FM 21-150PrefaceThis field manual contains information and guidance pertaining to rifle-bayonetfighting and hand-to-hand combat. The hand-to-hand combat portion of this manualis divided into basic and advanced training. The techniques are applied as intuitivepatterns of natural movement but are init...
US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combatANNE GEARANSLOBODAN LEKIC
Whether you’ve been following Retrotechtacular for a while or have firsthand experience with the U.S. Army, you know that when they want to teach something to a someone, they’ll get the job done in spades with a side of style. The era between WWII and the Vietnam War was a golde...
United States of America (1962-1963) Main Battle Tank – None Built By 1962, the 105 mm Gun Tank M60 was still a new tank in service with the US Army but, just like any current system, was already being considered for future replacement, redevelopment, and upgrading. The latest ...
A first “Mobile Optical Repair Truck” was developed in 1942 with the help of the ‘American Optical Company’ who drew the plans (suppliers to the US Army). It was estimated that almost fifteen percent of military personnel were wearing spectacles, and the need for quick repair in the ...
A F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 launches from the deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex as part of the F-35B's first combat strike, against a Taliban target in Afghanistan, September 27, 2018. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matt...
Wei Jianguo, former vice minister of commerce and vice secretary general at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, touted this round of consultation as a nice victory for China in a "hand-to-hand combat," online news outlet CFBond reported today. ...
General Kuribayashi had dispensed with the costly “banzai” charges typically practiced by the Japanese army and ordered his men to fight in a fashion that more closely resembled guerilla warfare. Japanese troops would ambush Marines and then disappear into their warren of caves and tunnels, only...
While the official cause was deemed to be a pilot error, as the pilot had forgotten, due to the lack of a checklist, to unlock the control surfaces (it was this accident that introduced checklists as standard equipment on aircraft), the US Army would cut the order to only 13 planes, ...