This article is for informational purposes and provides an opportunity to get acquainted with two points of view (Chechen and Russian side) on the battle of paratroopers of the 6th company of the 104th regiment of the 76th Airborne Forces and Chechen militants under the command of and.
Version of the battle near Ulus-Kert from the Chechen side:
At the end of February and beginning of March, there is another anniversary of the famous battle near Ulus-Kert, during which the Mujahideen destroyed Russian infidel paratroopers from Pskov.
Despite the fact that the Kremlin’s propaganda about this battle has been repeatedly refuted by the Chechen side, Moscow is still trying to push lies into the public consciousness of the average person and impose its interpretation of that unprecedented battle in which the Mujahideen, exhausted by a 2-week winter march, completely defeated an elite unit of Russian troops .
10 years ago, on February 29, 2000, near Ulus-Kert, a fierce battle took place between a selected detachment of invaders and a unit of Chechen Mujahideen. 70 volunteer fighters stormed the height on which there was a company of those same Pskov paratroopers who, as Russian propaganda lies, allegedly “restrained the onslaught of 2 thousand militants.”
1,300 Mujahideen marched from Shatoi in the direction of Dargo-Vedeno. Exhausted by a long march, frozen, wounded, sick, the Mujahideen reached the gorge of the Vashtar River (Abazulgol). Intelligence reported that at a height between Ulus-Kert and Duba-Yurt, a detachment of invaders was located at their disposal with mortars.
Eyewitnesses and participants in that battle say that after a short meeting, the wounded Shamil Basayev (he was carried on a stretcher with his leg torn off) ordered Khattab to select the assault group and attack the paratroopers. Khattab initially refused, saying that the column (although under fire) would be able to pass the paratroopers without coming into fire contact. However, Shamil pointed out that in the event of passage under enemy fire, the losses would be disproportionately greater, and that the rearguard of the column would be under the threat of mortar fire.
Then Shamil Basayev turned to Khattab and said, “If you do not carry out my order now, then on the Day of Judgment I will testify before Allah that you did not carry out the order of your amir.” Hearing these words, Khattab immediately apologized and began to form an assault group, which he himself led. As Khattab himself later said, he was afraid of Shamil’s words and the fact that on the Day of Judgment he would have nothing to justify himself before the Almighty.
Khattab selected a group of Mujahideen of 70 volunteer fighters. Before the battle, Shamil addressed the Mujahideen with a speech. Then the assault began.
As the participants in the battle say, they climbed to the heights under heavy enemy fire at an incredibly slow speed. There was practically no strength to move up. The Mujahideen used their hands to help themselves move their legs. There was no talk of targeted shooting at paratroopers. When the advance group climbed the height, an impressive and at the same time strange picture appeared before them.
About 100 corpses were dumped in one heap, as if someone had deliberately dragged them to one place. Horror froze on the faces of all the paratroopers. The faces were gray-ash color. Almost all of them had bullet wounds to the head and chest, almost below the throat.
The Mujahideen lost 25 fighters (according to other sources, 21). Almost all those who died near Ulus-Kert were buried in the settlements of the Vedeno region: Tevzana, Makhkety, Khattuni.
As Khattab and the fighters of the assault group subsequently stated, all participants in that battle had a clear feeling that the cause of the death of the paratroopers was not so much their shooting, but the action of another force - Allah and his Angels.
Khattab, who loved to tell episodes of various battles, almost never talked much about the battle near Ulus-Kert. There is little about this fight
Other participants also spoke about it. When the Mujahideen tried to ask Khattab about that battle, he usually answered briefly - “It was not our work...”.
Meanwhile, Russian propaganda, trying to distort the real events of that battle, continues to tell tales “about hordes of militants and a handful of Russian heroes.” Articles and books are written, films and productions are made, generals and politicians appear on TV. Moreover, every year Russian state propaganda names different figures for Mujahideen losses, sometimes 500, sometimes 1500, sometimes 700 (this is the latest version). Moscow propagandists prefer not to answer a simple question - “where is the mass grave of militants?”
By the way, in those days, in the Ulus-Kert area, the Mujahideen killed up to 200 special forces of the Russian army. However, only the losses among the Pskov paratroopers were made official, which could not be kept silent about, since they were all from the same unit and the same city, and all residents of Pskov were aware of these losses.
About a week after the battle near Ulus-Kert, in the town of Duts-Khoti of the Selmentauzen rural administration, the Russian invaders, with the help of local apostates, betrayed and then vilely shot 42 wounded and unarmed Mujahideen, who, by decision of the Mujahideen command, were temporarily left in one from buildings on the outskirts of the village.
Subsequently, the traitors were found and destroyed.
Version of the battle near Ulus-Kert from the Russian side:
On the afternoon of February 29, 2000, the federal command hastened to interpret the capture of Shatoy as a signal that the “Chechen resistance” had been finally broken. Vladimir Putin was reported “on the completion of the tasks of the third stage” of the operation in the North Caucasus, and acting. O. OGV commander Gennady Troshev noted that operations to destroy the “escaping bandits” would be carried out for another two to three weeks, but the full-scale military operation had been completed.
Reserve Colonel Vladimir Vorobyov, a former paratrooper who served in Afghanistan (at one time he commanded the 104th “Cherekhin” regiment), will help us in the investigation. The father of senior lieutenant Alexei Vorobyov, who died near Ulus-Kert. Two years after the tragedy, he compiled a complete picture of what happened, which is somewhat at odds with the official version.
Gangs of Chechen field commanders found themselves in a strategic pocket. This happened after a tactical landing, which, as if with a sharp knife, cut the Itum-Kale-Shatili mountain road, built by the slaves of “free Ichkeria”. Operational group "Center" began to methodically shoot down the enemy, forcing him to retreat down the Argun Gorge: from the Russian-Georgian border to the north.
Intelligence reported: Khattab moved to the northeast, to the Vedeno region, where he created an extensive network of mountain bases, warehouses and shelters. He intended to capture Vedeno, the villages of Mekhkety, Elistanzhi and Kirov-Yurt and provide himself with a springboard for a breakthrough into Dagestan. In the neighboring republic, the “Mujahideen” planned to take a large number of civilians hostage and thereby force the federal authorities to negotiate.
Reconstructing the chronicle of those days, you need to clearly understand: talk about “reliably blocked gangs” is a bluff, an attempt to pass off wishful thinking. The strategically important Argun Gorge has a length of more than 30 kilometers. Units not trained in mountain warfare were unable to establish control over a branched and completely unfamiliar mountain system. Even on the old map you can count more than two dozen trails in this area. And how many are there that are not marked on any maps at all? To block each such path, you need to use a company. This turns out to be an impressive figure. With the forces that were at hand, the federal command could not only destroy, but reliably block the gangs going for a breakthrough only on paper.
