Research Catalog

Title

Mountain warfare and other lofty problems : foreign perspectives on high-altitude combat / [edited by] Lester W. Grau & Charles K. Bartles, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Publication

• Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2016.
• ©2011

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grau, Lester W.
• Bartles, Charles K.

Description

246 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Foreign perspectives on high-altitude combat

Subjects

• Mountain warfare
• Mountain warfare > Case studies
• Mountain troops
• Military mountaineering
• Military geography

Note

• Originally published: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Foreign Military Studies Office, 2011.
• "Suggestions for Further Reading" (pages 243-244).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 16-6772

ISBN

• 9781909982079
• 1909982075

OCLC

883426517

Title

Mountain warfare and other lofty problems : foreign perspectives on high-altitude combat / [edited by] Lester W. Grau & Charles K. Bartles, Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Publisher

Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2011

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Grau, Lester W., editor.

Bartles, Charles K., editor.

Other Editions:

Reproduction of (manifestation): Mountain warfare and other lofty problems. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Foreign Military Studies Office, 2011 (OCoLC)759126012

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6772