Ranger Handbook (Large Format Edition): The Official U.S. Army Ranger Handbook SH21-76 Revised February 2011

This is a larger format reference desk copy edition of the bestselling pocket edition. New fully revised February 2011 edition of the official issue United States Army Ranger Handbook. The chapters are structured as follows (subjects in brackets are just examples of some of the many issues and lessons covered in the chapters): Leadership; Operations; Fire Support (including risk estimate distances close air support close combat attack aviation etc.); Communications (military radios antennas etc.); Demolitions (explosives detonations safe distances etc.); Movement (formations fundamentals tactical marches movement during limited visibility danger areas etc.); Patrols (reconnaissance security ambushes debriefs etc.); Battle Drills (react to visual IED or direct contact; how to enter and clear a room entering trenches reacting to indirect fire etc.); Mountain Engineering (training organization rescue equipment anchors knots belays climbing commands etc.); Machine Gun Employment (specifications classes offensive and defensive use control ammunition planning etc.); Convoy Operations (planning truck movements); Urban Operations (perspectives organization principles rehearsals close quarters combat etc.); Waterborne Operations (rope bridge poncho watercraft etc.); Evasion / Survival (escape camouflage survival kits navigation traps and snares shelters fires etc.); Aviation (pickup and landing zones air assault formations attack helicopters utility helicopters etc.); First Aid (lifesaving measures care under fire breathing bleeding shock abdominal injuries burns poisonous plant identification foot care litter hydration medevac etc.). Appendices detail resources and quick reference cards. Extensive glossary and index included. Illustrated profusely throughout.