Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place left of bang or during war with the object the weakening of the military effort by an adversary.
Military sabotage has been taking place since the early military adventures of men. The apocryphal story of the Trojan Horse is an ancient example and variations on the theme echo through historical warfare.
References:
Ian Jones Booby Traps!: The History of Deadly Devices, from World War I to Vietnam
Gordon L. Rottman World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics
Gordon L. Rottman World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps
Lester Grau and Michael Gress The Red Army’s Do-it-Yourself, Nazi-Bashing Guerrilla Warfare Manual: The Partizan’s Handbook, Updated and Revised Edition, 1942
Roman Mars The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Access All Areas: A User’s Guide to the Art of Urban Exploration
OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual
TM 31-201-1 Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques: Incendiaries
Eric Frank Russell The Wasp
Michael Z. Williamson The Weapon (and the entire Freehold series)
Robert Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Robert Asprey War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla In History
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