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

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Grau, Lester W., editor.

Bartles, Charles K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountain warfare.

Mountain warfare--Case studies.

Military mountaineering.

Mountain troops.

Military geography.

Tactics.

Genre:

Online resources.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps (1 color)

polychrome.

Other Title:

Foreign perspectives on high-altitude combat

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Foreign Military Studies Office, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (DTIC, viewed July 31, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Mountain warfare and other lofty problems

OCLC:

1046677055