Ultimate Guide To U.S. Army Combat By Mccullough J. (Book)

Nearly 1,000 pages of instruction on how to fight and win - from the team that created The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Surivival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques. Here for the first time in one place is everything you need to know about modern military combat. Drawn from dozens of the U.S. Army’s well-written field manuals on every conceivable aspect of conducting combat operations, this huge compendium contains everything for any combatant anywhere - armed or unarmed and in all conditions and terrains, including: • desert, jungle, mountain, and house-to-house fighting • training for rifle, mortar, mines, and sniper operations • mental preparedness, and leadership for combat and combat stress • tank and artillery tactics • forward and reconnaissance operations z construction of defensive positions • combat in nuclear, biological, and chemical environments • land navigation, map reading, first aid, and camouflage Last but not least, this book also includes a complete section on hand-to-hand combat so that you can use your bayonet or kill with your bare hands. With hundreds of photographs and illustrations demonstrating priceless tips and techniques, if it’s not in The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Combat Skills, Tactics, and Techniques, your Army of One don’t need it! 700 black-and-white illustrations Jay McCullough is a writer and editor specializing in the subjects of history and military history. He is the editor of The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques and The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Combat Skills, Tactics, and Techniques, and the author of A Tale of Two Subs. He lives in North Haven, Connecticut. • Introduction PART I HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT • Introduction to Combatives 1. Basic Ground-Fighting Techniques 2. Advanced Ground-Fighting Techniques 3. Takedowns and Throws 4. Strikes 5. Handheld Weapons 6. Standing Defense 7. Group Tactics PART II COMBAT WEAPONS THE ARMY COMBAT RIFLE 1. Introduction to the Army Combat Rifle 2. Operation and Function 3. Rifle Marksmanship Training 4. Combat Fire Techniques 5. Night Firing SNIPER TRAINING 1. Introduction to Sniper Training 2. Equipment 3. Marksmanship 4. Field Techniques 5 Tracking / Countertracking THE ARMY COMBAT PISTOL 1. Components and Functioning 2. Pistol Marksmanship Training ARMY COMBAT MACHINE GUN FUNDAMENTALS 1. Machine Gun Marksmanship Training 2. Combat Techniques of Fire ARMY COMBAT GUIDE TO USE & IDENTIFICATION OF HAND GRENADES 1. Types of Hand Grenades 2. Maintenance 3. Employment of Hand Grenades 4. Threat Hand Grenades 5. Obsolete Hand Grenades 6. NATO Hand Grenades THE CLAYMORE ANTIPERSONNEL MINE 1. Introduction 2. Mechanical Training 3. Tactical Employment. 4. Safety BOOBYTRAPS 1. Characteristics of Booby-traps 2. Use of Booby traps 3. Booby trapping Equipment 4. Construction Techniques 5. Miscellaneous Booby traps 6. Booby trap Detection and Removal Part III REGION - SPECIFIC COMBAT COMBAT IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS • Introduction 1. The Environment and Its Effects on Personnel and Equipment 2. Desert Concealment and Camouflage 3. Operations in Desert Conditions 4. Operations in Mountains COMBAT IN JUNGLE ENVIRONMENTS 1. The Jungle 2. Life in the Jungle 3. Preparation and Training to Deploy to Jungle Areas 4. The Threat in Jungle Areas 5. Tactical Operations 6. Navigation and Tracking 7. Jungle Obstacles 8. Waterborne Operations 9. Defensive Formation COMBAT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 1. Urban Combat Skills. 2. Offensive Operations. 3. Defensive Operations

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ISBN	9781616080105
More	215 x 279 mm, 960 pp, 700 photos & ill.

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