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a SPECIAL WARFARE MANUAL
FM-1985
Written by Baby Huey and The Titan
Part 1: Uniforms, equipment, and weapons
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A. Clothing--
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1. Most Special Forces and SEAL personnel prefer to wear black
clothing. However, during the Vietnam years, U.S. forces
operating in south China, Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and
South Vietnam preferred to wear Tiger Stripe camouflage.
2. In Vietnam, most personnel wore special boots called jungle
boots. The upper half of the boot was canvas to let the feet
breathe, the lower half was leather. The soles were very
similar to the waffle stompers on hiking boots.
3. Most personnel operating in Southeast Asia wore bandannas
or bush hats. No one ever wears a helmet during Special
Operations.
B. Equipment--
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Personal equipment carried by Special Ops personnel always has
to be in small quantities. The reason for this is fairly
obvious, if you are walking thirty or forty miles, you don't
want to carry a pack, or anything else for that matter, to keep
you from tiring out.
First, you would probably need some sort of backpack or butt
pack to carry loose equipment. You can carry energy-giving
food, water, insect repellent, dry socks, scivvies, grease
paint, compass, first aid equipment, carabiners, rope, and
whatever stuff you can find.
C. Weapons--
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1. The insignia of the U.S. Army Special Forces is a
turquoise coloured arrowhead patch, with the Airborne
tab directly above the skyward arrow. On the patch
itself, there are three lightning bolts. They stand
for the three methods of fighting: hand-to-hand,
weapondry, and aerial combat.
Suggested fighting knives to be carried by Special
Ops personnel are, the M7 bayonet for use with the
M-16 rifle, the Air Force pilots' survival knife
with sharpening stone, the Marine Corps fighting
knife (similar to the Kabard m1000 knife)
2. For those of you who prefer weapons that make a
bang, here are a few suggestions. It is wise to carry
weapons that the other side uses when going on covert
missions. For instance, in Vietnam, Special Forces
carried AK-47 assassinators and penetrated the enemy
camps by using the Vietnameses' own stuff.
3. The last category in the weapons department is
Pyrotechnics, not synonymous with Pyromania. As far as
grenades go, you can use either a personnel-propelled
frag or a rocket propelled grenade. The two best frag
grenades are the Frags' 1 and 2m.
Explosives used most of the time consist of C-4.
The M-18 Claymore mine uses it. The Claymore is
set up on four stilts, and is labeled "FRONT,
TOWARDS ENEMY." It is detonated by tripwire or by
an electric switch. An added hindrance are
electric ground mines.
Part 2: Tactics in Guerilla Warfare
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A. Movement to a determined target--
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1. Wear dark clothing that will hide you at night, but will
make you blend in during the day.
2. Do not wear any sort of rank, insignia, or identification.
However, it would be wise to take a tip from the SEALs; wear a
number on all of your clothing, so that your own people can
identify you if you become a casualty.
3. Travel in small parties of four to ten team members.
4. Always take someone who is familiar with the terrain your
team will be traversing.
5. Never talk, use hand signals. If a twig breaks, or a dry
leaf cracks, it could be anything; like an animal. If you talk,
it flows over the ground, even if you whisper. In the still of
night, a whispering voice is definitely human.
6. Have your escape route covered. Choppers waiting in a
landing zone are always helpful.
7. Learn how to walk in a crouch. Learn how to sneak around
like the enemy. Take careful steps, always make the ball of
your foot touch the ground first.
8. If you spot enemy personnel, do not look at them. If you
think about it, someone staring at you is always going to make
you turn around and see them; therefore, always look just to
the right or left of the enemy soldiers. Believe me, it's
weird but it's TRUE.
B. Attack and psychological warfare--
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1. Say you have a specific target in mind, like a specific
person, and you have been instructed by your superiors or
employer, to terminate him with extreme prejudice; in order to
complete your mission you must have a devised plan. It would
be a good idea on having at least half a dozen.
If you are planning on making your target a casualty via
knife, use your imagination.
2. Psychological warfare is always interesting. We will give
you as examples, some of the methods used by MACVSOG team
members in Southeast Asia.
During the war in Vietnam, members of MACVSOG set up fake
radio stations in Southeast Asian communist countries where
they broadcast false information about U.S. and allied
military troop movements, and such things like that. On a
close range dummies would prove very helpful in decieving
the enemy. They would , of course, attack the wrong places,
and then you can nail those commies from the back.
Lastly, for those of you who are interested in scaring the
hell out of the enemy, frequently the Green Berets would
locate an enemy campsite at night, find two men sleeping
near each other, and then slit the throat of one of them.
After this, the others will be too scared to sleep in the
next few battles, and they will lose.
C. Prisoners Of War--
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We once heard about an intersting technique that the SEALs
used in Vietnam. It went as follows: First, you've got a
target in mind. Again, we assume a "tax collector." Your
mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find the
man and bring him back to base.
D. Do's And Don'ts in Guerilla Warfare--
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1. For rapid fire of ammunition, tape two magazines
together, so that the receiving ends face out.
2. For the ability to climb rapidly, cut off the two
middle sections on the ball of your jungle boots' waffle
stompers.
3. Always have a piece of safety tape wrapped around
the grenade and the spoon.
4. Use tracers at night.
5. Tie your knife sheath upside down on your
suspenders, so you can merely reach across your chest
and grab your blade very quickly if need be.
6. Put tape around your dog tags, (if you wear them) or
interlace one or two in your shoe strings.
7. Do not wear an ID that could connect you as being a
citizen, or a representative of the U.S. If you break
the rules, don't involve the government.
8. Know what kind of food is available in the jungle,
or wherever you are.
9. If you are carrying magazines in a pouch, place
something in-between each one, like empty cigarette
packs, so they won't rattle.
10. Use silencers when available.
11. Use starlight scopes at night.
12. Never let anything get wet.
13. When using a radio, only answer yes and no by keying
the mike once for "yes," and twice for "no."
14. Make sure everything you have, including yourself,
is very dark in colour.
15. Hit quickly, and get the hell out of there fast.
16. HAPPY HUNTING
=============================================================================== THIS FILE REVISED AND EDITED BY **LORD FOUL** AND ---the coconut---. h