In what later turned out to be the most dangerous direction, the OGV command deployed soldiers of the 104th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 76th Pskov Airborne Division. Meanwhile, Khattab chose a simple but effective tactic: after reconnaissance of the battles, he intended to find the weakest points, and then, with his entire mass, break out of the gorge.
On February 28, the “Mujahideen” went ahead. The first to take the blow were the paratroopers of the 3rd company, led by Senior Lieutenant Vasilyev. They occupied commanding heights five kilometers east of Ulus-Kert. Khattab's troops unsuccessfully tried to break through a well-organized fire system and retreated, suffering significant losses.
Units of the 2nd battalion kept control of the dominant heights above the Sharoargun Gorge. There remained a passage between the beds of the Sharoargun and Abazulgol rivers. To exclude the possibility of militants “infiltrating” here, the commander of the 104th regiment ordered the commander of the 6th company, Major Sergei Molodov, to occupy another commanding height 4-5 kilometers from Ulus-Kert. And since the company commander was literally transferred to the unit the day before and did not have time to thoroughly understand the operational situation and get to know the personnel, the commander of the 2nd battalion, Mark Evtyukhin, protected him.
The paratroopers set out while it was still dark. In a few hours they had to make a fifteen-kilometer forced march to a given square, where they would set up a new base camp. They walked with full combat gear. They were armed only with small arms and grenade launchers. The attachment for the radio station, which provides covert radio communication, was left at the base. They carried water, food, tents and stoves, without which it was simply impossible to survive in the mountains in winter. According to Vladimir Vorobyov’s calculations, the unit stretched for 5-6 kilometers, and they walked no more than a kilometer per hour. We also note that the paratroopers went to the heights immediately after a difficult throw along the Dombay-Arzy route, i.e., without proper rest.
A helicopter landing was ruled out because the aerial reconnaissance did not find a single suitable site in the mountain forest.
The paratroopers walked to the limit of their physical strength - this is a fact that no one can dispute. From the analysis of the situation, the following conclusion suggests itself: the command was late with the decision to transfer the 6th company to Isty-Kord, and then, realizing it, set obviously impossible deadlines.
Even before sunrise, the 6th company of the 104th Guards Parachute Regiment, reinforced by a platoon and two reconnaissance groups, was at the target - the interfluve of the tributaries of the Argun south of Ulus-Kert. The actions of the paratroopers were led by the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Evtyukhin.
As it later became known, 90 paratroopers, on an isthmus 200 meters away, blocked the path of Khattab’s two thousand strong group. As far as one can judge, the bandits were the first to discover the enemy. This is evidenced by radio interceptions.
At this moment, the “Mujahideen” were moving in two detachments along the Sharoargun and Abazulgol rivers. They decided to bypass height 776.0, where our paratroopers were catching their breath after a difficult forced march.
Moving ahead of both gangs were two reconnaissance groups of 30 people each, followed by two combat security detachments of 50 militants each. One of the head patrols was discovered by Senior Lieutenant Alexei Vorobyov and his scouts, which saved the 6th company from a surprise attack.
It was noon. Scouts discovered militants at the foot of height 776.0. The opponents were separated by tens of meters. In a matter of seconds, with the help of grenades, the vanguard of the bandits was destroyed. But after him dozens of “Mujahideen” poured in.
The scouts with the wounded on their shoulders retreated to the main forces, and the company had to take on an oncoming battle on the move. While the scouts could hold back the onslaught of the bandits, the battalion commander decided to gain a foothold on this forested height of 776.0 and not give the bandits the opportunity to escape and block the gorge.
Before the assault began, Khattab field commanders Idris and Abu Walid radioed the battalion commander and suggested that Yevtukhin let the “Mujahideen” through:
“There are ten times more of us here.” Think about it, commander, is it worth risking people? Night, fog - no one will notice...
It’s not hard to imagine what the battalion commander responded. After these “negotiations,” the bandits unleashed a barrage of fire from mortars and grenade launchers on the paratroopers’ positions. By midnight the battle reached its highest intensity. The guards did not flinch, although the enemy outnumbered them by more than 20 times. The bandits advanced to positions to throw a grenade. In some areas, the paratroopers came into hand-to-hand combat. One of the first in the 6th company to die was its commander Sergei Molodov - a sniper’s bullet hit him in the neck.
The command could only support the company with artillery fire. The fire of the regimental gunners was adjusted by the commander of the self-propelled battery, Captain Viktor Romanov. According to General Troshev, from noon on February 29 until the early morning of March 1, regimental gunners poured 1,200 shells into the Isty-Kord area.
They did not use aviation for fear of hitting their own people. The bandits covered their flanks with water flows that were on the right and left, which did not make it possible to freely maneuver and provide effective assistance. The enemy set up ambushes and took up defensive positions on the shore, not allowing them to approach the tributaries of the Argun. Several crossing attempts ended in failure. The 1st company of paratroopers, sent to the rescue of their dying comrades, was able to break through to height 776.0 only on the morning of March 2.
From three to five in the morning on March 1, there was a “respite” - there were no attacks, but the mortars and snipers did not stop shelling. Battalion commander Mark Evtyukhin reported the situation to the regiment commander, Colonel Sergei Melentyev. He ordered to hold on and wait for help.
After several hours of battle, it became obvious that the 6th Company simply did not have enough ammunition to hold off the continuous attacks of the militants. The battalion commander radioed for help from his deputy, Major Alexander Dostovalov, who was located one and a half kilometers from the dying company. There were fifteen fighters with him.
We like to say various beautiful phrases on any occasion, without really thinking about their meaning. I also liked the expression “heavy fire”. So here it is. Despite the heavy, unquote, enemy fire, Alexander Dostovalov and a platoon of paratroopers somehow miraculously managed to get through to their comrades, who were holding back the frantic onslaught of Khattab’s bandits for the second hour. For the 6th Company this was a powerful emotional charge. The guys believed that they were not abandoned, that they were remembered, that they would be helped.
...The platoon was enough for two hours of battle. At 5 o'clock Khattab launched two battalions of suicide bombers - "white angels" - into the attack. They completely surrounded the height, cutting off part of the last platoon, which never managed to rise to the height: it was shot almost in the back. The company itself was already collecting ammunition from the dead and wounded.
The forces were unequal. One after another, soldiers and officers died. Alexei Vorobyov had his legs broken by mine fragments, one bullet hit his stomach, and another pierced his chest. But the officer did not leave the battle. It was he who destroyed Idris, Khattab’s friend, the “chief of intelligence.”
On the night of March 1, at an altitude of 705.6, there was hand-to-hand combat, which took on a focal character. The snow at the height was mixed with blood. The paratroopers repelled the last attack with several machine guns. Battalion commander Mark Evtukhin realized that the life of the company was gone for minutes. A little more, and the bandits will break out of the gorge over the corpses of the paratroopers. And then he turned to captain Viktor Romanov. He, bleeding, with the stumps of his legs tied with tourniquets, lay nearby - on the company command post.
