Название: The Official U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook
Автор: Department of the Army
Издательство: Lyons Press
Год: 2023
Страниц: 193
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (pdf), epub (true)
Размер: 67.0 MB, 24.4 MB

The U.S. Army's official guide to map reading, determining location, and navigating.

For a soldier, knowing where you are is a matter of life and death, and so it comes as no surprise that the Army has produced the most complete, clear, and thorough guide to map reading and navigation available.

The book starts with a comprehensive explanation of the meaning and uses of maps, whether photographic, planimetric (standard-style), or topographic, then proceeds to the use of those maps, discussing compass techniques, celestial navigation, and determination of distance. There is a detailed section on interpreting topographic maps, with notes on tactical considerations for differing terrain, as well as determining the ease of movement through an area.

The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Armywide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual contains both doctrine and training guidance on these subjects. Part One addresses map reading and Part Two, land navigation. The appendixes include a list of exportable training materials, a matrix of land navigation tasks, an introduction to orienteering, and a discussion of several devices that can assist the soldier in land navigation.

The book's crucial, well-illustrated chapters have invaluable information on:

• Training Strategy
• Maps
• Marginal Information and Symbols
• Grids
• Scale and Distance
• Direction
• Overlays
• Aerial Photographs
• Navigation Equipment and Methods
• Elevation Relief
• Terrain Association
• Mounted Land Navigation
• Navigation in Different Types of Terrain
• Unit Sustainment

There is also information on field sketching, the tricky art of map folding, units of measure and conversion factors, map symbols, orienteering, and the global positioning system (GPS).