Handbuch für Fallschirmjäger

This faithful reprint of a handbook for paratroopers of the former NVA instructs the reader comprehensively in the following areas: General information in connection with the RS-9/2 A. clothing and equipment; jumping parachute and BE-8 rescue parachute; ground training with commands, signals, etc.; actions during parachuting with combat equipment; special features of night and winter jumping as well as landings on obstacles, uneven terrain, trees, high-voltage power lines, moorland, water, etc.; Tactics training: deployment of the paratroopers with numerous tasks; penetration of the rear area on foot, by vehicle, by rolling over, helicopter, jumping and by dropping boats and ships; reconnaissance of enemy objects by method by day, night, etc.; Combat actions of the paratroop troop, such as ambush, ambush, security, organisation of the fire system, etc.; Actions on meeting the enemy (actions on approaching the enemy, deceiving and shaking off the enemy after he has been detected, destroying the pursuers, reconnaissance, infiltration, etc.); peculiarities of behaviour in the forest, nourishment from nature (hunting, flora, fauna, etc.) as well as measures of self-help and mutual aid in case of occurring diseases; military physical training and close combat school; mountaineering, fighting on skis, transport of wounded, as well as further special training.