FM 31-28, Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) dated 1 December 1999, is a restricted FOUO/CUI U.S. Army field manual detailing specialized urban training techniques, including advanced marksmanship, CQB, and tactical breaching. As a restricted document, full public access to this specific 1999 manual is generally unavailable, with training focus centered on ODA-level operations. For related training information, see Special Forces Training specialforcestraining.info SF Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) - Special Forces Training
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) – Historically valuable, tactically limited for current operations. FM 31-28, Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC)
The manual famously contrasts conventional urban tactics (moving in grids) with SF tactics (moving like a spider web). It emphasizes that Special Forces teams, usually operating in 12-man detachments, cannot hold territory. Instead, they must use "infiltration lanes"—sewers, collapsed walls, and upper-floor bypasses—to strike deep behind enemy lines in a city. The PDF includes detailed diagrams of "mouse-holing" (blasting through shared walls) without the use of heavy engineering vehicles. The Grid The manual famously contrasts conventional urban
A typical scan of the FM 31-28 FOUO Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat 1 December 1999 Pdf reveals a manual broken into logical, high-impact chapters. Unlike basic training field manuals (FMs), this one assumes the reader is already a proficient combatant. usually operating in 12-man detachments