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Light Infantry Tactics: For Small Teams Paperback – March 24, 2005

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Finally! Step-by-step tactics for teams of three to 30 members. Tired of collecting a library of military manuals just to teach light infantry patrolling tactics? Military manuals are notoriously confusing and boring! More often than not, they are wr

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Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: AuthorHouse; First edition. edition (March 24, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1418472077
ISBN-13: 978-1418472078
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.6 x 11 inches
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Customer Reviews: 166 customer ratings
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Douglas J. Pahl

Good for preppers.

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2019

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I bought this hoping to join my state militia. Most of the content deals with stuff that a 60+ yr. old man like me may never use. The book appears to be geared more toward younger preppers and militiamen neither of which I am at the time. Maybe if my local state militia would organize and show me where I may be useful, I may decide to read it.

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Donald H. Sabathier

Excellent Book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015

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I was in the Army both Active and Reserve for 30 years. I have read and studied all the US Army small unit tactics books they published. Usually, they are boring and dull. Generally, you only read them because you are forced to. This one is the best I have ever seen. Very practical and focused. None of this stuff is easy. Good for the non-military types who want to learn the basics and a good refresher. You will not be an small unit tactical expert by reading this book or any other book. You MUST get off your butt and practice the actions with a team. If you want MOUT, Jungle, Winter Opns or other aspects of tactical operations, buy another book.

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Justin Eisenback

it seems thorough and an easy read. Since that's the main thing I'm looking ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016

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Positives: As far as information, it seems thorough and an easy read. Since that's the main thing I'm looking for, I'm happy and don't regret the purchase. The pictures are nice too, as they are large and help explain the text.

Negatives: The editing is subpar (the title of Section III is "Patrolling Mehods"). The author is well qualified according to the "about the author", but you wouldn't know if from his level of professionalism- plenty of bad jokes consistently throughout that might fly in a classroom environment but are inappropriate and unnecessary in a book. The quality of the binding and paper is good enough for home library, but I have the feeling it wouldn't stand up well to adverse environmental conditions, or even to loaning it out. It's much larger than I expected, which isn't necessarily bad (the pictures are helpful, as previously mentioned), but I was hoping for something a little more portable.

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Master Hahn

a VERY GOOD Book on Basic - Intermediate LIGHT Infantry Skills

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013

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I consider this to be a VERY good handbook / manual for those basic - intermediate skills that are needed by LIGHT Infantry troops. And also as a necessity for those Support Personnel who may find themselves suddenly in combat situations and were (unlike the USMC) never trained (or only very basically trained as part of their Basic Training) in Basic to Intermediate Infantry fighing skills.

I would rate this even more exceptional for small unit leaders if obtained along with the author's "Small Unit Tactics" book that is focused primarily on Fire Team Leaders, Squad Leaders / Section Leaders, Platoon Leaders, and Company Commanders and operational staff. (Please do a search on Amazon for that book also).

Finally, I would strongly recommend that both indivduals and small unit leaders obtain - if possible - Peter McAlee's "Fighting Manual" and H. John Poole's "The Last Hundred Yards" as both are somewhat more advanced / excellent books - and would do very well to round out the above "library"!

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All the nitty gritty, none of the fluff

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013

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I bought this book, loved it, lost it, and bought it again. I run an outdoor tactical laser tag business, so having resources like this to share or show can really help bring home a point. When it comes to tactics, a picture is worth a thousand words and someone else stating things concisely is worth another thousand of your own. This book not only provides tons of pictures to clarify all sorts of techniques and procedures but also has the clearest explanations possible.

If you're former SF then this book isn't going to be useful except to help teach others. If you served in the regular infantry then this is only going to be a good reminder of many things. If you're a weekend warrior with some combat sport or another then this book will be indispensable. If you're headed INTO military service then this book will also be priceless to you: get the book now so you can lead a unit through maneuvers like an ace later. It'll not only impress your instructors, but also give you an extra repetition of the info now so you're simply mastering it later.

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Currahee

Maybe replaces the venerable Ranger Handbook for the Citizen

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2008

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This book does a very good job at outlining various dismounted infantry skills. It does it in a way that escapes the pitfalls of military FMs... i.e. to much stuff that doesn't apply to the civilian, poor print quality etc. It is in an easy to read format that makes the information accessible and understandable. Illustrations are timely and helpful. It addresses individual skills, leadership skills and group skills. Individual skills cover things like camouflage and hand signals, leadership skills cover things like patrol planning and op orders, group skills are various tactics. Some of the complaints of other reviewers need to sit back and think. Yes it doesn't go as in depth as it could in all areas, I have yet to find the book that does. And I would like to see a small, pocket sized field version, but that is a trade off for readability. If you're looking for your first book on patrolling/ light infantry skills, this should be it.

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Good book for peppers and milsim...

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2016

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Well-written book on basic, small-unit infantry tactics; especially useful for small teams and serious preppers. Each topic is presented well and followed by a real-world example to reinforce the concepts. I would love to see a book like this for Cav Scouts...

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Whats missing WTSHTF

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013

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For folks preppling this is a must, especially for those in rural and light urban area's, there is a huge difference between protecting your home and protecting your land (AOPS) a good defense should be also a good offense. Its better to 'patrol' through your area of operations (AOPs) and counter any offensive forces who intend to do you harm and the only way to do that is to practice LITS (Light Infantry Tactics)
So if you don't have a former grunt in your team this is the book, and even with a grunt this will help him train your team to a decent standard.
Well Done Chris

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Dermie X

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2010

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I think the other review was written by the author's mum. This book is very basic, outdated and not dissimilar to what gets taught to 13yr old army cadets. Most important is that it is NOT about tactics. It's just a loose collection of drills. Sorry.

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Damian Kerley

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2015

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Good book

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Will

Excellent Reference Book

Reviewed in Canada on August 29, 2013

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It's a good heads up and reference book for infantry. Short and simple to understand. I would recommend for anyone going into infantry in the Canadian forces

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Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2018

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Reviewed in Canada on April 19, 2016

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Good distillation of Army field manuals and focused on small unit tactics

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Fred Capelle

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Reviewed in France on August 5, 2014

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Excellent manuel d'instruction. Construction logique des chapitre. Bien illustré et documenté. Un peu plus de théorie tactique aurait été sympa mais c'est déjà très complet. Idéal pour les amateur du genre.

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Nickless

Bedingt brauchbar

Reviewed in Germany on July 7, 2011

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Einiges an Veralteten Taktiken, komplett in englisch/amerikanisch, nicht auf Urban oder CQB/CQC ausgelegt (halt veraltete Taktien).

Ansonsten ein sehr informatives Buch dessen Inhalt auch bei mir und meinen Jungs/Mädels Anwendung findet.

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Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2014

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