- Come on, let's call fire on ourselves!
Already losing consciousness, Romanov transferred the coordinates to the battery. At 6:10 a.m. the connection with Lieutenant Colonel Evtukhin was lost. The battalion commander fired back to the last bullet and was hit by a sniper's bullet in the head.
On the morning of March 2, the 1st company reached Isty-Kord. When the paratroopers pushed the militants back from height 705.6, a terrible picture opened before them: perennial beech trees, “trimmed” by shells and mines, and corpses everywhere, the corpses of “Mujahideen.” Four hundred people. In the company stronghold there are the bodies of 13 Russian officers and 73 sergeants and privates.
Following the “bloody trail,” Udugov posted eight photographs of the killed paratroopers on the Kavkaz-Center website. The photographs do not show that many of the bodies were hacked into pieces. “Fighters for the Faith” dealt with any paratroopers who still had life in them. This was told by those who miraculously managed to survive.
Senior Sergeant Alexander Suponinsky, on the orders of the commander, jumped into a deep ravine. Private Andrei Porshnev jumped next. About 50 militants fired at them from machine guns for half an hour. After waiting, the wounded paratroopers first crawled, and then began to leave at full height. The guys miraculously survived.
“There were five of us left,” Andrei Porshnev later recalled, “battalion commander Evtyukhin, deputy battalion commander Dostavalov and senior lieutenant Kozhemyakin.” Officers. Well, Sasha and I. Evtyukhin and Dostavalov died, and Kozhemyakin’s both legs were broken, and he threw cartridges at us with his hands. The militants came close to us, there were three meters left, and Kozhemyakin ordered us: leave, jump down...
For that fight, Alexander Suponinsky received the Hero of Russia star.
A list of dead paratroopers was placed on the desk of Colonel-General Gennady Shpak, commander of the Airborne Forces. All the circumstances of this fierce battle were reported in the smallest detail. Shpak made a report to the Minister of Defense, Marshal Igor Sergeev, but in response received instructions: information about the events near Ulus-Kert should be prohibited from being disclosed until a separate order is given.
It just so happened that on February 29, Marshal Sergeev reported to Vladimir Putin about the successful completion of the tasks of the “third stage.” Only a few hours passed and a powerful group of militants struck the positions of the federal troops. What happened near Ulus-Kert in no way correlated with the victorious reports about the imminent and final defeat of the militants. And Comrade Marshal probably felt embarrassed for his last report. In order to somehow smooth out the embarrassment, the military was ordered to keep quiet. Only Gennady Troshev, on March 5, dared to tell part of the truth: “The 6th parachute company, which was at the forefront of the bandits’ attack, lost 31 people killed and some were wounded.”
During the same days, the country experienced another tragedy, which was reported by all television channels in the country - 17 people died in Chechnya. The military command was afraid to announce the riot police and paratroopers at the same time. The losses were too great...
On August 2, 2000, Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Airborne Forces. On this day, Vladimir Putin arrived at the 76th Airborne Division, stationed in Pskov, to pay tribute to the heroic paratroopers of the 6th company, which was killed in the Argun Gorge in Chechnya.
Having met with the soldiers and families of the victims, the president, for the first time in ten years of unprincipled and stupid Russian policy in the North Caucasus, publicly repented to the people, openly admitting the Kremlin’s guilt “for gross miscalculations that have to be paid for with the lives of Russian soldiers.”
Ulus-Kert has become one of the symbols of modern Russian history. For how many years they tried to eradicate the Russian military spirit from us, it didn’t work. For many years the army was portrayed as a bunch of drunks, degenerates and sadists - and the paratrooper boys, living and dead, silenced the critics.
Army hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces
In modern society, every person, young and old, needs to be able to at least to some extent protect themselves from outside influences. After all, it is unknown who you will encounter, for example, while walking in the park. The guy is obliged to stand up for his lady and protect her in difficult moments, which can arise in any situation. Yes, of course, internal troops and police protect our peace, but they will not always be able to come to the rescue promptly.
There are many different sections in which you will be taught the basics of hand-to-hand combat. You will be able to repel attacks by criminal elements with ease. But of course, nothing compares to the training of airborne troops. Hand-to-hand combat of airborne special forces is a completely different level, which you will never be able to reach on your own. In order to comprehend this art, you will have to join the ranks of the airborne troops, because in battle not only strength qualities are important, but also moral endurance, which you can easily gain during the service.
Meanwhile, hand-to-hand combat was studied at the end of the 19th century; it was mandatory for low military ranks. Subsequently, its importance increased and each soldier was required to have a certain set of skills that would help him cope with the enemy when meeting face to face. Currently, this aspect of soldier training is just as important.
Hand-to-hand combat techniques of paratroopers
On the Internet, you can now easily find many videos depicting hand-to-hand combat lessons of the Airborne Forces. It won’t be difficult to learn many techniques and try them yourself. This video shows some remarkable moments from hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces.
The hand-to-hand combat techniques of the Airborne Forces are perfectly demonstrated in this video, but this is only one of many behind-the-scenes filming. You can always discover many more different complexes. If you set yourself a goal, then learning simple hand-to-hand combat techniques will not be difficult for you.
You can watch hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces on many portals. You can find especially a lot of this video on specialized sites dedicated to airborne troops. In addition to short videos, you can also find entire films teaching hand-to-hand combat.
Without a doubt, even if you have not served in airborne units and do not plan to serve there, you can study army hand-to-hand combat of the airborne forces in specialized sports sections. Nowadays, many proposals on this topic can be easily found in any newspaper with advertisements. Often these lessons are taught by former paratroopers who have completed a full course of training in their units, and some have been in combat situations. So feel free to go to this section and we are sure. That you will acquire skills that will undoubtedly help you in the harsh modern life.
Airborne Forces hand-to-hand combat complexes: video materials
For a true paratrooper, being able to fight the enemy in close combat is a priority. When the outcome of a battle is decided in a split second, complex and important decisions must be made at lightning speed. All this is undoubtedly taught in military units of the Airborne Forces. Not everyone can endure all victories and defeats with dignity. But, without a doubt, a strong-willed paratrooper can do it. He will undoubtedly learn a lesson from any defeat and work on his mistakes in order to prevent these mistakes in the future.
Such a soldier will constantly study airborne hand-to-hand combat techniques, because there is no limit to perfection. This phrase should remind a real paratrooper for a long time that he should never forget about training. Self-study with video recordings will help him stay in shape. Watching hand-to-hand combat and absorbing the knowledge gained in the video is for real men who strive for improvement.
