This book consists of lectures delivered at the Army War College on machine guns and their tactical employment. Includes training, tactics, use in trenches, emplacements, and examples of machine gun use by the Germans in World War I battles.
This book contains information on the first and most vital consideration in the protection of troops against hostile gas attacks during World War I, which is the provision of an efficient individual protective appliance for each soldier. Details of...
Consisting of the field service regulations, revised by the General Staff of the Army. Published for the information and government of the Regular Army and organized militia of the United States. Includes the organization of the Army, information...
This book contains the regulations for dismounted soldiers in the field artillery and mounted soldiers, firing instructions, the gun squad, conduct of fire, drivers, care of horses, and ceremonies.
This textbook used by the Army School of the Line and the Army Staff School in the year 1919-1920, discusses the organization, deployment and equipment of machine gun units.
Consists of organization, orders, service of information, service of security, marches, combat, ammunition supply, subsistence, transportation, shelter, medical and sanitary service, and the instruction for government of armies of the United States...
This is a manual describing the smoke torch, Mark I, including the container, ignition assembly, and smoke composition. This is a smoke-producing device intended to develop a smoke screen to conceal the movements of troops from hostile observation.
This book describes the organization, duties and training of scouts and patrols, including night patrols, scouts and observation, intelligence, and the writing of reports.
A series of lectures by Maj. H.B. Fiske, Maj. Leroy Eltinge and Capt. A.B. Warfield, pertaining to the tactics of infantry, cavalry and field artillery forces..
This manual supersedes the 1939 version. The 1941 edition of FM 100-5 encapsulates the state of Army doctrine on the eve of America’s entry into World War II. This is the doctrine the Army took into the great Louisiana maneuvers of 1941. Later,...
This pamphlet teaches that the temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and the hygrometric conditions may have an impact on artillery at the moment of fire.
Descriptions of the equipment used to send and receive sound signals for communications and liaison on the battlefield. The sound is produced by a mechanical bugle actuated by a bottle of pressurized gas.
This manual outlines the origin, objectives, and characteristics of counterinsurgency operations, as well as the tactics and techniques employed by guerrilla forces. It places emphasis on the planning and conduct of operations against guerrillas by...
This manual contains doctrine and procedure for commanders, staff, sections, and units of the Army in furthering U.S. national policy, fulfilling international obligations, and provide maximum support for tactical and logistical operations through...
FM 100-5, Field Service Regulations, Operations, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It contains the doctrines of leading troops in combat and tactics of the combined arms and constitutes the basis of instruction of all...
A draft of the chaplains manual including chapters on historical background; office, regulations, and qualifications; education and school; equipment; religious observances; special services; religious training and conferences; pastoral functions;...