Warhawk Ranger Handbook

Not for the weak or fainthearted. Every chapter of the Army's Ranger Handbook, in our own words, with the manual's drawings and notes on how it plays in Arma Reforger.

The Ranger Handbook is the pocket book Army Rangers carry: how a patrol is led, planned, briefed, and fought, boiled down to what fits in a cargo pocket. This is our edition of it, built a chapter at a time. Each chapter follows the Army's own text, with paragraph numbers so you can check any line, and the drawings come straight from the manual. Where something is our summary or our advice for the game, it says so.

Written from TC 3-21.76, Ranger Handbook (September 2025), approved for public release with unlimited distribution. A U.S. Army publication, so in the public domain. This is a gaming community's study edition, not an Army publication.

Warhawk Ranger Handbook

Not for the weak or fainthearted. Every chapter of the Army's Ranger Handbook, in our own words, with the manual's drawings and notes on how it plays in Arma Reforger.

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Chapter 1LeadershipWhat every job in a patrol does, and taking command when you have to.
Chapter 2OperationsTroop leading procedures, the warning order, OPORD, FRAGO, annexes, checklists, and the terrain model.
Chapter 3Fire SupportMortars and artillery, danger close and risk estimate distances, the call for fire, and air support.
Chapter 4CommunicationsRadios and field-expedient antennas.
Chapter 5DemolitionsExplosives, the initiator components, firing systems, and safety.
Chapter 6MovementFormations, movement techniques, danger areas, and hand and arm signals.
Chapter 7PatrolsReconnaissance, ambush, raid, the objective rally point, the patrol base, and movement to contact.
Chapter 8Battle DrillsReact to contact, assault, break contact, react to ambush, clear a room, and react to indirect fire.
Chapter 9Military MountaineeringPlanning, dismounted mobility, rescue, and mountaineering equipment.
Chapter 10Machine Gun EmploymentClasses of fire, the gun in the offense and defense, and controlling it.
Chapter 11Urban OperationsPlanning, preparing, reading the urban ground, and close quarters combat.
Chapter 12Waterborne OperationsRope bridges, poncho rafts, small boats, and river movement.
Chapter 13Mounted Patrol OperationsPlanning a vehicle patrol, and forced stops.
Chapter 14AviationReverse planning, air assault formations, pickup zones, and the aircraft.
Chapter 15Tactical Combat Casualty CareCare under fire, field care, collection points, evacuation, and the 9-line.
Appendix AResourcesThe training boards for drills, raids, and ambushes, building clearing, and site exploitation.
Appendix BQuick Reference CardsRange cards, the 9-line, and the cards a leader carries.