It is probably very difficult to choose a hand-to-hand combat complex suitable for an ordinary person, because the World Wide Web offers us many different activities to study. In order to select exercises and techniques for you, we advise you to contact competent specialists who will select a training schedule for you. Don’t be afraid, you will succeed, the main thing is to start practicing in any business, and then you will get involved and won’t even notice how you will master many interesting hand-to-hand combat techniques.
We hope that after reading everything above, you will contact some section for hand-to-hand combat training, or yourself study various technologies of army hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces. Believe me, these skills will definitely be useful to you sooner or later. Of course, we hope that in peacetime, and not during hostilities. The main thing is to remain calm and not provoke violence yourself, but only use the acquired skills for self-defense.
Knocked down - fight on your knees, if you can’t get up - attack while lying down!
Margelov V.F.
As in general in the special units of the Russian Federation, in the Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) there is a complete lack of unified and graded training for hand-to-hand combat. (see article)
The official system of hand-to-hand combat in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation simply does not exist and never has existed. (This may be due to one of the following two reasons:
2. Bet on the traditional “Russian maybe” - traditionally our young people fought well, they will cope somehow, if anything, as they say, “We’ll throw hats at anyone again”
Meanwhile, in the armed forces of foreign states such systems exist and are constantly developing, for example:
The special units ("Navy Seals") of the US Army use a fairly developed hand-to-hand combat system (see section -)
In the Israel Defense Forces - Krav Maga (more details in the section -)
At the same time, for some reason, since Soviet times, it is the Airborne Forces fighters who have traditionally been considered quite serious “hand-to-hand fighters.” And it is possible that the army leadership believes that the paratroopers themselves already know everything, and therefore do not particularly interfere with training in hand-to-hand combat, and the paratroopers - if this is not required by the regulations, practice it - whatever they want. (And apparently the main calculation in the Airborne Forces ultimately rests on recruits who are selected from conscripts who are interested in martial arts and combat sports.)
And you can find a rather meager amount of training materials on the Internet on hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces, of which only two films released in the Soviet Union can be considered “official”. The rest of the films were made simply by hand-to-hand combat enthusiasts who served or are serving in the Airborne Forces.
Soviet films about hand-to-hand combat in the Airborne Forces.
Hand-to-hand combat training in the Airborne Forces
(excerpt from the film of the USSR Ministry of Defense “Physical training of a paratrooper”
As you can see, paratroopers use karate techniques and methods during training. But the karate technique being shown looks extremely “dirty”. It is clear that people have seen something somewhere but do not understand at all why it is necessary to do it this way and not some other way. Moreover, such “karate” looks funny in sports shorts - but at that time this apparently did not bother anyone - it is convenient for people and this is actually the most important thing. (Back then, apparently, they didn’t know that at least a kimono was needed for classes.) And the teacher, too, is a match - he shows such techniques as if he taught them from a book - it is clear that these techniques are almost completely divorced from reality. This was, in fact, the beginning of karate in the Airborne Forces.
Although, as you can see, the gym for hand-to-hand combat is very well and variedly equipped, one might say “with soul.” Apparently the coach is a very big fan of karate.
This video, by the way, is part of the video presented below:
Paratrooper physical training
The “oldest” film in which you can see training in hand-to-hand combat in the Airborne Forces is from 1973. The film studio of the USSR Ministry of Defense - these are the kind of educational films they made back in the day.
1:52 - pay attention, the paratroopers are obviously performing some kind of complex based on karate techniques (also in an exclusively “dirty style” - but these are clearly karate techniques, although very distorted. With some simply incredible swings and turns. From a modern point of view sight, just something incredibly collective farm. Also, apparently the study was clearly going on from books, and books without translation, from drawings, apparently - which were also studied inattentively. But we should take into account that it was 1973 and the paratroopers had already begun to study karate techniques from books.
(It’s also interesting, in the USSR there was a very powerful foreign intelligence service, well, they should have brought books on karate to the paratroopers, since they like to do karate so much, and the translators would translate. At that time, Bruce Lee was already shining - the best films with his participation, were filmed just in these years. Well, if they bought it or stole it, they would bring it and show it to the paratroopers en masse. But the paratroopers, in fact, study from some books that were brought, from the West or East, by the first karate enthusiasts .
This, it turns out, was the level of karate in the Airborne Forces - it was just that enthusiasts apparently tried to implement it, without any support from the army or the state.
Well, if they would introduce boxing or sambo on a massive scale, but for some reason they teach karate techniques that they themselves don’t even know - it’s fashionable, because it’s probably. And this is filmed by the USSR Ministry of Defense in 1973.
Interestingly, the first airborne unit was formed in 1930, the Airborne Troops were created in 1954, that is, at the time the film was made, 20 years had already passed, and now we see that the paratroopers are trying to study some obvious crap for hand-to-hand combat. (It should be taken into account that these are elite special units - and this is the kind of crap that is studied and shown in the film of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Is it really impossible to create something of our own, original, in 20 years? Something one could really be proud of. But apparently in the USSR it was no one needs it. Some kind of Airborne Hand-to-Hand Combat (RBD) - and ranks would be assigned, and competitions would be organized - people would like it. But no, and so far nothing serious has been done towards the mass development of hand-to-hand combat in the Airborne Forces, somehow official. And the Airborne Forces’ own system, as they say, somehow “didn’t work”, from the word “at all.”)
That is, the level of preparation for hand-to-hand combat shown in the film “Physical Training” is obviously unsuitable for use in real conditions. (I note that it is obviously unusable, it can be seen simply with the naked eye.)
And accordingly, 65 years after the official creation of the Airborne Forces and after 26 years of the existence of the Russian Federation, no own hand-to-hand combat system has appeared in the Airborne Forces.
Apparently, this is still dictated by some practical considerations - perhaps just real experience has shown that for a paratrooper, hand-to-hand combat does not have any special or key significance, since in terms of effectiveness it is significantly inferior in terms of destruction capabilities to firearms.
Maybe all hand-to-hand combat in special units and special and special forces ultimately comes down to a situation from:
“Hand-to-hand combat instructor to cadets: “To engage in hand-to-hand combat, a fighter must use on the battlefield: a machine gun, a pistol, a knife, a waist belt, a shoulder blade, a bulletproof vest, a helmet. Find a flat area on which there is not a single stone or stick lying around. Find the same slob on it. And even then, engage him in hand-to-hand combat!..”
And for such a simple reason - the unlikelihood of such a situation occurring, hand-to-hand combat in special units is not particularly developed. Just because it's unnecessary. And to develop the fighting spirit of fighters of special units of the Russian army, completely different methods and exercises are used.
Although, in fact, as a means of personal development of a fighter, hand-to-hand combat is still unrivaled in this area, hand-to-hand combat is still practiced on an ongoing basis in all special units. But a unified and structured system of hand-to-hand combat has not yet been created in any of the special units of Russia.
