Basic Military Training: 520 pages, hundreds of pictures, diagrams and tactical tricks
Original textbook
In March 2023, a new textbook on basic military training will be published. Even though the basics of basic military training have begun to be studied in many educational institutions (schools, colleges and universities), relevant ministries and departments have not yet developed a modern textbook.
Therefore, the book that will be discussed is a one-of-a-kind publication. There is no other military manual with such a number of visual color illustrations, and the material is as updated as possible as of the beginning of 2023. The language of presentation is lively and understandable, information style is now popular in some environments.
This book should have appeared long before the X-hour. It should have been written by someone else, preferably a graduate of an elite military academy or an entire team of authors. But it just so happened that this difficult work fell to the lot of just one person, not burdened with high ranks, positions and awards. Nevertheless, it was possible to create a unique manual in its own way, which can significantly increase the minimum-optimal level of theoretical training.
What is unique?
Work began in 2019. I wanted to create a manual on tactical and special training of special forces and reconnaissance units. The author just served in one of these places and wanted to somehow summarize all the nuances.
After February 2022, the original plans were revised, and a book on CWP appeared. It is based on the provisions of charters, manuals, materials from educational and periodical publications, selected taking into account the experience of modern military operations.
I had to study a huge amount of information, talk with experts, participants in the events, and then double-check it all. After all, experience without appropriate analysis and awareness can be extremely dangerous. What worked in one situation may be useless in another: wars change, and with them the theaters of combat operations, the enemy, the weapons used and methods of combat are transformed.
Of course, it is possible to fight without knowledge of theory, but with theory, the likelihood of avoiding childhood mistakes and preserving life and health is much higher.
Each chapter of the publication is a compromise between the desire to cover the topic, the limited volume of the manual and legal requirements. We had to constantly cut off the excess. I hope I didn’t overdo it, and I managed to leave only the most necessary.
After studying the material presented, readers will gain a general understanding of many military issues. And if you want to study a subject in depth, then with the existing base it will not be difficult. You will already understand which direction to move next.
At any threshold of immersion in military topics and regardless of the level of education and length of service, I’m sure there will definitely be something interesting in this book.
First, readers are introduced to equipment echelons, communications, drones and engineering training. Then they study the topography, the procedure for handling weapons and move on to work on the ground - tactical actions in various conditions, i.e., they try to figure out how the acquired knowledge is applied as a whole on the battlefield.
The appendices outline other equally important aspects of military science that did not find a place in the main part of the publication.
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