The purpose of this research was to investigate the United States Army’s ability to correctly estimate and forecast the amount of ammunition it will use in combat operations. Enabling technologies of the weapons systems studied have led to a...
Volume includes additional data which have been accumulated on terminal ballistics and revises and expands upon data already presented in previous volumes of this series.
In 1939, the U.S. Army had no formal combat formation capable of reaching the battlefield by air. In response to the success of German airborne operations, the U.S. Army formed a small unit of volunteers which was to experiment with airborne...
The purpose of this book is to report data which has been accumulated on terminal ballistics and to represent all data available on terminal ballistics in such form as it should be useful and a great assistance in the selection and use of weapons...
Operations in Afghanistan frequently require United States ground forces to engage and destroy the enemy at ranges beyond 300 meters. These operations occur in rugged terrain and in situations where traditional supporting fires are limited due to...
Headquarters, Departments of the Army and Air Force
Manual tells and shows how to prepare and position certain types of ammunition and explosives in A-22 cargo bags and A-71 cargo sling for low-velocity or high-velocity airdrop. This manual also lists the types of ammunition and explosives...
Hunter, Kenneth E., comp.; Tackley, Margaret E., comp.; Bacon, Mary Ann, ed.
The book deals with the Pacific Theater of Operations and is divided into six sections: (1) The Allied Defensive; (2) The Strategic Defensive and Tactical Offensive; (3) The Offensive—1944; (4) The Final Phase; (5) The China–Burma–India...
The American primary tank in the Second World War was inferior to its German counterpart for all but the final months of the war. The U.S. tank evolved and demonstrated its superiority to the world in Operation DESERT STORM in 1991. This monograph...
Office of the Commanding General - Army Service Forces,
The Secretary of War directed the formation of the New Weapons Board on 17 January, 1944 and instructed the board to gather such technical information and new equipment as it deemed necessary to proceed as soon as possible to North African and...
Catalog of visual information products is a consolidated listing of all fielded DA products. Catalog's primary function is to assist in providing information to the unit and individual soldier.
This manual treats of the position finding, control, and illumination phenomena pertaining to antiaircraft searchlights. It is broken down into the following topics: sound location, acoustic correctors, searchlights, searchlight control, control...
The history of the noncommissioned officer between 1925 and 1945 was a time of great turbulence, not only in the responsibility, but also in the authority of noncommissioned officers. The time between World War I and World War II saw a huge...
This book deals with the European Theater of Operations, covering the period from the build-up in the United Kingdom through V-E Day. Its seven sections are arranged chronologically.
"This 1944 manual prescribed the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
This monograph examines the problem of providing fuel support in the heavy division during offensive operations. The study recognizes the important role of fuel support in the generation and sustainment of combat power. Yet, it also recognizes that...
The objective of this thesis is to determine whether a heavy division can conduct weapon system replacement operations. The thesis is based on a scenario that takes place in Eastern Europe. The division is a balanced Mechanized Infantry Division...
"This 1957 manual is a guide for artillerymen in the techniques of sound ranging and flash ranging, and in the application of these techniques to tactical operations."
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...