
in some sectors by thinning-out others,
–as well as
–A medium to realize superior intent
without impeding initiative of many subordinates, hence a medium through which
subordinate initiative is implicitly connected to superior intent.
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•Implication
•Schwerpunkt represents a unifying
concept that provides a way to rapidly shape focus and direction of
effort as well as harmonize support activities
with combat operations, thereby permit a true decentralization of tactical
command within centralized strategic guidance—without losing
cohesion of overall effort.
•or put another way
•Schwerpunkt represents a unifying
medium that provides a directed way to tie initiative of many
subordinate actions with superior intent as a basis to
diminish friction and compress time in order to generate a favorable mismatch
in time/ability to shape and adapt to unfolding
circumstances.