The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance for the Stinger team in support of air defense operations. It is also written to support the training of individuals to function as members of a Stinger team. When skilled individuals are molded into efficient, smooth-functioning teams, their capability to accomplish assigned missions is greatly increased. The effectiveness of Stinger varies directly with the individual skills of each team member and the collective proficiency of each team. The key to both is training. This manual focuses on the techniques and procedures used by the Stinger team to engage and destroy hostile targets. FM 44-18-1 consists of two parts: Part I describes the Stinger system and tells how to use the weapon to shoot down aircraft. This part also describes how the team operates in combat.
DesignationFM 44-18-1
EditionDec 1984
StatusSuperseded
Pages244
FunctionFires
EchelonTeam
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)