Survival Manual is an illustrated wilderness survival manual based on the public-domain US Army Survival Field Manual (FM 21-76). Read it cover to cover like a book, or jump to any chapter for shelter, water, fire, food, navigation and bushcraft skills.
The manual keeps the classic field-manual structure: 23 chapters in seven parts plus four appendices, with diagrams, tables and step-by-step illustrations. Everything works offline, so the survival manual is with you on the trail, in camp or wherever there is no signal.
• PART I · SURVIVAL FUNDAMENTALS
1. Introduction: the Rule of Threes and the SURVIVAL acronym
2. Psychology of survival: stress, fear, panic and the will to live
3. Survival planning and survival kits
• PART II · SURVIVAL MEDICINE
4. Basic survival medicine: health maintenance, medical emergencies, lifesaving first aid steps, bone and joint injury, bites and stings, wounds, environmental injuries (heat and cold), and herbal and natural medicines as described in the field manual
• PART III · SHELTER, WATER AND FIRE
5. Shelters: site selection, lean-tos, debris huts, snow shelters
6. Water procurement: finding, collecting and purifying water, solar stills and filters
7. Firecraft: the fire triangle, tinder and kindling, friction fire, fire lays
• PART IV · FOOD AND TOOLS
8. Food procurement: animals for food, traps and snares, killing devices, fishing devices, preparing fish and game
9. Survival use of plants and the universal edibility test
10. Poisonous plants
11. Dangerous animals
12. Field-expedient weapons, tools and equipment
• PART V · HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
13. Desert survival 14. Tropical survival 15. Cold weather survival 16. Sea survival 17. Expedient water crossings
• PART VI · NAVIGATION AND SIGNALLING
18. Field-expedient direction finding: sun, shadow-stick, stars, improvised compass
19. Signalling techniques: signal fires, mirrors, ground-to-air codes
• PART VII · EVASION AND HAZARDS
20. Survival movement in hostile areas 21. Camouflage 22. Contact with people 23. Survival in man-made hazards
• APPENDICES
A. Essential knots and lashings B. Emergency communications and Morse code C. Weather prediction and signs D. Urban and disaster survival
• FEATURES
– Works offline: no internet needed once installed
– Table of contents with chapter numbers, plus Previous / Next to read in order
– Search across the whole manual
– Diagrams, tables and step-by-step illustrations
– Light and dark mode
• WHO IT IS FOR
Bushcraft and wilderness survival enthusiasts, campers, hikers, preppers and readers who want the classic army survival field manual in a clear, readable format on their phone.
• SOURCE
Content is adapted from the US Army Survival Field Manual FM 21-76, a public-domain US government publication. Some field-manual advice is older than current first aid guidance; where they differ, follow current guidance.
• IMPORTANT
This manual is not a substitute for first aid training or emergency services. In an emergency, call your local emergency number (for example 112, 911 or 999) first. The app is for general education only and is not medical, legal or professional advice. Some techniques in a military field manual are meant only for genuine life-or-death situations and may be dangerous or illegal where you are; follow local laws on fires, foraging, hunting, trapping and weapons. Never eat a wild plant or animal unless you are certain it is safe. Use at your own risk. This app is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the US Army, the US Department of Defense or any government agency.
