Department of the Army

Ranger Handbook: Tc 3-21.76 Department of the Army

This is the Official US Army Ranger Handbook TC 3-21.76 dated April 2017.

The famous US Army Ranger Handbook is required reading for all students of the army's Ranger School at Fort Benning, but you don't have to be a Ranger to get the most out of it. It's an excellent reference for all military personnel, law enforcement, preppers, airsofters, or anyone who wants to know.




The Ranger Handbook draws from bloody lessons learned from two centuries of special operations combat. The manual includes valuable information on:


demolitions, booby traps, communications, patrolling, tactical movement, battle drills, combat intelligenceand much more!


You'll see hard-won US Army Ranger lessons in: Leadership including:


duties responsibilities and assumption of command; Operations such as troop leading and combat intelligence; Fire support planning, tasks, call for fire; Tactical marchesdanger areas; Patrols; Battle drills-react to attack, ambush, indirect fire and clear a trench; Communications including antennas; Aviation and waterborne operations; Mountaineering; Survival, evasion, First aid; Demolitions.




The US Army Rangers are the world's premier light infantry fighting force. This book contains all of the materials of the official Ranger handbook carried by all Ranger school students.