plaanitud ja osaliselt ette valmistatud asukoht kaitse- või viivitustegevuseks; paikneb algselt kaitseks hõivatud põhipositsioonide taga (vaenlasest eemal)
a planned and, to some extent, prepared location for defense or delay that is behind (away from the enemy) the primary positions initially occupied for a defense
Subsequent positions are those to which the unit expects to move during the course of the battle. The defending unit may have a series of subsequent positions (particularly in delay operations), each with associated primary, alternate, and supplementary positions. [FM 3-90.2]
