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Soldier's Handbook for Individual Operations and Survival in Cold-Weather Areas
TC 21-3

 

*TC 21-3

TRAINING CIRCULAR
No. 21-3

HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Washington, DC, 17 March 1986

 

TC 21-3

SOLDIER'S HANDBOOK FOR INDIVIDUAL OPERATIONS AND SURVIVAL IN COLD-WEATHER AREAS

CONTENTS


PREFACE.

 

CHAPTER 1.

Introduction to Cold-Weather Operations

 

1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4

COLD CONDITIONS
EFFECTS OF COLD WEATHER ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
OVERCOMING THE COLD
POSITIVE LEADERSHIP AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE

CHAPTER 2.

Personal Clothing and Equipment

 

2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-9

INDIVIDUAL CLOTHING
COLD-WET VERSUS COLD-DRY
THE COLD-WEATHER UNIFORM
EXTENDED COLD-WEATHER CLOTHING SYSTEM (ECWCS) (TEST)
TIPS ON WEAR AND MAINTENANCE OF CLOTHING
COLD-WEATHER EQUIPMENT
LOAD-CARRYING EQUIPMENT
OVER-THE-SNOW MOVEMENT EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER 3.

Tents and Heating Equipment

 

3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-8
3-9
3-10

GENERAL
TENT GROUP EQUIPMENT
AHKIO
PACKING
TEN-MAN ARCTIC TENT
BUILDING ARCTIC TENTS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PITCHING TENTS
YUKON STOVE
PRECAUTIONS
SQUAD STOVE9 M1950

CHAPTER 4.

Small Arms and Ammunition

 

4-1
4-2

GENERAL
CARE, CLEANING, AND MAINTENANCE

CHAPTER 5.

Rations and Diet

 

5-1
5-2
5-3

GENERAL
RATIONS
LIQUIDS

CHAPTER 6.

Hygiene and First Aid

 

6-1
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-6
6-7
6-8
6-9
6-10
6-11
6-12
6-13
6-14

GENERAL
HYGIENE TIPS FOR THE SOLDIER
HYPOTHERMIA
FROSTBITE
DEHYDRATION
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
PREVENTION
SUNBURN
TENT EYE
TRENCH FOOT/IMMERSION FOOT
CONSTIPATION
DIARRHEA
HEAT CRAMPS
HEAT EXHAUSTION

CHAPTER 7.

Bivouac Routine

 

7-1
7-2
7-3
7-4
7-5
7-6
7-7
7-8
7-9
7-10
7-11

GENERAL
BIVOUAC SITE
SITE SELECTION
RECONNAISSANCE OF BIVOUAC SITE
TRAIL PLAN
OCCUPATION
BOUGH-CUTTING AREAS
GARBAGE
LATRINE
WATER POINTS AND SNOW AREAS
STORAGE

CHAPTER 8.

Individual Movement

 

8-1
8-2
8-3

GENERAL
SKIS
SNOWSHOES

CHAPTER 9.

Land Navigation

 

9-1
9-2
9-3
9-4
9-5
9-6
9-7

GENERAL
SKIS
DISTANCE AND DIRECTION
MEASURING DISTANCES
DETERMINING DIRECTION
NAVIGATION BY DEAD RECKONING
HINTS FOR THE NAVIGATOR

CHAPTER 10.

Survival

 

10-1
1--2
10-3
10-4
10-5

GENERAL
ACTION WHEN LOST
IMPROVISED SHELTERS
FOOD
USEFUL KNOTS

APPENDIX A.

Wind Chill

APPENDIX B.

Approximate Measurement Conversion Factors

APPENDIX C.

Visual Emergency Signals

References

 

Glossary

 

Authorization

 

* This publication supersedes TC 21-3, 30 September 1974.


 

 

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