The following provisional instructions for maneuvers, prepared by the General Staff, under the direction of the Chief of Staff of the Army are approved by the Secretary of War and published for the information and government of the Army, and of the...
FM 1-15 1942 details the objectives of air fighting, tactical plans, factors affecting air fighting, organization and employment of pursuit aviation, air tactics of pursuit aviation, and tactics of aircraft fighting defensively.
This manual describes the nature, scope, and form of military intelligence required by the Air Corps for initial and subsequent operations, means of obtaining information and methods of converting this information into military intelligence,...
This manual is a guide for airdrome commanders, airdrome defense officers, and personnel available for the defense of airdromes. It treats of the local defense of forward-area airdromes, exclusive of counteraction by aircraft, by the personnel,...
The purpose of this field manual is to present the basic principles of gunnery for seacoast artillery. It aims to acquaint Coast Artillery officers with the principles they must understand and apply in order to fire accurately at the enemy under...
FM 4-20 1944 details formations and inspections, service at the emplacements, preparations for firing, safety precautions, salutes, and care and destruction of materiel.
This manual treats of the theory and practice of gunnery, fire control, and position finding for antiaircraft artillery guns. A knowledge of the fundamentals of exterior ballistics and gunnery as covered in FM 4-10 will be helpful in understanding...
This manual treats of the theory and practice of gunnery and fire control for antiaircraft artillery automatic weapons when firing by gun pointer and central control methods. The fundamentals of exterior ballistics and gunnery as covered in...
Knowledge of the principles of camouflage is as important to the vehicle driver as proper vehicle maintenance. A badly concealed vehicle can draw a bombing or strafing attack, which is even more crippling than a poor maintenance job. In either...
This field manual details tactical functions, troop movements, halts, bivouacs, offensive and defensive combat, artillery in retrograde movements, artillery in special operations, and supply and evacuation.
This FM describes elementary ballistics, effects of projectiles and fuze action, dispersion, the firing battery (initial laying, commands, and reports; fire commands and their execution), and observed fires.
FM 6-20 1940 addresses reconnaissance, occupation, and organization of position. Other sections include signal communication, tactical employment, and logistics.
The importance of concealment to field artillery cannot be overstressed. There are three reasons why the enemy will do everything he can to discover the location of field artillery. The first, and obvious one, is to reduce our fire power. He will...
Translated from a French official document of December 1916, information is separated into four parts. Part one concerns selection and concealment of battery emplacements, part two the construction of the different elements of battery emplacements,...
The mission of the Ordnance Department in the field is to store and issue ordnance general supplies and ammunition; to inspect, repair, alter, and maintain ordnance materiel in the hands of troops and in storage; to administer the field...
The purpose of the manual is to outline the Aircraft Warning Service and its agencies, to prescribe its mission and the responsibilities of various agencies concerned, to describe its functions, to cover the organization of its agencies, the...
This manual covers the tactics and technique of the armored engineer battalion. It supplements Basic and Engineer Field Manuals and Engineer Technical Manuals, and will be used in conjunction with them in training the armored engineer battalion and...
This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed. The methods of employment described herein do not comprise a set of inflexible rules. Commanders must adapt the principles of employment...
This document is published as a guide for the tactical training and operation of the Armored Division. The field manual contains information on assembly areas, reconnaissance and security, marches, offensive and defensive combat, support areas,...