Survival manuals

[Micdrow]

Couple of survival manuals that Ive found.

Enjoy!!!

 

[iangedwards_104]

I remember our RAF survival manuals well. In the event of a shark circling your dinghy, the Sea one advised, 'everyone face outwards in a circle and slap the water to drive it away.' On a sea survival exercise off Singapore we had to do that and that encouraged the beast to hurtle TOWARDS us, diving under our single-skinned dinghy. Our Nav, checking the manual again, said "it's OK chaps its not a shark, its a dolphin!" It remained friendly, but we were afraid the barnacled skin could sink us nevertheless.
Nowadays we learn that sharks are ATTRACTED by splashing, as though from a fish in trouble!

 

[Micdrow]

Very interesting story iangedwards_104, many thanks for sharing!!!

 

[Mangrove]

How to eat well in (Finnish) nature by Finnish Defence Forces. In Finnish but with a good set of drawings. Many of the hunting traps described on the manual are in fact illegal in Finland (and most of Europe).

http://www.mil.fi/reservilainen/pdf/luonnonmuonaohjelmalumo1985.pdf

 

[Micdrow]

How to eat well in (Finnish) nature by Finnish Defence Forces. In Finnish but with a good set of drawings. Many of the hunting traps described on the manual are in fact illegal in Finland (and most of Europe).

http://www.mil.fi/reservilainen/pdf/luonnonmuonaohjelmalumo1985.pdf

Very interesting Mangrove, many thanks!!!