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FM 21-150 Combatives

FM 21-150

Combatives

Army · FM · Jan 1992 · 232 pages

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Hand-to-hand combat is an engagement between two or more persons in an empty-handed struggle or with handheld weapons such as knives, sticks, and rifles with bayonets. These fighting arts are essential military skills. Projectile weapons may be lost or broken, or they may fail to fire. When friendly and enemy forces become so intermingled that firearms and grenades are not practical, hand-to-hand combat skills become vital assets. 1-1. PURPOSE OF COMBATIVES TRAINING Today's battlefield scenarios may require silent elimination of the enemy. Unarmed combat and expedient-weapons training should not be limited to forward units. With rapid mechanized/motorized, airborne, and air assault abilities, units throughout the battle area could be faced with close-quarter or unarmed fighting situations.

DesignationFM 21-150

EditionJan 1992

StatusSuperseded

Pages232

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionRecent Archive

Editions 3

References 2

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