Combat and Survival: What it Takes to Fight and Win, vol.10 PDF
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u***-*^ u WHAT IT TUIES VTO FIGHT AND WIN VOLUME 10 Originally published in the United Kingdom in weekly parts COMBAT & SURVIVAL is a study ofthe armed forces at work. It shows the skills taught to soldiers and the way in which military units operate. It examines the weapons and equipment used by different armies; and, by looking at recruit training and exercises, COMBAT & SURVIVAL demonstrates howthe armed forces develop individual responsibility, leadership and initiative. WHAT IT niKESVTO FIGHT AND WIN VOLUME 10 H. S. STUTTMAN, INC. publishers Westport, Connecticut 06889 Contents Volume 10 Combat Skills Infantry Skills No. 10: Killing Tanks 545 Infantry Skills No. 11: Tank Hunting 551 Infantry Skills No. 12: Ambushing Tanks 557 Battle Fitness Program No. 4: Principles of Fitness 562 No. 5: Types ofExercise for Total Fitness 564 No. 6: Work Out: Starting the Ten-Week Challenge 566 Weapons and Equipment Guide No. 27: Firing the FN FAL 568 No. 28: T-72: Race to the Rhine 574 No. 29: TOW: Tank Menace 580 Survival Arctic Survival No. 1: Combatting the Climate 586 Arctic Survival No. 2: Travel In the Arctic 590 Arctic Survival No. 3: Emergency Arctic Snow Shelters 594 Fighting Fit Combat Infantryman Weeks 1-6: Basic Training 598 Combat Infantryman Weeks 7-10: Weapon Training 602 Combat Reports Oman: SAS and Iranians Against the Adoo 550 Malaysia: 'Hearts and Minds' Part 1 556 Malaysia: 'Hearts and Minds' Part 2 601 Published by H. S. STUTTMAN INC. Westport, Connecticut 06889 © Aerospace Publishing 1991 ISBN 0-87475-560-3 All individual combatandpersonal sur\ival actinlics Involve riskorinjury, looneselfandothers, andgreatcaremust betaken in carryingoutanysuchactivities Expertguidanceshouldbesought andequipmentcheckedforreliability beforeany activitiesdescribed in thisworkarecarriedout The publisherscannotassumeresponsibility fordamagetoproperly orin|ur\. deathorlosstopersonswhichmay result fromcarryingouttheactivitiesdescribed inthiswork Incarryingout anyactivitiesdescnbcd inthis work, personsdosoentirelyat theirownrisk. PRINTEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA H 3P(2089)20-70 Combat INFANTRY SKILLS No. 10 Skills TANKS KILLING 5POINTS FOR TANK-KILLING 1. Chooseafiringpositionwhereyou Enemy tanks, infantry fighting But preparing to defeat an arefiringintothesideofenemytanks vehicles and other hostile armoured attack doesn't mean that dbiurtepcrtoiotnecotfeednaenmdycaopnpcreoaalcehd.fromthe armour represent probably the you should slip into a defensive state 2. Camoufiageyourpositionwell, greatest threat you'll face when of mind. Your tactics should be anduseatleast45 cmofoverhead defending your position on the aggressive, imaginative and effective. protectionovertheweaponposition. mEourreoptehaannabnayttthlienfgieellds.e wTihlilsdtihcrteaatte Tsthriestcishewdheanndthheisenmeomsty ivsualtnehrisabmloest- 3ws.heoaFupilrodenaislnstsooubpyepoouarrbtlreiogfthotthcaeonvadenrtleimf-tot;saytn,okuif how you set out your defences. and you have a golden opportunity to notall,ofthegroundtheycover. inflictmassivetankcasualtiesonhim. 4. Useminesandobstaclesto AfrSoomvaiebtlaTz-i6n2gefmoerersgt,es Use your ground yc5.hoauCnthnoeoelonstgheaeygtoeauntrkhtseamirngitenot.acnaraerfeulaliyd;ealfor its stabilised 115-mm Use natural obstacles to hinder and concentrateoncommandtanksand gtianurfngaenrtt.eraAydsmyaanfn,ortthheetnaenxkt aipmppreodaecthhe-etnheamtyi,s,anmdaktoechaniamlitsreahviesl tdehfeeZnSceU.23-4,whichprovidesair isstillyourmost fearedenemyand unlessyou co-ordinate youranti-tank weapons itcansmash yourdefences in minutes. TheDragonsystemiscurrentlyinservicewiththeUHArniy. Thegunner