Note. Close combat training should be given first individually, then squad against squad, and should he based on small unit actions involving antipartisan warfare, combat patrols, and counterattacks. Individual training should be conducted in slow motion under supervision.
| Weapons Training | Firing Practice | Combat Training |
|---|---|---|
| First Week | ||
| Locking and loading of weapons; preliminary marksmanship on transition range. | - | Observation and sound detection exercises; orientation by the moon, stars, compass, and landmarks; terrain appreciation and utilization; ranger tactics; estimating distances; concealment and excavation in the dark. |
| Second Week | ||
| Individual weapons training; locking and loading; setting up firing positions; aiming at light and muzzle flash, under varying conditions of visibility; emplacing weapons for defense; and preparing machine gun for action. | - | Setting up and securing bivouac; unobserved approach to same by alternating squads; night movement; camouflage; second exercise in estimating distances; patrol training; competitive squad exercises; creeping and crawling; suppression of noises made by equipment; utilization of terrain under different light conditions during the hours of darkness; change in concealment and means of orientation at dawn; security of bivouac area at dawn combined with squad patrol exercises. |
| Third Week | ||
| Individual weapons training; rifle and submachine gun marksmanship during darkness; aiming weapons at muzzle flashes and by direction of sounds. | Nightfiring | Noiseless removal of obstructions; movement into enemy lines; hand-to-hand combat to include jujitsu, bayonet training, lassoing, clubbing, etc.; approach and withdrawal marches simulating combat conditions. |
| Fourth Week | ||
| Grenade throwing with practice grenades | Live grenades (emphasis on precision and long-range throwing). | Deployment from moving columns; transmission of messages; maintenance of contact; security patrols; penetration of a position involving hand-to-hand fighting; outflanking a position; defense against counterattack; pursuit; shifting to the defensive; co-operation with supporting weapons; prepared attack at dawn; cross-country march; reinforced point security; orienting and repelling enemy counterattacks; all-around security; employment of heavy weapons; noiseless clearance of obstacle; motorized reconnaissance. |
| Specialized training, Third to Eighth week | ||
| The entire specialized training program for armored personnel carrier, heavy machine gun, Infantry cannon, mortar and bazooka crews and drivers included in the 8-week schedule must be repeated at night and incorporated in the light weapons squad training to perfect combined arms teamwork. During firing practice the light weapons squad should, If possible, be placed in such a way that the heavy weapons can fire overhead, even at night, safety considerations permitting. | ||
| Firing Practice | Combat Training |
|---|---|
| Fifth Week | |
| Night firing with small arms and heavy weapons. | Construction of entrenchments; use of entrenching tools; preparation for defense; construction of obstacles; sentry duty and conduct in position; fire fight; co-operation with heavy weapons in defense; relief and evacuation of a position during darkness as a result of an enemy attack; enemy penetration and counterattack; close-combat training; use of armored personnel carriers; approach and return of patrols; night marches; forced marches under simulated air attack; establishment of tent camp; precautions against noises, lights at night; retrograde movement under heavy enemy pressure, involving formation of covering force. |
| Sixth Week | |
| Night firing; hasty snapshot firing with rifle, pistol, and submachine gun. | Forest fighting; fighting in inhabited localities; fighting against partisans; night attack against airborne troops; employment of armored personnel carriers and heavy weapons; teamwork with tanks at night; fighting against tanks at night with antitank close-combat weapons; at dawn preparations for river crossing, crossing on pneumatic floats, establishment of a bridgehead, and defense of the bridgehead. |
| Seventh Week | |
| Night firing; hasty and snapshot firing with automatic rifle; firing from hip with machinegun | Combat patrol training; infiltration and raids; hand-to-hand fighting; overpowering garrison occupying a trench; posting of rear guards; overcoming march obstacles, such as mine fields and terrain contamination attack by infiltrating an enemy position; preparation for defense; dawn attack against MLR. |
| Eighth Week | |
| - | 24-hour company problem to include: daytime assembly; attack, penetration; switch to defensive, and entrenchment; night construction of defensive positions, teamwork with heavy weapons, night supply operations, relief, repcIling attack, sealing off penetration, and counterattack; dawn attack with armored personnel carriers and tanks from prepared positions. |
| Advanced training, Ninth to Twelfth Week | |
| Repetition of all Important phases and elimination of all deficiencies. Particular emphasis should be placed on squad and platoon firing practice at night, in co-ordination with heavy weapons and if possible with tanks. Penetration into prepared positions should be practiced with live ammunition and hand grenades. Night attack by combat patrols should be staged repeatedly with live ammunition. Close antitank comhat should be practiced until completely mastered. | |
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