The U.S. Army underwent significant doctrinal changes in the years following the Vietnam War. The 1976 edition of Field Manual (FM) 100-5, championed by General William DePuy, attempted to guide the Army's actions necessary to defeat the Soviet...
U.S. Army Field Artillery School: Weapons Department
"This 1979 SOP is published as a guide for the preparation of that part of the battery SOP pertaining to supply. It purposely contains a great amount of detail. The unit using this sample as a guide may add to or delete any portion not required. ...
Prepared under the direction of the commanding general, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma : lessons, questions and answers …
This manual prescribes a systematic procedure to be followed by gun crews of 3-inch antiaircraft guns manning materiel of the following types: the 3-inch antiaircraft guns M1917, M1917MI, and M1917MII on the fixed mounts M1917, M1917MI, and...
"This memorandum will be devoted to a general discussion of the construction of field artillery materiel. The scope of the discussion is sufficient to provide a background for the future study of all field artillery officers. The purpose,...
Most important of the changes affecting today's Army, probably, is the manner in which the Army conceptualizes the performance of its primary missions-protecting and defending the Constitution and fighting the nation's wars. Current institutional...
This narrative recounts the operational history of XIXth Panzer Corps' advance from 10 to 15 May 1940. Its primary focus is directed at the breakthrough at Sedan. The political and military situations influencing the decision makers of the German...
The war in Iraq forever changed the way any Combat Service and Combat Service Support unit views their war time mission. The 63rd Chemical Company was trained and ready to perform its war time mission. The unit had great success conducting chemical...
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...
This manual prescribes the service of the piece for the 105-mm antiaircraft gun, M3, on 105-mm antiaircraft gun mount, M1. This document includes information on organization, duties of personnel, notes on the service of the piece, safety...
The introduction of the operational art into U.S. Army doctrine is part of a significant chapter in U.S. Army history. It has been eight years since this operational level concept was introduced in the 1982 edition of FM 100-5 Operations. The first...
The concept of operational art was added to U.S. Army doctrine in the mid-,1980s. It is intended to provide a bridge between the complex, ethereal, and many times ambiguous national strategic aims, and the relatively mechanical, straightforward,...
United States. Army. Ordnance Dept.; War Plans Division
The following pamphlet, entitled "Handbook of the 155-mm. Filloux Gun Materiel," is a reprint of a pamphlet adapted from an official French document at headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, France. [War Dept doc no. 806.]