Russian training videos on hand-to-hand combat for the Airborne Forces
Unfortunately, no “official” manuals on hand-to-hand combat have yet been created by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - all training materials on hand-to-hand combat for the Airborne Forces have been produced exclusively by airborne and hand-to-hand combat enthusiasts.
Film Hand-to-Hand Combat of the Airborne Forces (in two parts)
From the series “Martial Arts of the World.”
Hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces (Part one) - duration 1 hour 20 minutes.
The following technical arsenal of hand-to-hand combat is shown:
- Insurance and self-insurance for falls
- Ways to unbalance
- Liberation from seizures
- Basic throws
- Combat use of basic throws
- Protection from knife attacks
- Defense against knife threats using a stick or baton
- Pistol protection
- Leaving the attack line
- Punches
- Protection from punches
- Protection from blows with a stick
- Defense against knife threats
After the section “Combat use of basic throws”, the technique is shown quite chaotically, and at random - as if the authors at some point got tired of making this film, and they began to make it somehow - just to finish it.
Hand-to-hand combat of the Airborne Forces (Part two)
Duration more than 2 hours. The second part is entirely devoted to physical training:
- Warm-up
- Stretching
- Physical exercise
- Practicing technique (practicing punches and kicks, practicing throws)
- And in conclusion, for some reason, protection from a Kalashnikov assault rifle is suddenly shown.
Hand-to-hand combat lessons - experience of the Airborne Forces
A short TV report about senior lieutenant Maxim Rodionov, serving in the separate 215th reconnaissance company of the Airborne Forces. And about his method of preparing for hand-to-hand combat. (That is, the senior lieutenant of the reconnaissance company of the Airborne Forces, came up with his own method of preparing for hand-to-hand combat, that they even made a short report about him for a television program. Such is the actual level of development of hand-to-hand combat in the Airborne Forces that an ordinary officer came up with his own method and teaches it to paratroopers, and they are so inexperienced in this matter that everyone from the boss to the private likes it. But even at the same time, no one is in a hurry to somehow promote Maxim Rodionov - to develop a hand-to-hand combat system for the Airborne Forces. He teaches in the company and this is quite enough for him. And how many of them are there? There were Maximov Rodionovs in the same Airborne Forces, probably quite a significant number, they also probably showed recruits hand-to-hand combat techniques in the field, and then with all their experience they simply “sank into oblivion” and that’s it. Apparently, after all, it’s just that no one tried to develop hand-to-hand combat, into some unified system of close combat of paratroopers. And most likely because of the official army approach to human creativity. He teaches, okay, and then it’s none of our business.)
A very original master and teacher of applied hand-to-hand combat, Valery Kryuchkov (see article -) teaches hand-to-hand combat to military personnel of the Reconnaissance Unit 331 VDP. And in this case, Valery Kryuchkov still managed to create his own hand-to-hand combat system (or as he calls it the Active Defense System), and popularize it very well. But again, in the Airborne Forces, where Valery Kryuchkov taught it, it did not take root, as you can see. I taught, people liked it, I stopped teaching, and God bless him. He couldn’t advance her anywhere beyond the gym of a separate reconnaissance company of the Airborne Forces. This is also a characteristic for the leadership of the Airborne Forces, for combat talents. Nobody needs it easy. The man worked for many years, apparently out of sheer enthusiasm, simply to protect the Motherland, so to speak.)
And a short video about a report by a Zvezda correspondent in which he took a lesson in hand-to-hand combat from an Airborne Forces fighter. Unfortunately it's only 2 minutes long. And about hand-to-hand combat - very little. It is simply said that paratroopers are great masters of hand-to-hand combat. But as it turns out, these are such enthusiastic people who serve in the Airborne Forces, who really like martial arts, and who are constantly trying to promote these same martial arts in the Airborne Forces - but for now these people are simply praised for what great fellow paratroopers they are, which they are trying to master on their own martial arts.
That is, such a paradox turns out that no unified system of hand-to-hand combat in the Airborne Forces has been created over the many years of their existence. But paratroopers from somewhere master hand-to-hand combat techniques, for which their superiors praise and are proud of them. But due to official nature, this idea is not developed in any way, although it is obvious that the paratroopers would like such an idea - to create their own “airborne” hand-to-hand combat system, and somehow develop and develop it. And it seems that paratroopers know hand-to-hand combat, but it seems that in the Airborne Forces it doesn’t exist at all.
For comparison, the article - people who develop clothing for the military for advertising purposes shoot videos on hand-to-hand combat - and compared to all these videos “for paratroopers”, these techniques look pretty cool.
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"Remember, the main technique of hand-to-hand combat: First, throw a grenade at the enemy..." Hand-to-hand instructor, head of physical training RDP
Perhaps the main secret of the Airborne Forces hand-to-hand combat style is that... there were no “secrets”! There are no and never have been any terrible special strikes at super-secret points, no “Touches of Deferred Death” or other super-exotics... So, are the paratroopers and special forces lying when they claim that the “Beret” can cope in a fight with several opponents? -No! They don't lie! It will do it and it will be very EFFECTIVE! But, if you film this fight and then show it at normal speed, then 9/10 of the audience will simply not understand anything about what is happening, and half will be disappointed and perplexed: why do they fall so easily? What's the matter?
I want to clarify right away that I’m not talking about the hand-to-hand combat of the “Spetsura”, especially officer units such as “Vympel”, “Alpha” and “Cascade”, especially those designed for the forceful detention of living languages or criminals! - it has its own specifics and without knowing I won’t even say! And about the hand-to-hand combat training of ordinary airborne forces (Uncle Vasya’s troops). Once in one book I came across the following reasoning, I quote in a free paraphrase: “No matter how cynical it sounds, everything has its price, and a soldier’s life, especially.” This price is the price of training a new soldier to replace one who is out of action. After all, no matter how skillful a fighter may be, this will not save him from either a crossbow bolt or, what is more offensive, from bloody diarrhea." Rough, but fair...
I don’t want to say anything bad about eastern martial arts schools, but... It is impossible to prepare a real person in six months or a year using training methods of Karate, Taekwondo, Taijiquan and so on! In six months, at best, he will learn two or three basic stances, and the ability to breathe more or less correctly in a stance, and not in battle! In real hand-to-hand combat, such a fighter poses a danger to only one person - himself! Only after five to seven years of daily painstaking hours of training will he begin to understand that he has only just gotten closer to mastering the basics! You understand, preparing SOLDIERS in this way is pointless! There simply aren’t these five to seven years to train even a semi-finished fighter!
As a person who participated (and SURVIVED!) after three real hand-to-hand combat battles, let me note! that the Airborne Forces hand-to-hand combat school and training system still exist! AND IT IS EFFECTIVE! What are the basic principles of fighter training? We must also take into account that in addition to Fizukha, there is also daily service! Shooting training, combat specialty training, combat training (for that matter), outfits and guard duty, and so on and so forth! But the system has proven its effectiveness, so what does it consist of, this system of training a hand-to-hand paratrooper? I'll try to answer...
