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Winter Warfare Course.
Course Program
- INTENTION OF THE COURSE
The intention of the course is to educate instructors in basic winter warfare skills.
- AIMS OF THE COURSE
- Teach the students basic principles and techniques concerning winter warfare
- Make the students feel secure and comfortable under winter conditions
- Teach the students limitations as well as possibilities of military operations under winter
conditions
- DEMANDS FOR THE STUDENTS
The following demands are required to participate in the course
- Are or shall be winter warfare instructor
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- Speak and understand English in a good way
- Are able to run 7000 meters in combat dress with 20 kg backpack in 52 min
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- Are motivated for the course
- TRAINING OBJECTIVES
After having completed the course the students are expected to have acquired the following
skills
Avalanches:
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- Be able to account for the main factors that cause avalanches, and take precautions when
operating in an area with avalanche hazard
- Be able to organise a rescue party at team level.
- Buddy rescue
Bivouacs:
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-- Be able to instruct own troops in how to establish a good bivouac. Using tents, snow
caves or other improvised bivouacs, below and above the tree line. Learn to use the primus.
- Be able to conduct necessary field routines in the bivouacs
- Be able to camouflage the bivouac and equipment
- Know the squad and soldiers routines during movement
- Be able to move during darkness
- Be able to skijor
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Land navigation:
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- Be able to navigate by using map and compass
- Be able to use the GPS
- Be able to plan and choose the best route for a ski-march
Skiing:
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- Be able to ski with backpack and rifle, using the Nordic cross country skiing principles- Be able to instruct own troops on how to ski, using the same principles
- Be able to instruct own troops on how to wax and maintain ski equipment
- Be able to finish the 10 km race for the civilian ski badge in 60 minutes or less
- Be able to demonstrate the different techniques
Snowshoes:
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- Be able to use snow shoes
- Be able to account for the advantages and limitations of snowshoes as compared to skis.
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Survival and medical aspects:
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- Be able survive under arctic conditions using standard Norwegian military equipment
- Be able to instruct others in how to dress in extreme cold to obtain maximum protection
- Be able to account for the symptoms of snow-blindness, frostbite hypothermia and
carbon-monoxide poisoning, and the correct first-aid measures to be applied, as well as basic
hygiene routines
- Be able to take precautions to avoid frost injuries- Be able to execute first-aid under winter conditions
Weapon training:
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- Be able to use and maintain the G-3 automatic rifle
- Be able to instruct own troops on how to maintain Infantry weapons in general under
winter conditions
- Know different types of methods for operating the G-3 in thick snow
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