From:	Steadfast laughingman@*******.de
Subject:	Military Hand Signals (was Re: Red Dot Sights)
Date:	Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:36:09 +0200

And so it came to happen that Rand Ratinac wrote:

> Something I forgot to ask. Hopefully you, or someone else, can help me,
> Kevin.
>
> This is in aid of the story I'm writing for the RA:S project. I need to
> find out about all (or most, or some, or whatever :) ) the military
> hand signals - i.e. what's each signal and what do they mean?

I could ask a friend if no one else here answers this, but I think I
wait with that. Meanwhile, try to get a hold on the "Special Forces
Book" from Star Wars RPG...ah, you work in a RPG store, you do not
sell Star Wars for about half a year and then you forget the titles of
the book! Guess I am getting old. Annyway, in that book there are some
pages that deal with hand signs, some unique to the Sci-Fi genre,
true, but the small unit tactics displayed in there are not that bad
either I think. It is a usefull book and IIRC the authors were
inspired from real special forces tactics.
HAH! Got it! The title of the Book is "Rules of Engagement: RebelSpec
Forces". I am not that old after all!
Hurray!
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