The entire system of hand-to-hand combat training of the Airborne Forces is based on three pillars, each component is important; and the question makes no sense - which! These are Psychological training, Physical training and a set of basic hand-to-hand combat techniques. Let's look at them one by one. So, psychological preparation. It includes bringing it to the level of the subconscious, to the conditioned reflex: battle is NOT a competition! It is impossible to WIN OR LOSE! In battle you can either WIN or die! there is no third option, as they say... No one will shake your hand before a fight or make a ritual bow. They will try to kill you right away, and by all means available at the moment! The preparation was carried out quite simply, but effectively, no one conducted conversations or psychological tests with us - they simply beat us! Not to defeat, but in such a way that it didn’t seem like enough! Let me emphasize! They didn't BEAT, they beat! Feel the difference! You could get a slap or be caught in a chokehold at any moment: while talking with an officer, standing on the orderly’s nightstand, just passing through the unit. Avoiding a blow or grab has been improved! The answer is even more so! Although, to be fair, it’s worth saying that rarely anyone has succeeded! They say that such a system was introduced into the practice of the Airborne Forces by their commander, the legendary V.F. Margelov - I don’t know, but if this is so, then I bow to him for it! SUCH a training system saved the lives of many in real wars, and me too... I still, although more than thirty years have passed, simply physically cannot go around the corner of the building close to it, I walk around in three or four steps... Constant pressure , in which, by the way, there was nothing personal, because the grandfather received the same as the young man, he developed the skill of constant vigilance, the ability to not relax even in sleep, some kind of sixth sense of danger...
Physical training in the Airborne Forces does not require any special comments. Endurance training - running in different conditions, goose-stepping, alternating accelerations, ragged rhythm... strength training - pull-ups, push-ups of various types, squats, jumping... pumping the press again in different ways. All this - “I can’t help it” until it’s completely dark in my eyes... There’s still enough groundwork, although the DMB-77... As for the basic hand-to-hand techniques, here we need to decipher... Not for airborne forces and special forces - they’re all they know it too! For fans of films like Rimbaud... This is training in BASIC techniques, not "MOVEMENTS", and quite individual... Some people prefer throwing, some prefer striking, some chokeholds or techniques for breaking ligaments and fractures joints - closer. The basics were given to everyone, then the development of stereotypes, bringing the movement to the level of a knee-jerk reflex - in battle there is no time to think, the body reacts on its own, the thought does not have time! The blows were practiced on various kinds of simulators such as makiwara and punching bag, throws were done with each other, VERY CAREFULLY AND NOT AT FULL POWER, also applied to various types of painful and suffocating techniques. Moreover, after mastering the basic movements, everyone trained themselves! No combat sparring in real life, with one exception, about which below... After all, an attempt to carry out, for example, in sparring conditions, an elbow strike to the Adam's apple for one of the fighters may well be the last... And I would also note, no BALLET in the spirit of Van -Lady and Chuck Norris! Legs work up to the knee, not higher! The front part of the lower leg and ankle, the inner surface of the lower leg. Knee strike to the crotch and inner thigh. The elbow is mainly used to finish off an opponent who has already lost his orientation. Everything is simple and ineffective, ugly... BUT EFFECTIVE!
Now about the exception: About once every two weeks they put a boxing helmet on you, and they let you out to kill four or five people, old-timers or officers. Not right away, one by one. I had to hold out for five minutes... The first time, as far as I remember, no one succeeded... The first time I went to rest at the tenth second, having missed a powerful straight shot to the head... In a real fight, the result would have been my death, because I stood up I only ten minutes later... On the third attempt I received gratitude in the order for the unit, because I managed to “put in the ring” the deputy commander of the regiment. The captain, by the way, was not offended by me, and was the first to come to his senses and shook my hand. At the same time, he said: “I stopped classes... I need to work”... We didn’t kill rats with our bare hands... but everything is the same, the readiness to fight, at any second of the day or night, not for life or death, was absorbed into the flesh and blood, into the bone marrow... That, in general, is all the “Terrible Military Secrets” that I am about to tell you...
Basic set of hand-to-hand combat techniques (RB-1)
For military personnel of all branches of the Armed Forces and branches of the military. Includes the techniques provided by the RB-N complex and additionally the following techniques: blow with the butt from below, blow with the butt plate of the butt, piercing and cutting blows with a knife, protection with the stand of the machine gun, punches with the hand (straight, from the side, from above, from below), kicks (straight, to the side , from the side, back, from above), protection with the support of the hands, protection by beating with the forearms (edge of the palm), protection with the support of the foot (heel, thigh), disarming the enemy when striking with a knife directly, from above, from below, release from the neck grab from the front and back, strangulation from behind , combinations of techniques and actions.
Special set of hand-to-hand combat techniques (RB-2)
For personnel of airborne troops, motorized rifle units and units, units and units of the Marine Corps, personnel of anti-sabotage formations, reconnaissance units and units, cadets of military schools and academies. Includes the techniques provided by the RB-1 complex and additionally the following techniques: blows with an infantry shovel, defense by beating with an infantry shovel, defense against a kick by moving to the side, disarming the enemy when hit with an infantry shovel from above or directly, backhand or poke.
Special set of hand-to-hand combat techniques (RB-3)
In NFP-87 and in the draft of the new NFP for personnel of reconnaissance units and units, cadets of military schools training officers for these units and units. Includes techniques provided by the RB-2 complex and additionally: painful holds, throws, disarming techniques, releases from various enemy holds, special techniques and actions.
Unfortunately, such special actions as searching and tying up the enemy are not included in the training program for military personnel of electronic warfare units, although these actions can be taught in one training session. Considering the importance of tying and searching in hand-to-hand combat, the manual reveals in detail the technique for performing them.
Chapter II
TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING HAND-HAND COMBAT TECHNIQUES AND METHODS FOR TEACHING THEM
Preparatory techniques and teaching methods
Preparatory techniques are certain actions that ensure high-quality training of military personnel for hand-to-hand combat. They include preparations for combat, movement, and self-insurance techniques.
Preparing for battle
Ready for battle is the most convenient position for conducting hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. It can be taken without weapons or with weapons.
To prepare for combat without weapons(Fig. 1) place your left leg one step forward and slightly bend both legs at the knees. Distribute your body weight evenly on two legs, tilt your torso slightly forward, bend your arms at the elbow joints, clench your fingers into a fist, tilt your head slightly forward. The right-hand preparation for battle is adopted similarly.
