Ranger Handbook U.S. Army Ranger Handbook SH21-76

by U.S. Department of Defense

This handbook provides squad and platoon leaders with the roles, tactics, knowledge, and operational requirements to employ combat multipliers in a combat environment.

This book includes the following topics:

Chapter 1 Leadership
Chapter 2 Operations
Chapter 3 Fire Support
Chapter 4 Communications Equipment
Chapter 5 Demolitions
Chapter 6 Movement
Chapter 7 Patrols Principles
Chapter 8 Battle Drills
Chapter 9 Military Mountaineering
Chapter 10 Machine Gun Employment
Chapter 11 Convoy Operations
Chapter 12 Urban Operations
Chapter 13 Waterborne Operations
Chapter 14 Evasion/Survival Evasion
Chapter 15 Aviation
Chapter 16 First Aid

Genres: Military Fiction, Nonfiction, Survival, Military History, War, Leadership, Research

310 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 1992

Reviews

[Dealyllama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heavy focus on ranged weapons and very large parties. Little to no discussion of melee attacks, dual wielding etc. The author also focused very heavily on humanoid opponents with no real discussion of abilities vs. giants etc.

Most battle strategies required a great deal of planning and organization which is likely best suited to a heavily tabletop style of gameplay.

Overall an interesting approach but many players will find this style of play incompatible with their current parties and may need to create house rules to handle some of the tactics.


(On a more serious note, the Kindle version has some trouble patches where the OCR seems to have screwed up and dropped words and letters. Table formatting and many figures appeared to be missing but overall seemed pretty good).

[Matt A · Rating 1 out of 5]

A memento from the worst 7 days of my life.

Props to the guys who made it through the course - I washed out because I wasn't mentally tough enough to endure the arbitrary sleep deprivation, unprovoked anger of instructors, and menial tasks like guarding trash cans.

[Vladyslav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Багато речей в цій книзі не є абстрактними та заточені під конкретне обладнання армії США, але є деякі загальні корисні речі, також часто трапляється, що абревіатури не розшифровуються та додатково потрібно ходити про них читати деінде.

[David Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

WARNING: This book deals heavily with real life tactics and survival methods.
You will probably have to look up what some of the abbreviations mean if you have no military experience.

[Joseph Kmiech III · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most handy books/guides for any soldier. Many handy tips on field work arounds, small unit tactics, and many more Ranger skills. Highly recommended to add to your rucksack.

[Patrick Dunphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for mil science

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

The pictures were cool I guess

[Syd Railla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Alternate Title: how to waste 3 months of your life

[Luka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a coursebook, instruction manual, with a purpose to teach particular things (here mainly section tactics). Its a very good textbook with a purpose it achieves. Its not "inaccessible" as someone said on here, its very accessible to the audience intended for. Great for the armchair generals too.
If its your thing or you have need of it you'll like it, if not why are you reading it?

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

learned how guerrilla warfare works, tactics of counter insurgency, learned how to make traps in the woods, effective movement tactics , how to survive if lost or abandoned in a unknown area and much more.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pocket guide [SH 21-76] to basic Army Ranger skills relating to survival and combat. Smaller type size is used to conserve space. The book contains useful information for the outdoors man or just anyone interested in the military arts.

[Ted · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a technical manual. It may be difficult for people with no military experience to understand some of the specifics. It covers several topics that an Infantry Leader will need to know in order to plan, organize, and carry out things like raids, ambushes, reconnaissance, etc.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got my tab.

[Lusichka Enna]

a great book

[Shayne Lee Charlesworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

If I had to choose one guide to carry with me everywhere this is the one. And I do have one in my ruck at all times