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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.
| 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 |
Overview
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 ...