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#4354077 - 04/28/17 01:00 AM Want combat tactic books, sniper/scout books & combat medic books (All squad level plz)  
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Looking for some books that deal with squad level, small scale tactics. In particular stuff that details specific tactics or techniques.

Recently bought a book by John Poole called the last 100 yards which is FANTASTIC. It is a little old but has a lot of interesting tactics and techniques for movement, ambushes, ambush defense, navigation etc. that seem to have been developed through obviously extensive combat experience.

Would also like some books about or by combat medics regarding their craft. Have read through the Ranger Combat Medic manual as well as the somewhat recent army combat medic field manual. Wouldn't mind a more personal account though.

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#4354749 - 05/01/17 02:30 PM Re: Want combat tactic books, sniper/scout books & combat medic books (All squad level plz) [Re: VF9_Longbow]  
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I'll reply to my own thread with a great book I found:
Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel, the famous desert fox. His book deals with not only squad level combat but large scale combat as well, so I have found it to be very very interesting. He talks of traipsing into some other guys' platoon and taking command of it so he can take out some enemy that are briefly vulnerable, then when he's done lets the platoon go back to their original leader and then some how ends up leading 1,000 men because they don't have any officer senior to him.

Really interesting stuff. The info is of course dated, being written during and after WW1 but he or the editor updated it with notes just before WW2, and much of the advice is still applicable today as much as it was then (His comment about ensuring proper spacing to avoid entire companies from being wiped out while waiting for orders by enemy artillery fire, being careful not to reveal your central command posts by having too many couriers / obvious traffic, etc)

#4355102 - 05/03/17 12:33 PM Re: Want combat tactic books, sniper/scout books & combat medic books (All squad level plz) [Re: VF9_Longbow]  
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got a whole garage full... tried to give them away with the stipulation someone's got to come pick them up. too many and heavy to ship... no one wanted them. wink offer still stands, if ever in Florida.

#4356043 - 05/08/17 03:28 AM Re: Want combat tactic books, sniper/scout books & combat medic books (All squad level plz) [Re: VF9_Longbow]  
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last 100 yards is good... I see the BIG mistakes even today... like I watched a Ukraine APC assault on a DPR position on youtube... I cant post it cause its R rated and real but they got slaughtered...

attacking a prepared position ... and made several mistakes in doing so resulting in the lose of men and armor... to include...

1. in the open..
2. at daylight..
3. no smoke, air or art support...
4. mid day (not even at dawn)


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