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Part 1: Uniforms, equipment, and weapons<br> =========================================

1. Most Special Forces and SEAL personnel prefer to wear black clothing. However, during the Vietnam years, U.S. forces operating in south China, Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam preferred to wear Tiger Stripe camouflage

2. In Vietnam, most personnel wore special boots called jungle boots. The upper half of the boot was canvas to let the feet breathe, the lower half was leather. The soles were very similar to the waffle stompers on hiking boots, but the

3. Most personnel operating in Southeast Asia wore bandannas or bush hats. No one ever wears a helmet during Special Operations.

Personal equipment carried by Special Ops personnel always has to be in small quantities. The reason for this is fairly obvious, if you are walking thirty or forty miles, you don't want to carry a pack, or anything else for that matter, t

First, you would probably need some sort of backpack or butt pack to carry loose equipment. You can carry energy-giving food, water, insect reppelent, dry socks, scivvies, grease paint, compass, first aid equipment, carabiners, rope, Zipp

1. The insignia of the U.S. Army Special Forces is a turquoise coloured arrowhead patch, with the Airborne tab directly above the skyward arrow. On the patch itself, there are three lightning bolts. They stand for the three meth

Suggested fighting knives to be carried by Special Ops personnel are, the M7 bayonet for use with the M-16 rifle, the Air Force pilots' survival knife with sharpening stone, the Marine Corps fighting knife (similar to the Kabar

2. For those of you who prefer weapons that make a bang, here are a few suggestions. It is wise to carry weapons that the other side uses when going on covert missions. For instance, in Vietnam, Special Forces carried AK-47

3. The last category in the weapons department is Pyrotechnics, not synonymous with Pyromania. As far as grenades go, you can use either a personnel-propelled frag or a rocket propelled grenade. The two best frag grenades are th

Explosives used most of the time consist of C-4. The M-18 Claymore mine uses it. The Claymore is set up on four stilts, and is labeled "FRONT, TOWARDS ENEMY." It is detonated by tripwire or by an electric switch. An added hi

1. Wear dark clothing that will hide you at night, but will make you blend in during the day.

2. Do not wear any sort of rank, insignia, or identification. However, it would be wise to take a tip from the SEALs; wear a number on all of your clothing, so that your own people can identify you if you become a casualty.

4. Always take someone who is familiar with the terrain your team will be traversing.

5. Never talk, use hand signals. If a twig breaks, or a dry leaf cracks, it could be anything; like an animal. If you talk, it flows over the ground, even if you whisper. In the still of night, a whispering voice is definitely human.

6. Have your escape route covered. Choppers waiting in a landing zone are always helpful.

7. Learn how to walk in a crouch. Learn how to sneak around like the enemy. Take careful steps, always make the ball of your foot touch the ground first.

8. If you spot enemy personnel, do not look at them. If you think about it, someone staring at you is always going to make you turn around and see them; therefore, always look just to the right or left of the enemy soldiers. Believe me

1. Say you have a specific target in mind, like a specific person, and you have been instructed by your superiors or employer, to terminate him with extreme prejudice; in order to complete your mission you must have a devised plan. It wo

If you are planning on making your target a casualty via knife, use your imagination.

2. Psychological warfare is always interesting. We will give you as examples, some of the methods used by MACVSOG team members in Southeast Asia.

During the war in Vietnam, members of MACVSOG set up fake radio stations in Southeast Asian communist countries where they broadcast false information about U.S. and allied military troop movements, and such things like that.

Lastly, for those of you who are interested in scaring the hell out of the enemy, frequently the Green Berets would locate an enemy campsite at night, find two men sleeping near each other, and then slit the throat of one of them.

We once heard about an intersting technique that the SEALs used in Vietnam. It went as follows: First, you've got a target in mind. Again, we assume a "tax collector."

1. For rapid fire of ammunition, tape two magazines together, so that the receiving ends face out.

2. For the ability to climb rapidly, cut off the two middle sections on the ball of your jungle boots' waffle stompers.

5. Tie your knife sheath upside down on your suspenders, so you can merely reach across your chest and grab your blade very quickly if need be.

6. Put tape around your dog tags, (if you wear them) or interlace one or two in your shoe strings.

7. Do not wear an ID that could connect you as being a citizen, or a representative of the U.S. If you break the rules, don't involve the government.

9. If you are carrying magazines in a pouch, place something in-between each one, like empty cigarette packs, so they won't rattle.

13. When using a radio, only answer yes and no by keying the mike once for "yes," and twice for "no."

Special Warfare Manual

by Baby Huey and The Titan