The phrase "assault wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to military tactics, video games, or discussions about aggressive actions or strategies.
Example: "The enemy launched an assault wave, overwhelming our defenses and forcing us to retreat."
Alternatives: "attack surge" or "offensive wave".
The first assault wave landed at 0755 hours, 10 minutes past H-Hour and fully three hours after the optimum rising tide.
H-Hour (the time the first assault wave was to land) at Gold Beach was set for 0725 hours, one hour later than the scheduled landings on the American beaches owing to the direction of the tide, which moved from west to east and brought high water later to the British beach.
These forced the assault waves to land later on D-Day morning than desired: H-Hour (the time that the first assault wave would hit the beach) was set for 0745 hours, so that the landing craft could clear the reef on the rising tide.
This barrage defeated the first assault wave.
Two companies of the Liverpool Irish landed in the assault wave with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
Moving forward with the initial assault wave, a hail of fire from two enemy emplacements halted his section's advance.
Iran repeatedly launched fruitless infantry attacks, using human assault waves composed partly of untrained and unarmed conscripts (often young boys snatched from the streets), which were repelled by the superior firepower and air power of the Iraqis.
He remained on station as a guide boat all day, directing assault waves and giving supporting fire against German positions.
The initial assault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces, were carefully planned to reduce the coastal defenses and allow the larger ships of the follow-up waves to land.
By 01 30, the garrison was informed that weather conditions prevented air support, and by 02 30 the Viet Minh forces launched successive assault waves which overran Teullier and his men, including attacks which flanked the position using the nearby sandbanks.
Porter expected that fighting for the main objectives would begin soon after the landing, and decided to begin landing his artillery and heavy mortars with the assault waves of infantrymen with the tanks coming ashore soon afterwards.
