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Does anyone have some documentation on German and BAOR doctrine or a link to where it might be found on the internet?

I spent over an hour looking for anything related to BAOR doctrine in the 1980's. No hard copy to be found (there were a few under firewall....accessible for Br Army and MOD types, but not general public) The British govt seems a bit stingy compared to the US in terms of free info (even decades old)....I'd always heard about this phenomena when talking to Brits as they seem to admire the US's relative govt. transparency, but never ran into it first hand.

There were some tid bits though: In the late 1980's, the BAOR was looking into incorporating parts of the Air/Land Battle Doctrine into their operational framework. This is unfortunately outside the scope of FPCRS (would be useful in TOAWIII, though)

Here are some old vids showing platoon level tactics (mostly too granular for our scale....but still interesting)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zo5f6l-ZP4(pt.1 Combined Armor/Infantry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDAQV4fMaUk(pt. 2 " " ")

Thanks jds, actually I managed to find those today. They are very interesting and the safety ones are hard not to chuckle at. I think its the commentary thats the best.

Try this link it from 2010 but taken from the forword
"At the heart of this doctrine are two central ideas: the Manoeuvrist Approach and Mission Command. These tenets are as useful now as they were when first articulated in the Army’s doctrine in 1989"

Otherwise the only public place is the Kings College in London as part of the Liddell Hart Collection