David Schiller

David Schiller , pseudonym Jan Boger, (* 1952 in West Berlin ) is a German non-fiction author , journalist and consultant on the topics of firearms , security and terrorism .

Life

Schiller was born into a Jewish family and was active in Berlin's Zionist youth. Under the impression of the Six Day War , he decided to emigrate to Israel and become an officer of the paratroopers there. After graduating from high school in 1971 , he emigrated to Israel in the same year, and in the following year he joined the paratrooper brigade. He was badly wounded during the Yom Kippur War . From 1974 to around 1978 Schiller studied political science , journalism and journalism at the Free University of Berlin and graduated with a diploma . In 1982 the doctorate followed . During his studies, he advised the Berlin police on setting up their precision rifle command , which, like in the other federal states, was set up as a forerunner of the later special operations command to combat terrorism . He also dealt scientifically with terrorism . He was a consultant at RAND Corporation and Control Risks . He gave lectures at the Bundeswehr and the GSG9, among others . In 1976 he wrote his first book under the pseudonym Jan Boger, which was followed by numerous. It dealt with shooting in combat . From 1986 to 2006 Schiller was editor-in-chief of Visier magazine , from 2006 to 2012 its publisher .

Works (selection)

• Combat weapons, combat shooting, combat tactics , Motorbuch Verlag , Stuttgart 1976
• To live in fire ... An army mission , Schwend, Schwäbisch Hall 1977
• To Live in the Fire ... the Photographic Journal of an Israeli Soldier , Jolex, New Jersey, ISBN 978-0-89149-036-4
• Israel on foot. Handbook for Individual Travel , Pietsch, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 978-3-613-50063-1
• Westernhobby today , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 978-3-613-01357-5
• Schwarzpulver Digest , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-613-01056-7
• Combat training for emergencies , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-87943-617-0
• Elite units and special units international , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-613-01166-3
• The Soviet infantry and their weapons 1945 to today , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-87943-779-5
• The US Civil War 1861–1865. Soldiers - weapons - equipment , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-613-01013-0
• Combat digest. The manual for the combat shooter: weapons and Ammunition, training and Safety accessories, exercises , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-87943-993-5
• Hunter and hunted. The history of the snipers , Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-87943-373-5
• Walther - A German Success Story (co-author, with Ulrich Eichstädt and Manfred Kersten), VS Medien 2013, ISBN 978-3-944196-04-6

literature

Ulrike Zander, Harald Biermann (eds.): GSG 9 - Stronger than Terror , Lit Verlag, Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-643-13762-3 , pp. 271-276, 290

Web links

• Literature by and about David Schiller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Matthias Thieme: With an open “visor” . Critical article in the taz about Schiller and the magazine Visier from August 2, 2002
• IVW figures for the 1st quarter of 2015 from Visier

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gfw-sektion-soest.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=38
2. ↑ Vita of David Schiller 's GSP as a download on eder-dampfradio.de. Status 2015 (PDF, 0.96 MB)
3. ↑ Profile  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on linkedin.com