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Contents:
Introduction
The range of missions: passive and active recon – collecting battlefield intelligence – wide-ranging employment of these light, flexible units for a variety of combat missions in attack and defense – screening and security – reaction and exploitation missions
The battlefield environment – different tactics imposed by different terrains, climates and enemies
Mobility: on foot or horseback – boats – motorcycles – light trucks – armoured cars – half-cars – light tanks
# Weapons
Communications: the vital importance of radios for mobile operations – other means – observation – range-finding
Tactics – techniques for different missions at different levels of unit
National techniques: specifics of organization, vehicles, equipment and techniques of US, Brit, Soviet, German and Japanese armies.