The African Merc Combat Manual

The African Merc Combat Manual
Author: Anonymous
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre:
ISBN:

This book was published toward the tail end of the heyday of mercenary work in Central-America and Africa, more specifically in countries like the Congo, Angola, and Rhodesia. While some of the more timeframe specific info is very outdated, the TTPs outlined within the book are as effective today, as they were then - perhaps even more so!From the Introduction: "This manual is not the bible, nor the beginning or the end of combat manuals. It deals with the job of operating a mercenary unit both on your own and with regular army forces on the continent of Africa... This manual is solely a simple text to assist the freelancer to stay alive and to give him the edge, as the bush in Africa forgives few when it comes to dancing with the devil.Contents: IntroductionChapter 1 - Commando Rules for BattleChapter 2 - Commando External RaidsChapter 3 - Profile of the Terrorist AimChapter 4 - Principles of COIN WarfareChapter 5 - Commando Base Camp Fighting PositionsChapter 6 - Observation PointsChapter 7 - Operational MethodsChapter 8 - Pseudo-Terrorist GangsChapter 9 - Tracking and CountertrackingChapter 10 - Basic Ground/Air Emergency SignalsChapter 11 - Medical AidChapter 12 - Employment PossibilitiesChapter 13 - International Law and the MercenaryChapter 14 - African Travel GuideChapter 15 - A Cynical Look at the TradeAfterwordAppendix A - Temperature and Rainfall ChartAppendix B - African ConflictsAppendix C - Currency Tabl

African Merc Combat Manual

African Merc Combat Manual
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 203
Release: 1986-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780788154928

This combat manual deals with the job of operating a mercenary unit both on your own and with regular army forces in the continent of Africa during the last 20 years It is a combination of four manuals and accumulated materials used by the 5th and 6th Commando units which operated in the Congo during the late 19501s and early 19601s, the Steiner Genocide Battalions in Biafra during the late 19601s, the Portuguese Paras Flechas in Angola and Mozambique and the Rhodesian Para-Commandos during the late 19701s. This manual is a simple text to assist the freelancer to stay alive and to give him the edge, as the bush in Africa forgives few.

African Merc Combat Manual

African Merc Combat Manual
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 203
Release: 1986
Genre: Commando troops
ISBN: 9780873643603

Casca Longinus emerges in modern times as Casey Romain, the man who must overthrow the regime of Matthew Dzhombe, crazed dictator of Kimshaka. Bringing down Dzhombe is the easy part. It's dealing with the treacheries of tribal politics and the fire of international war that's going to be tough

Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts

Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts
Author: Scott Fitzsimmons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107026911

Fitzsimmons argues that small mercenary groups must maintain a superior culture to successfully engage and defeat larger and better-equipped opponents.

Combatants in African Conflicts

Combatants in African Conflicts
Author: Simon David Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351065440

This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third. Drawing on the work of Carl von Clausewitz, this book provides a conceptually stable and analytically sound new typology on combatants. Analysing the relationships between state and society, and drawing on Clausewitz's Trinity of passion, chance, and reason, the book presents a set of five types of armed actors: Professionals, Praetorians, Militias, Insurgents, and Mercenaries. Each type is developed through a close reading of foundational theoretical texts, reviews of contemporary studies, and a historical analysis of their unique characteristics. Unlike a reductionist binary perspective, this typology accounts for the dynamic, complex, and evolving relationships of these actors with the state and society. A typology of combatants in conflicts in Africa can provide avenues for more in-depth analysis of such conflicts and holds implications for Security Sector Reform projects and other peace-building programmes. As such, this book will be an essential reference for scholars and students of African Politics and Military and Security Studies.

Gung-ho

Gung-ho
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1989
Genre: Mercenary troops
ISBN:

The New Mercenaries

The New Mercenaries
Author: Anthony Mockler
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1987
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

"Human vermin," African leaders called them. When mercenaries suddenly reappeared on the twentieth century scene in Katanga in 1960, amazement, dismay, and uproar followed. Since that disconcerting revival of an apparent anachronism, the world came to accept mercenary soldiers. Indeed, some of their leaders became household names -- Rolf Steiner, Bob Denard, Black Jack Schramme, and "Mad Mike" Hoare, who luck finally ran out in the Seychelles. After beginning with a brief history of the mercenary soldier, Mockler continues with a series of lengthy, interconnected chapters which describe political upheavals in South Africa and which chronicle the part hired soldiers have played in these events.