Theoretical determination of tactics as a military science

The development of civilization has led to the emergence and evolution of states and armies, whose fundamental purpose was to defend a country. This resulted in the development of knowledge regarding the methods of conducting an armed fight. Such knowledge has been systematized over time, and thus emerges knowledge related to this field, known as the art of war. Since the 19th century, there has been an increasing talk of military sciences (tactics, operations, and strategy), replacing the term the art of war. However, both directions, the Eastern and the Western, recognize tactics as the fundamental military science. Even today, the theoretical definition of tactics has not been fully completed. The first chapter of this paper provides a conceptual definition of tactics as a military science. The second chapter of the paper describes the fundamental constituents of tactics. The third chapter refers to the classification of tactics according to several criteria. The understanding of key terms and the description of the research results were carried out using the following methods: content analysis, definition and classification method, historicalcomparative method, analytical-synthetic method, and deduction method. The definition, description of constituents, and classification of tactics as a military science are the result of this research.