justkeepsthecrosshairsofthesightonthetarget,andthetracker automaticallyguidesthemissilealongthegunner'slineofsight. It;'''"';-'' • : Combat Skills n 1 "", alongthelinesyouwant,towhereyou ble, overturned buses and any other can ambush, harass or destroy him at sort of artificial obstacle. will. %mi Remember that armoured vehicles Use surprise V-^|S^ ^^^^1 are very limited by the ground that You can use 'dead' ground to con- they can use. They need bridging or ceal your defending, reserve and snorkelling equipment to cross any- counter-attack forces. You can sight thing but the smallest rivers or your anti-tank weapons in defilade j^M^rC streams. Marshyorswampyground is positions (hidden from frontal impassable to main battle tanks, and observation) in order to provide en- jA close or wooded country, if not im- filadefire (fromaflank). You will then ^ pp*' passable, gives you anopportunityfor surprise the enemy from a flank and tank ambush at close range. hit him where his armour is thinnest. Similarly, built-up areas delay and The tank is also a bigger and easier channel the movement of armoured target in enfilade. vehicles and make them vulnerableto You can also use reverse slopes. In Mtiwloa-nmiasnatmeaanm-pcoormtparbilseessytshteegmun(jnuesrt,);wthheo close-range infantry anti-tank other words, sight your anti-tank manhandlesthefiringpostandfiresthe weapons. You can of course thicken weapons several hundred yards back weapon,andtheNo.2, whocarriestwo up all these natural anti-tank obsta- from the crest of a ridge or hill: your prEooacsckthe1rt6os.c5aknkegdt.lwoeaidgshtsh1e1m.3okngtahnedfitrhiengfpiroisntg. cdleefsenwdiitnhgmainbeufiiletl-dusp aarneda,, iwfiytohuruabr-e eponseimtyiounnstialrheetchreonsseisnvtihseibclreestt.oYtohue '<m> ^*^ Fightergroundattack Prioritytarget AswellasLynxanti-tank WarsawPactradioprocedure helicopters,theremaybe isverystrictlycontrolled groundattackaircraftsuchas onlybattalionorcompany theA-IOorHarnerGR Mk3 commandersareallowedto availablefortank-busting. speak! Everyoneelsesimply maintainsalisteningwatch andpassesnoinformation, soifacommandtankis knockedoutthenconfusion reigns. 84-mmMAW Counter-mobility Theengineerscancreate Anoldbutextremelysolid asItISonthereceivingend. If anti-tankobstaclesor pieceofkit,therearemoves thereistime, itiswellworth ^yj otziohbmnespetre.aoncvleeemseyxtioisntftiuonrtgthhneeartkcuilrhlaailnngnel AdspRrloleooewvtpsaeeeycriptstsoipcseorionotnsvfislioridonodepmefaierrdsdaipter.oregNsecrotivetetaerinosoodneflnys Ta8stoihm0gmer-neu8mtana4tmiiunthrLaiietsAoawnWanidtwmihhasisisaplasneelirimtfvmoheepsecrbttnloeaaedvssewtd Tdacplaihetngree'ghrtieannsaapsgftsefisnovdetrecuidpaomtolnosmdtimahytinii/snpog,sonssivise,atrniyyodonus Wombatisa 120-mmrecoillessriflestillin binedtitreerctchfiarne,cbeuotfitparlessoergviivnegsa impressiveatthefiringend often! usebytheBritishArmy'sBerlingarrison surpnse Butyouwillneed aikwtionclrdlatinsnhngowohmctaiepmlaeTabetitrlcorioihtltyotf,rhoieriatMflriiAeglmrhatamniiyn'nsgsueinxanictbvesuel.irlAlyetln-ttuhptoaungk-h aaOpdPpesrqoufaaocrthwe.awradrtnoinprgoovfideenemy 6GBrM6ePa-stm,fmoBrTLsRhA-o6rW0ts-ertancg,eLwAorWkon ytrhaoitushewarreetahptaaonknio,nngfeiornsehvaoottlalanefkytsewrith areas. couldbeusedagainsttanks another;youareboundtoget inadesperateSituation. If atleastoneroundontarget. Mines Therearefourtypesof minefield: thetacticallarge- areaminefield,usuallylaidby theengineers,fortacticaluse onthebattlefield(i.e.to canalisetheenemyinto killingareas); theprotective minefield,thesortthatyou willplantinfrontofyour positionfordefensive purposes;thenuisance minefield,designedto hamperanddisruptenemy movement;andthedummy minefield-awired-offarea suitablymarkedcanbeas effectiveastherealthing // 546
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