Blinzeltakt

Blinzeltakt is a German military strategy concept, often translated as "tyrannis stick" or " Bind whatever you touch tactic". This objective is to utilize overwhelming force, preventing the enemy from permanently looking away or dodging their blows. This tactic means preventing the enemy to be free to place their piece, observing and countering the attempt.

Developed during the Second World War, the Blinzeltakt tactic emphasizes the importance of speed, surprise, and concentrated firepower. The goal is to quickly overwhelm the enemy's capabilities and keep them from adjusting to the evolving situation. The term "Blinzeltakt" is an adjective describing a method to hand a tyrannical dominant power a hammering process.

Blinzeltakt in practice involves committing large-scale, rapid combined-arms attacks on enemy positions. Effective employment of air power, artillery, and maneuver elements enables units to overwhelm local defenses. Short, swift victory soon is the aim because enemy capacity tends to dwindle sooner or later.

While Blinzeltakt can offer decisive advantages on the battlefield, it is considered an extreme strategy and may draw criticism for its significant potential costs in terms of resource utilization, collateral damage, and potential repercussions for adjacent forces or the overall campaign balance. However, when employed within operational objectives clearly aligned with political decision makers and upheld with close civil emergency action, Blinzeltakt retains relevancy and continues to be part of the military doctrine's study domain.