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Combat tracking is the art of being able to follow and hunt down a man by following its path and signs left behind. 

How is combat tracking / mantracking different from tracking animals? Animals do not conceal their tracks and have set characteristics, but the enemy is cunning and skillful and is capable of concealing his tracks.

 The art of tracking is not new. The tactical employment of trackers is not new either. Tracker were used in Malayan, Kenya, Cyprus, Borneo, Vietnam and yes Rhodesia to name just a few.

 Trackers prove very successful because they were able to pass back valuable information such as strength, speed, and other pertinent information required to successfully bring the fight to their foe and destroy.

• COMBAT TRACKING TECHNIQUES: How To Track Your Enemy.

• TRACKING AND COUNTERTRACKING: Extract from course notes.

• TRACKING: Chapter 7 of  Rhodesian COIN manual.

• FOLLOW UP OPERATIONS: Chapter 8 of  Rhodesian COIN manual.

• RURAL TRACKING OPERATIONS: Extract from Rhodesian S.A.S. (Special Air Service) combat field manual.

• ZAMBEZI VALLEY MANHUNT: A article about the T.C.U. and one of its operations. The T.C.U. was absorbed into the Selous Scouts, making up some of the original cadre of that organization.

• TRACKING FOR SURVIVAL: Covers basic knowledge and skills for military bush trackers.

• ADVANCE TRACKING TECHNIQUES: This picks up basically were tracking for survival leaves off.

• TRACKING: THE FOLLOW UP: Techniques employed by scout trackers to pick up lost spoor.

• BUSH TRACKING AND COUNTERTRACKING: Successful techniques employed in the bush by scout trackers. 

• SELOUS SCOUTS, FOXHOUNDS, BEACONS AND TRANSMITTERS: A peculiar and experimental use of tracking dogs.

• OVERCOMING TRACKING PROBLEMS: The essence of the Selous Scouts.

• TRACKING TERRS / GUERRILLAS: The employment of native trackers and combat trackers in a counter-insurgency conflict.

• TRACKING TECHNIQUES FOR PREDATOR AND PREY: This is some tracking information on techniques employed by the Rhodesian Security Forces and the Scouts.

 

5 POINTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMBAT TRACKING Don't move so quickly that you overlook telltale signs. Learn to use your sense of smell as well as your sight and hearing. Don't just observe the tracks: interpret what they mean. Get to know your enemy: study the terrorists' operating procedures, habits and equipment. Be persistent: don't lose the will to win when you lose the spoor/trail. Try to find it again.