钳形攻势是一种战术。主要是将已方军队分成两路，于两个方向对敌方进攻。

钳形攻势优势是迫使敌方拉长战线、两面作战，能避免利剑攻势所可能带来的阻力和损伤。从军事地图上来看，钳形攻势宛若一只巨蟹的利钳，凶狠的朝敌方咽部钳去。

钳形攻势的还有分散我方兵力，比起利剑攻势来说，大大减少了敌方单次攻击所造成的伤害。但其劣势为需要大量军队参与，分散的兵力又增加了被围歼的危险。

The pincer movement, or double envelopment, is a military maneuver in which forces simultaneously attack both flanks (sides) of an enemy formation. The name comes from visualizing the action as the split attacking forces "pinching" the enemy.

The pincer movement typically occurs when opposing forces advance towards the center of an army that responds by moving its outside forces to the enemy's flanks to surround it. At the same time, a second layer of pincers may attack on the more distant flanks to keep reinforcements from the target units.