Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Pentagon Publishing
Keywords: fm5, boobytraps
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2004-06-01
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0975900935
ISBN-13: 9780975900932

Chapters include introduction and principles of boobytraps, basic doctrine, planning and installation, equipment firing devices, demolition materials including small missile construction techniques, miscellaneous boobytraps from improvised materials. Also chapter on detecting and removing boobytraps, clearing and disarming methods. Heavily illustrated.

Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Apple Pie Publishers
Keywords: rigging
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1999-03-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0967512379
ISBN-13: 9780967512372

This excellent book covers rigging and application of fiber rope, wire rope and chains used in various combinations to raise and move heavy loads. Chapters on knots, splices and attachment. Hoisting chains and hooks, slings and much more. Very well illustrated. Don’t use ropes without it!

Author: The U.S. Department of Defense
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Keywords: recovery, evasion, survival, army
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2008-09-17
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1602393354
ISBN-13: 9781602393356

Survive any situation, anywhere! Compiled from the most relevant and important survival information offered by current U.S. Army personnel, and proved by past experience, this handy and concise guide will equip readers to survive in life-threatening conditions. Topics include evasion, navigation, radio communications and signaling, recovery, plant medicine, personal protection, and water and food procurement and preservation. This book covers a surprising array of essential information in straightforward, no-nonsense terms. Included are instructions for survival in nuclear, biological, and ch

Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Pentagon Publishing
Keywords: references, techniques, devices, warfare, unconventional
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2004-06
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0975900978
ISBN-13: 9780975900970

This book covers incendiary systems, explosives, small arms, chemical additives and many more items that are used by Special Forces and others in the field. Very well illustrated.

Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Department of the Army
Keywords: manual, survival, army
Number of Pages: 285
Published: 1970-10
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0967512395
ISBN-13: 9780967512396

Army Survival Manual is the finest single source for self-reliance for all extreme circumstances. A must for anyone who wants to know how to survive in primitive conditions. The book is very straightforward with many pictures and user-friendly illustrations, written in easy to understand language. This is just some of the survival information that this book provides: All-climates: arctic, tropics, temperate forest, savannah or desert. All-terrain survival tactics. The Will to Survive. Identify poisonous snakes, as well as edible and non-edible plants. Survival Medicine. Wilderness medicine. Te

Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Pentagon Publishing
Keywords: munitions, improvised
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-06-01
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0975900900
ISBN-13: 9780975900901

In Unconventional Warfare operations it may be impossible or unwise to use conventional military munitions as tools in the conduct of certain missions. It may be necessary instead to fabricate the required munitions from locally available or unassuming materials. The purpose of this manual is to increase the potential of Special Forces and guerrilla troops by describing in detail the manufacture of munitions from seemingly innocuous locally available materials. Table of Contents: Explosives and propellants (including ingniters); Mines and Grenades; Small Arms Weapons and Ammunition; Mortars a

Author: Department of Defense
Publisher: Pentagon Publishing
Keywords: demolitions, explosives
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2004-06
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0975900951
ISBN-13: 9780975900956

Chapters on demolition materials and accessories firing systems electrical and non-electrical. Calculation and placement of charges, timber cutting, steel cutting, breaching charges, cratering and ditching, safe handling and storage procedures. Well illustrated.