kill team

Noun

kill team (plural kill teams)

1. A small group of combatants that work together to attack an enemy.
   • If we had contact with the enemy, I would direct the action from the center of the kill team, which was set up closest to the trail, with two teams on the flank fifteen feet away—one on the left flank, one on the right flank, and the last team behind us to cover our rear.2001, Don C. Hall, Annette R. Hall, chapter 24, in I Served, Victoria, Canada: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 239
   • One method of bringing the fight to the enemy is to employ small-unit kill teams along main supply routes (MSR) and alternate supply routes (ASR) where enemy activity is most prevalent.2008 January–February, First Lieutenant Ken Segelhorst, “Small-Unit Kill Teams and IED Interdiction”, in Lieutenant Colonel Shane E. Lee, editor, ARMOR, volume CXVII, number 1, Fort Benning, Georgia...