Hey Veeky Forums

Actually, specific to your scenario could be FM 3-06. MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain). Published in 2003, from before the trials of Fallujah, but it's what I was trained on and it hasn't changed much. Basically it is SWAT tactics. Stacking on doorways, clearing rooms, settings cordons, etc. Hope that helps.

Now THAT will come in handy, especially if it deals in those narrow corridors and clusters of houses we have in the favelas.

We don't have any manuals for that here at all, so we've just been using common sense and hoping for the best.

I'll give them all a few good reads, thank you.

Just a quick mspaint on room clearing. You probably get this training, but it's good to practice. This is the "glass house" training every soldier receives. Lay out an imaginary structure on the ground, then practice clearing it with a team. Team stacks on the door. #4 man kicks open door. #1 man rushes forward/left, clearing targets. #2 man behind him, rushing forward/right, clearing targets. And so on, until threats are eliminated and the room is clear. Repeat until building is called clear. Aggression and speed takes priority. Sorry if it is basic, but maybe it can save lives.

Two main differences is we would have two men going in at once, their line of sight crossing into an X, and instead of stacking them all together they'd be split in 2 groups, one at each side of the door.

This method seems to be more effective though, less room for error, especially when we are talking about conscripted soldiers.

They all end up in the same position, but the process is slightly overcomplicated

By "This method seems to be more effective" i mean your method.

It is easier to teach too, i'll probably switch to it.

Can I download these from the usual venues (#books, gen.lib etc.)? I'm not an army man, just curious. Especially in this:
>organization of units and projection/support structures within the Army
Do I just look up those titles you posted?

Worked for me, you can usually find these in google, they are open distribution.

Why the fuck are they using manuals from WW2? I know they don't have much money to spend, but surely if they can afford tanks and helicopters than they can afford some more modern books.

Thanks. They are in the public domain? I thought these would be classified or at least hard to obtain. Is it because they are basic and trivial for army personnel with more than basic training? Or is it because they are older versions? Are any of the above in use with the US Army? Not that I mind either way, I don't know the first thing about army organization and tactics.

Never understood why. It's even funnier because we didn't inspire our doctrine in yours, we literally copy pasted and translated into portuguese.

They are public domain, you can't train hundreds of thousands of people and expect it to remain a secret anyway, though some stuff is removed from the public ones, i'm sure.

And no, they are not trivial, and i'm sure you would be able to find newer versions quite easily too. You could say they are all still in use in the US Army, they would be the base of the US Army just as they are in Brazil, ours are just outdated as fuck since we never had the need to modernize.

As an example, here you can download all the Brazillian (American WW2 translated) manuals.

bdex.eb.mil.br/jspui/

Not sure if there's such a site for the US Army, but i could find most of the recommended on google.