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To prepare for combat with weapons(Fig. 2) the position of the head, torso and legs is taken as preparation for combat without weapons. In this case, send the machine gun forward with the barrel and grab it with your left hand by the fore-end, and with your right hand by the neck of the butt. Keep the tip of the bayonet at neck height, with your right hand in front of the belt buckle.
To prepare for battle with an infantry shovel Bring your half-bent right hand with the shovel to the level of your left shoulder. Hold the shovel by the end of the handle with the tray facing up.
To prepare for a fight with a knife, take the knife in your right hand with the tip down, for a blow from above - the hand at chest height, for a blow from below - with the tip up, for a thrusting blow - with the tip forward, the hand at waist height, legs in a right-handed stance.
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Movement
Skillful execution of movements in hand-to-hand combat plays an important role in the timely adoption of the necessary combat position, starting position for attack or defense. Movements are performed by walking, jumping and running.
Step forward from the ready-to-fight position, it is performed with the front leg, the other leg is substituted at a distance that allows you to maintain a stable position of the body.
Step back performed with a standing leg from behind, from the toe to the entire foot.
Leap in progress from the front (right, left) or side (forward, backward) stance due to a sharp push off the ground with the far leg relative to the direction of the jump. Landing is carried out on the opposite leg, or on both legs. It is possible to jump backward with an almost simultaneous push with both legs and landing on both feet.
Jumping is the most effective way to get closer to an enemy or quickly move away from him.
Self-insurance techniques
Falling and tuck techniques that provide warning against bruises on the ground after throws, collisions, and painful holds in single combat with an opponent are called self-insurance techniques.
Grouping(Fig. 3) one of the main preparatory elements of self-insurance. Sit on the ground (carpet) and clasp your shins with both hands, spread your knees slightly, place your heels together, bend your body, lower your head, pressing your chin to your chest. Pulling your shins with your hands, bring your torso closer to your hips.
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Falling forward(Fig. 6) From the front stand, fall forward onto your springy (due to the inferior work of the muscles) arms, slightly bent and elbows spread to the side.
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Falling backwards(Fig. 8) From the front stance, squatting and falling back, roll onto your back, softening your fall with a simultaneous pre-emptive blow to the ground with straight arms spread at an angle of 45 0.
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Fall to one side (Fig. 9) From the front stance, squatting and simultaneously twisting the body to the right (left), lower yourself to the ground with your right (left) buttock and roll in a tuck onto your right (left) side, having previously made a preemptive move with your straightened right (left) arm, and then with the right (left) thigh. Final position – lying on the right side; the right leg is bent at the knee and hip joint, the left leg stands in front of it with the entire foot, the lower leg is vertical; right hand on the ground, palm down, 15-25 cm from the knee; the left hand is raised up, the head is pressed to it.
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Injections and blows with a machine gun
A thrust is one of the main methods of defeating an enemy in hand-to-hand combat. It is applied to parts of the body unprotected by equipment (neck, chest, stomach, back, side) quickly, deftly, forcefully and along the entire length of the bayonet.
Injections with a bayonet (poke with a barrel) without lunging(Fig. 11) - point the machine gun with both hands with the bayonet (barrel) at the target, pull out the bayonet and take the ready position for battle.
Hit with a magazine(Fig. 14) – applied with a sharp movement of the arms (automatically forward) away from oneself while simultaneously moving the body forward and straightening the leg standing behind.
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Butt strike from the side(Fig. 15) – applied with a sharp angle of the butt to the jaw, temple, back of the head or side of the enemy. Moving the weapon with your right hand to the left, and with your left hand towards you, while simultaneously turning your torso to the left, strike with the corner of the butt. At the moment of impact, the right leg can be placed slightly ahead of the left.
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Unarmed assault techniques include: punches, kicks, chokes, submission holds and throws.
Straight punches(Fig. 19) are applied with a fist or the heel of the palm; from the ready-to-fight position, push the leg to transfer the weight of the body to the front leg and, with a turn of the body, strike.
Hand strikes from the side, from below, from above(Fig. 20) are applied with a fist (the base of the fingers and the muscle part), the edge of the palm and the elbow.
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Basic striking parts of the hands
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Kicks applied with the toe, instep, knee, foot, heel to the shin, knee joint, groin, liver area, head of the bent opponent. A lying opponent is struck in the head, base of the skull, lower back, tailbone, liver, solar plexus, heart, groin.
Kick straight(Fig. 21) is the main kick performed. It is applied from a left- or right-sided stance (less often a frontal one) by straightening the leg or swinging movement. Raising the thigh of the right leg forward upward (the foot is raised up with the heel towards the buttock), with a sharp movement, straighten the leg at the knee joint and strike the target with the toe (instep).
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At the moment of impact, tense the abdominal and front thigh muscles as much as possible. The supporting leg is slightly bent; at the moment of impact, the foot does not lift off the ground, but turns on the toe with the heel forward. The arms, bent at the elbows, are sharply pulled back to intensify the blow. After the impact, the muscles immediately relax and the leg moves back.
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Side kick(Fig. 22) is applied from a medium and long distance with the foot, the outer edge of the foot and the heel to the shin, knee joint, stomach and lower back. The most effective blow to the knee joint is with the foot from the side.
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From a fighting stance, pull the thigh up, the sole of the foot rises along the inner surface of the left leg to the knee. Turning the thigh, knee in the direction of the target and straightening the leg at the knee joint, strike in the shin with the edge of the foot, or in the knee from the side - with a punching blow of the foot, or in the hypochondrium (stomach) - with the heel (pull the toe towards you). At the moment of the blow, tense the leg muscles, slightly tilt the torso in the direction opposite to the blow, direct the arm of the same name (simultaneously with the movement of the leg) towards the target, lower the other arm closer to the groin in readiness to block a possible counter-strike. After the blow, relax the muscles and immediately get ready for battle.
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Hitting with the foot or heel from above(Fig. 23) are applied to the upper arch of the foot, to the shin - when the opponent grabs the torso from behind, to a lying opponent (after a throw) - from a short swing with sharp blows to the painful points.
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Knee strike from below applied when releasing grips from the front of the body. Without swinging, strike a bent opponent in the groin or face.
Back kick(Fig. 24) is applied with the foot, usually to the stomach of the attacking enemy. From a fighting left-sided stance, bend slightly forward, pull your right thigh to your chest and look back over your right shoulder, straighten your leg at the knee joint and hip joint with a sharp movement, and strike the opponent’s stomach with your foot.
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Hitting up with a machine gun(Fig. 27) is carried out with a sharp movement of both hands forward and upward without changing the grip of the machine gun with the left hand. At the moment of impact, the arms are tense, slightly bent, and the machine gun is turned with the magazine up.
Hitting the machine gun down to the right(Fig. 27) is performed by thrusting a weapon into the lower part of the body. Moving your left hand down to the right, and your right hand to the right, up, hit the weapon down to the right with the end of the barrel. At the moment of impact, the left arm is slightly bent, the machine gun is pointed to the right, the bayonet is at the height of the right knee, the right elbow is raised.
