The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques

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An exhaustive analysis of the full range of combat techniques taught to the modern soldier in both standard and elite regiments

Including 50 different combat techniques from knife fighting, using assault rifles, and booby traps to sniping, combat parachuting, and tracking

Over the last 50 years military tactics have reached daunting levels of sophistication. The power of weaponry and surveillance technology has increased immeasurably, and so ...

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Overview

An exhaustive analysis of the full range of combat techniques taught to the modern soldier in both standard and elite regiments

Including 50 different combat techniques from knife fighting, using assault rifles, and booby traps to sniping, combat parachuting, and tracking

Over the last 50 years military tactics have reached daunting levels of sophistication. The power of weaponry and surveillance technology has increased immeasurably, and so tactics have had to adapt to a battlefield in which the simplest mistakes can be catastrophic. The soldiers and officers of today's professional armies are consequently the most tactically sophisticated combat personnel in history. For them, intelligent tactics make the difference between victory or defeat, survival, or destruction. A unit may be significantly outnumbered by its enemy, but if it can take superiority in mobility, movement, firepower, emplacement, and surprise, then the opposing forces will disintegrate and collapse.

The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques reveals and explains the tactics of fighting a modern war. Its scope is exhaustive. It examines a huge range of tactical procedures, from handling an assault rifle and throwing a hand grenade, to advanced skills such as controlling an air strike and artillery bombardment, or firing an anti-tank weapon. Specialist techniques of elite units are brought to light, including hostage-rescue tactics, infiltration and exfiltration, amphibious assault actions, and escape and evasion. Other sections deal with the tactics of extreme-terrain combat, from fighting in polar landscapes to laying ambushes along jungle trails. Each subject is treated in detail and in accord with the latest military doctrine and practice, and studies the tactics of both individuals and units. Historical examples bring the studies to life and reveal how tactics express themselves in actual combat.

Lavishly illustrated, The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques is the most complete reference work on tactical procedures available today, and a thorough insight into how soldiers operate in modern warfare.

  • -An Exhaustive analysis of the full range of combat techniques taught to the modern soldier in both standard and elite regiments.
  • - Including 5o different combat techniques from knife fighting, using assault rifles, and booby traps to sniping, combat parachuting, and tracking.
  • - Featuring real life examples drawn from the history of military warfare.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781930983137
  • Publisher: Lewis International, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/28/2002
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 7.76 (w) x 10.10 (h) x 0.93 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
Close-Quarter Battle 12
Firearms and Explosives 42
Support Weapons 90
Extreme Terrain Combat 122
Unit Tactics 156
Specialist Skills 196
Glossary 250
Index 254
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