Mountain warfare and other lofty problems : foreign ideas on high-altitude combat / / Lester W. Grau and Charles K. Bartles [editors]

• Pubblicazione: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : , : Foreign Military Studies Office, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 211 pages : illustrations, maps (1 color)
• Soggetto topico: Mountain warfare; Military mountaineering; Mountain troops; Military geography; Tactics
• Persona (resp. second.): GrauLester W.; BartlesCharles K.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mountain Combat. Ground combat at high altitudes / Lester W. Grau and Hernán Vázques -- Mountain warfare: the need for specialized training / Muhammad Asim Malik -- Small Unit. Forbidden cross-border vendetta: Spetsnaz strike into Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War / Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali -- Small secrets of great mountains / Lester W. Grau, based on the work of Ikram Nazarov -- Flanking detachment in the mountains: a Soviet experience / Lester W. Grau and V.A. Selivanov -- Cave warfare / Ikram Karimov --^Large Unit. The campaign for the caves: the battles for Zhawar in the Soviet-Afghan War / Lester W. Grau and Ali Ahmad Jalali --^Reconnaissance. Mountain reconnaissance Russian style / Lester W. Grau, based on the work of Michael Panov --^Artillery. Moving artillery forward: a concept for the fight in Afghanistan / Joseph A. Jackson --^Small Arms Fire. The right way to shoot: how to select firing positions and firing ready positions in mountainous conditions / Michael Panov -- It is difficult -- but possible and necessary -- to master the skills and techniques of shooting in mountains / Michael Panov -- Shelter. So that making camp makes you stronger: organizing rest and overnight halts for personnel in the mountains / Michael Panov -- Russian Army Training. Along slopes and tracks: training method for overcoming mountain obstacles / Michael Panov -- Forward, up, and then down: how to use a rope to climb a steep mountain slope / Michael Panov -- Don't let me down --^belay: training method for negotiating mountain obstacles / Michael Panov --^How to "tame" a river: getting across water obstacles in the mountains / Michael Panov --^Train to win: organizing and conducting physical training for soldiers in the mountains / Michael Panov --^Logistics. Hydro-meteorological support of military transport along mountain rivers / Vladimir Shiryayev -- What a water transport company should be: the need for special supply delivery transport units in mountain areas / Vladimir Shiryayev -- Communications. Mountain combat: hard to move, hard to shoot, even harder to communicate / Lester W. Grau and Jason Falivene -- Medical Considerations. Medical implications of high altitude combat / Lester W. Grau and William A. Jorgensen -- Aviation. Helicopter landings in the mountains / Lester W. Grau, Anthony Reed, and James W. Grau, based on the work of D.B. Zipir.
• Altri titoli varianti: Mountain warfare and other lofty problems
• Titolo autorizzato: Mountain warfare and other lofty problems
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910709859003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II