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"Based on the UK's basic soldier training, the course covers weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the law of armed conflict," they said.

The course - run by the Army's 11 Security Force Assistance Brigade - is based on the UK basic soldier training, covering weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the Law of Armed Conflict.

The group Fortify Rights and Yale Law School’s Schell Center said after a joint investigation the junta leadership deployed snipers to kill protesters to instil fear, while soldiers were instructed to commit crimes and given a “fieldcraft” manual that contained no guidance on rules of war.

By contrast, Hastings points to the stronger performance of the small contingents of Australians who were disciplined in their use of firepower and exercised better fieldcraft.

Both use a mixture of good, old-fashioned fieldcraft and high-tech radio collars that permit individual animals to be tracked around by satellite.