Airborne Assault Troops / Operation
Assault troops / shock troops - soldiers of the infantry who are specially trained to lead an attack [Collins Online Dictionary].
Shock troops or assault troops are formations created to lead an attack. They are often better trained and equipped than other infantry and expected to take heavy casualties even in successful operations.
"Shock troop" is a calque, a loose translation of the German word Stoßtrupp. Assault troops are typically organized for mobility with the intention that they will penetrate enemy defenses and attack the enemy's vulnerable rear areas. Any specialized, elite unit formed to fight an engagement via overwhelming assault (usually) would be considered shock troops, as opposed to "special forces" or commando-style units (intended chiefly for covert operations). However, both types of units could fight behind enemy lines, by surprise, if required.
Although the term "shock troops" became popular in the 20th century, the concept is not new, and Western European armies in past centuries called them the forlorn hope. Presently, the term is rarely used, as its strategic concepts have become standard contemporary military thinking. [Hanson, p. 22].
Airborne assault operation – assault operations using attack helicopters, combined with air, missile and artillery strikes on enemy troops and installations, together with airdrops by transport aircraft and operations carried out by airborne motorized rifle subunits and units, planned and executed in accordance with a single concept of operations. Combat operations alternating with manoeuvre on the ground or by air by airborne forces for linked operational/tactical and tactical missions in the enemy rear are a feature of airborne assault operations. They form part of front, army group, army or corps operations.
Французько-українсько-англійський міжвидовий словник з тактики та логістики. Dictionnaire interamées de termes tactiques et logistiques français-ukrainien-anglais: [в 2-х т.] / Центр розробки Доктрини застосування Збройних Сил Французької Республіки, Київ p.633
Assault troops. Collins Online Dictionary. Retrieved from: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/assault-troops
Hanson, V. D. (2007-12-18). Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power. NY: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.