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Release from the capture of a machine gun by the enemy(Fig. 31) kick the enemy in the groin, turn sideways to the enemy and, kicking the knee (shin), snatch the weapon.
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Protection from a punch from below(Fig. 34) First method: performed with a stand (block) of the forearm of the left hand, followed by counter-strikes with the right hand to the head, the right knee to the groin or the rib of the foot to the shin (knee).
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Kick protection
Protection from underhand kicks(Fig. 35) is performed by placing the foot (hip) under the blow, after which a counter blow is delivered with the hand to the opponent’s head or torso.
Protection from kicks with a hand rest(Fig. 36) - meet the opponent’s leg with the forearms of straight crossed arms (when striking with the right leg, the right hand is on top), grab it by the heel with the right hand, bringing the foot into the elbow bend of the left hand, throw the opponent to the ground with a jerk upward, strike with the foot , step on the other foot and twist the trapped leg.
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Defense against a kick by moving to the side(Fig. 38) when hitting the enemy with the right foot, step forward with the left to the left, turn to the right and grab the leg from below with your left hand. Raising it up, knock the opponent to the ground and kick.
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Releasing an opponent's grip on the neck from the front(Fig. 40) Kick the opponent’s crotch (shin, foot), joining his fists together and spreading his elbows to the sides, strike from the bottom up between the opponent’s arms. The upward movement of the arms should coincide with the active extension of the leg muscles. With a reverse movement of the arms from top to bottom, hit the opponent in the face or on the collarbones, and then, grabbing the clothes and pulling them onto yourself, hit him with the head in the face.
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Training in unarmed defense techniques
Training in defense against punches and kicks is carried out using a group two-way method. A unit in a two-rank formation, one rank acts as the attacking enemy, the other rank acts as the defender.
After familiarization, the technique is learned in divisions: “For battle - PREPARE”, “On the count of “one”, the first numbers indicate a strike with the right foot in the lower abdomen, the second numbers, step with the left foot to the left forward, turn to the right and grab the leg from below with your left hand, do - ONCE " The leader must point out individual details, correct mistakes and give the command: “On the count of two, lift your leg up and knock the opponent to the ground, do TWO,” “On the count of three, mark a kick to the opponent, do THREE.”
In the process of mastering the technique, the technique of its implementation is no longer explained, but the command is given: “For battle - PREPARE, the first numbers perform defense against a kick by moving to the side, the second numbers - kick - KICK!”
As you master the technique of the technique, it is necessary to combine its implementation with other already mastered attacking or defensive actions and carry them out in the form of conditioned fights, while all actions of the partner must only be indicated, which is an indispensable condition that excludes traumatic injuries for those involved.
Techniques for disarming the enemy and teaching methods for them
In hand-to-hand combat, a situation may arise when an unarmed person has to act against an armed enemy.
Based on the position of the weapon and the nature of the enemy’s actions, one can determine his intentions and carry out a timely disarmament technique. As a rule, success will depend on an appropriate distance from the enemy, timely departure from the line of attack (if necessary), immediate subsequent strikes with a hand or foot, and the obligatory deprivation of his contact with the weapon. When disarming the enemy, it is necessary to use the inertia of his body’s movement to your advantage, correctly applying painful effects to the joints of the arms and legs.
Disarming techniques are divided into the following groups: techniques for disarming the enemy when stabbed with a bayonet, techniques for disarming the enemy when hit with an infantry shovel, techniques for disarming the enemy when stabbed with a knife, or threatened with a pistol.
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Disarming the enemy when thrusting with a bayonet and moving to the right(Fig.42) – lunge with your right foot to the side, simultaneously turning your body to the left. Repel (retract) the barrel of the enemy's machine gun with the forearm of your left hand and grab it. Shift your body weight to your left leg, grab the weapon with your other hand and, at the same time as jerking the machine gun towards you, strike yourself with your foot in the side of your knee. Knock the enemy to the ground, strike him in the head with the butt plate of the butt, or point the barrel of the weapon at him.
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Disarming the enemy when hit with an infantry shovel backhand or poke(Fig. 44) with a step forward to the side and turning towards the enemy, use your forearms to beat off the enemy’s armed hand on the backswing and grab it, strike with your foot, grab the handle of the shovel, disarm the enemy by twisting the shovel towards the thumb and strike the enemy on the head with the shovel.
All infantry shovel strikes have a greater or lesser swing. Therefore, to protect against such attacks, it is necessary to perform a leap towards the enemy in order to stop the blow at the very beginning of its trajectory. Or try to avoid defeat by moving quickly to the side from the line of attack.
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Disarming an enemy when struck with a knife from above(Fig. 45) with a step forward, defend yourself with the forearm of your hand up under the blow of the enemy’s armed hand on the backswing, with the other hand grab his forearm from below in the area of the elbow, kick him in the groin, pressing the forearm on the flat part of the blade outward, to disarm him. If necessary, applying pressure to the elbow, step back with your left foot to knock down the opponent, turn him face down, bend his arm behind his back and tie him up.
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Disarming an enemy when striking with a knife from below or directly(Fig. 46) with a short step or leap forward to the left, leave the line of attack, block the enemy’s armed hand with the forearm of the left hand and grab his wrist. Immediately strike the painful point with your hand, move your armed hand away from you to the right and hit the back of the opponent’s hand with the base of your right palm to knock out the knife. Next, knock the enemy to the ground and tie him up.
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Binding
Tying is used to limit the resistance of a captured enemy, for his escort and transportation. Tying is carried out, as a rule, after painful holds and throws. To do this, you need to knock the enemy face down to the ground. Kneel down and, tightly blocking the captured hand with your right thigh, sit astride your opponent. By applying painful pressure to the forearm of the captured hand, force the opponent to place the other hand behind his back. Blocking it with your left thigh, tie your hands.
arms behind your back, hands on top of each other;
Hands behind the head, hands crossed, the free end of the loop is tied to the waist belt.
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For tying with rope(Fig. 49) a double tightening loop is used.
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Linking options(Fig. 50)
Hands behind your back, hands crossed, rope passes through the neck or chest;
Hands behind your back, one on top, the other below;
Arms crossed on chest, hands behind back.
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Binding with a trouser belt or rope for a fixed position. Knock your opponent face down on the ground. Bend your legs and cross them, put your hands behind your back and tie your right hand to your left leg, your left hand to your right leg.
To hinder the enemy's mobility, improvised means, for example, a stick, can be used. In this case, it is necessary to insert a stick into the sleeves of the jacket behind the prisoner’s back and tie the wrists of the hands to it, or tie the enemy’s hands in front and insert the stick into the elbow and popliteal folds of the arms and legs tied in front.