Carbine with detachable box magazine, U.S. M1A1 type with all standard features for this weapon. These include: folding butt stock of steel wire with leather cheek pan and attached oiler; wooden pistol grip on stock; adjustable rear sight;...
Breech loading .52 caliber percussion carbine with "fishtail" operating lever. 8 1/2" long sling bar and ring on reverse, and sling ring on trigger guard plate. Twenty-one inch round breechblock secured to walnut stock by two breech block bands,...
.52 caliber smoothbore breech loading percussion carbine with ramrod bayonet. Sling swivel on trigger guard tang, and trap door on lower stock for cleaning walnut stock.
From a series of studies covering the operations of the Japanese Armed Forces during World War II. This revision of the studies is more detailed and benefited from additional fact-checking and reinterviews. This document covers Installations and...
The principal German infantry weapons are described here in order to enable U.S. troops to identify and, when the opportunity exists, to operate them. Sections include information on pistols, rifles, and grenades, machine guns and mortars, antitank...
This document addresses the following topics regarding Japanese defense against amphibious operations: tactics and organization; beach obstacles, barricades, and mines; fortifications and airfields; Japanese coast defense guns; dual-purpose,...
This document describes the Japanese field artillery during World War Two. It addresses the following topics: organization (division and heavy artillery, and observation regiments); basic doctrine (relation of artillery to infantry, forward...
This document on Japanese tank and antitank warfare details the following topics: Japanese armored fighting vehicles (tankettes, light/medium/amphibious/flame-throwing tanks, self-propelled guns, armored cars, tank radio, tank guns); armored...
In suitable terrain, the tank is an ideal weapon for the favorite envelopment tactics of the Japanese, although the Japanese had only made limited use of tanks (up until WWII). The Japanese organization (armored divisions and non-division units),...
This is a guide for soldier's to better understand the Japanese Army. Chapter I describes the Japanese soldier, their entrance into the Army, characteristics and training, promotion of morale, and conduct in battle. Chapter II highlights the...
The purpose of this study is to provide a concise description of Japanese infantry weapons. Contents include nomenclature, pistols and rifles, grenades and landmines, grenade dischargers, machine guns, mortars, antitank and infantry guns, and small...
The purpose of this study is to give U.S. troops a comprehensive picture of German antiaircraft artillery and its use, and at the same time to furnish U.S. antiaircraft artillerymen data by which they can compare German methods with their own....
In 1907 the artillery community initially codified indirect fire concepts learned during the period between the US Civil War and the Russo-Japanese War. These initial concepts identified the scientific elements of the indirect fire problem....
Artillery has gone through two previous evolutions in employment methodology. The first, starting in 1670, saw it evolve from primarily a siege engine, to a precision mobile direct fire support platform. The second evolution in methodology began in...
This study details the Nez Perce’s struggle and offers a historical case study for unconventional warfare. This study proposes to answer the questions: Why did the US Army fail to achieve decisive victory over the Nez Perce in 1877; and What...
This thesis covers a period of transformation in the Army between the large Civil War Army armed primarily with muzzle-loading percussion arms to an Army numbering in the tens of thousands armed with magazine-fed bolt-action repeating rifles by...
The duties of a tank crewman are physically demanding. If a tank crewman is stronger, he will perform his job better, easier, quicker, and safer. Therefore, the focus of this thesis is the design of a weight training program to improve individual...
This thesis examines the effect the rifle had on infantry tactics during the Civil War. It traces the transition from smoothbore to rifle and the development of the Minie ball. The range and accuracy of various weapons are discussed and several...