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21st Century U.S. Army Urban Terrain Combined Arms Operations Field Manual
21st Century US Army Urban Terrain Combined Arms Operations Field Manual Author:Department of Defense This CD-ROM presents the complete text of the recently released U.S. Army Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain Field Manual (FM 3-06.11) developed by the Headquarters of the Department of the Army. This important manual is dated February 2002, and is especially relevant to the Iraq war situation. Here is a small selection of content high... more »lights: Full Spectrum Operations/Urban Operations Concept, Tactical Challenges, Importance of Urban Areas, Fundamentals of Urban Operations, Characteristics of Urban Operations, Urban Battle Space Special Considerations - Weapons Considerations, Target Engagement, Munitions and Equipment, Noncombatants, Disease Prevention, Stress, Fratricide Avoidance, Situational Awareness, Media, Unexploded Ordnance URBAN ANALYSIS Models of Urban Areas - General Urban Characteristics, Description of Urban Areas Worldwide, Terrain and Weather Analyses, Urban Zones and Street Patterns, Special Terrain Considerations, Special Weather Considerations, Analysis of Other Characteristics, Aperture Analysis, Questions for Commanders and Leaders, Urban Building Analysis, Types of Mass-Construction Buildings, Types of Framed Buildings, Floor Plans, Residential Areas, Characteristics of Buildings, Distribution of Building Types, Urban Threat Evaluation, Operational Factors, Projected Threat Capabilities, modern Urban Battle Analysis, URBAN COMBAT SKILLS - Movement, Crossing Open Areas, Movement Parallel to Buildings, Movement Past Windows, Movement Around Corners, Crossing a Wall, Use of Doorways, Movement Between Positions, Fire Team Employment, Entry Techniques, Upper Building Levels, Use of Grappling Hook, Scaling of Walls, rappelling, Entry at Lower Level, use of Hand Grenades, Weapons Control When Moving, High Intensity Versus Precision Clearing Techniques, Principles of Precision Room Clearing, Fundamentals of Precision Room Clearing, Composition of the Clearing Team, Breaching Considerations for Entry, Techniques for Entering Buildings and Clearing Rooms, Reflexive Shooting, Target Discrimination, Movement Within a Building, Verbal Commands and Signals, Safety and Force Protection Fighting Positions - Hasty Fighting Position, Prepared Fighting Position, Target Acquisition, Defense Against Flame Weapons and Incendiary Munitions, Defense Against Enhanced Flame Weapons, Navigation in Urban Areas, Military Maps, Global Positioning System, Aerial Photographs, Camouflage, Use of Shadows, Color and Texture OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS - Reasons for Attacking Urban Areas, Reasons for Not Attacking Urban Areas, Troop Requirements, Fires and Maneuver Limitations, Nodal Attack, Company Team Attack of an Urban Area, Attack of a Block or Group of Buildings DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS, SNIPER AND COUNTERSNIPER TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES EMPLOYMENT AND EFFECTS OF WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, MINES, AND DEMOLITIONS, EMPLOYMENT OF ATTACK AND ASSAULT/CARGO, HELICOPTERS, FIRES, MOBILITY, COUNTERMOBILITY, SURVIVABILITY, COMBAT SUPPORT, COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT, STABILITY OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS The field manual is reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included. Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are.« less