US Army Survival Manual

Official Military Survival Manual FM-21-76

 Originally commissioned by the Department of the Army to train its special forces in all-climate, all-terrain survival tactics, this manual describes situations and illustrates solutions that could mean the difference between life and death. A must for anyone who wants to know how to survive in primitive conditions. The book is very straightforward with many pictures and user-friendly illustrations, written in an easy to understand language. The information is first treated generally, as it tells you how to travel, find water and food, shelter yourself from the weather and care for yourself if you should become sick or injured and then it applies the information to specific climatic areas as the arctic, the desert, the tropical jungle, temperate forest, savannahs, and the ocean.

Just some of the areas covered in this book are:

  The will to survive. Individual as well as group survival. How to identify poisonous snakes, as well as edible and non-edible plants. Survival Medicine. Wilderness medicine. Techniques on first aid. Survival in the hottest or coldest of climates. Survival Planning. Make polluted water potable. How to find water. Techniques to trap and collect water. How to make it potable for drinking. How to improvise containers for boiling food. Navigation, orientation and compass use. Finding direction using the sun and stars. Weapons and Tools. Recognizing signs of land when lost at sea. Building life-saving shelters. Forecasting the weather from the clouds. Traps and snares. How to prepare wild game to be cooked. Preserving food. All types of fire making. Water Crossings. Physical and mental fitness. Disaster preparedness. Again this is just some of the survival information is this book!

  This book is a must for campers, hikers, explorers, pilots, and anyone who wants to know how to survive in primitive conditions. Illustrations. 288 Pages.
Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

$6.95