[ma] modern military hand to hand combat

[Dangerious P. Cats]

I'm working on a modern military campaign and wanted to include some extra hand to hand styles for the plyaers beyond that in basic set and Fairbairn. What could I include? I was thinking of some varient bayonet systems and possibly entrenching tool fighting (if such a thing is taught) but any suggestions would be good.

[The Colonel]

Krav Maga is an obvious candidate as is Systema and the related Spetznatz style which, IIRC involves an unhealthy amount of entrenching tool fighting.
The entrenching tool is probably used with Axe/Mace by most people, albiet normally at defaults.

[patrulje]

The current US Army system is detailed in

FM 3-25.150 COMBATIVES MANUAL

Focus is on ground fighting, with the idea it can be used while in full combat gear.

J.

[Polydamas]

There is Japanese bayonet-fighting listed in the Spear Fighting sidebar of MA. You can find different countries' hand-to-hand combat field manuals online or in libraries- I remember seeing the Canadian one online somewhere. MPs might study the same sorts of styles learned by civilian cops working rough neighbourhoods.

[SuedodeuS]

Don't forget MCMAP, the style used by the USMC. Martial Arts notes that the stats it gives for this style (starts on p.183) are a good example of the kinds of things other services might teach, so you may want to consider using it as a starting point for building other styles.

[Dangerious P. Cats]

Originally Posted by Polydamas

There is Japanese bayonet-fighting listed in the Spear Fighting sidebar of MA. You can find different countries' hand-to-hand combat field manuals online or in libraries- I remember seeing the Canadian one online somewhere. MPs might study the same sorts of styles learned by civilian cops working rough neighbourhoods.

I was thnking of doing a write up of some of British Bayonet systems, mostly the one detailed in Bloody Bayonets (best name for a combat manual ever) and Hutton's Bayonet fencing manuals. The only thing is it's possibly a little dated now. I was hoping to give players more options than just the arts in basic set (Krav maga, MCMAP, Fairbairn and Jukendo).