U.S. Army Hand-to-Hand Combat by Department of the Army

by U.S. Department of the Army

From the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures to the XM320 grenade launcher, this comprehensive guide profiles nearly every weapon currently in use by the U.S. Army. In addition, it covers cutting-edge technology that will soon be employed by soldiers around the world. Missiles, small arms, biological detection systems, rockets, reconnaissance systems, radios, planes, bows and arrows (believe it or not)—you name it, this book has it. Also included is a thorough discussion of Future Combat Systems (FCS), the system of systems that, when fully operational, will provide the army and the joint force with an unprecedented capability to see the enemy, engage him on their terms, and defeat him on the twenty-first-century battlefield.

Genres: Military Fiction, Reference, Nonfiction, Survival, Martial Arts, Research, Ebooks

Hardcover

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency within which the United States Army is organized, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has statutory authority 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the Secretary of Defense and the President.

The Secretary of the Army is a civilian official appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Army, who is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Other senior officials of the Department are the Under Secretary of the Army (principal deputy to the Secretary) and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (principal deputy to the Chief of Staff.)

The Department of War was originally formed in 1789 as an Executive Department of the United States, and was renamed by the National Security Act of 1947 to the Department of the Army on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the Department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.

Reviews

[Scott Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been through this training as a recruit. things had not changed much until about 2003-4. I was hoping for the newer manual.

[WayBackWhen]

DNF around 50%. A book is a confusing format for this sort of thing.

[K.M. Weiland · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this one up as a free Kindle deal awhile back, thinking I might learn something useful. As other reviewers have noted, this is a decidedly dated (1954) manual with less-than-ideal pictorial examples. But much of the information is still solid. Will it turn me into a lean, mean fighting machine? Err, no. But what I learned can't hurt for self-defense - and it will be a good quick look-up resource for writing fight scenes.

[Anders · Rating 3 out of 5]

It seems to be a good military instruction book (not really my area) and is probably material included in a course for instructors. As such, it's a great book.
When it comes to the techniques themselves, I was a bit surprised by the emphasis of ground fighting.
The people demonstrating the techniques looked like they really knew what they were doing, but why use black and white pictures of wrestling combatants in camouflage uniforms?

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The U.S. Army's manual for unarmed combat [FM 21-150]. It contains simple step by step procedures as well as numerous photographs demonstrating the techniques. Care should be taken if one practices the moves. Similar to the U.S. Marine version.

[Audra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of this my dad taught me and he is former Army.

[E.L. Irwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Admittedly I'm not military trained, but I did find this to be interesting and informative.

[Anti · Rating 3 out of 5]

its an instruction manual.