This field manual consists of three parts published as separate volumes. Data contained in this volume are based on experience particularly from WWII and Korea, and details organization, personnel, intelligence, operations, and logistics (supply,...
Discusses the modern battlefield, the enemy in modern battle, preparing for combat operations, movement techniques, reconnaissance, security operations, combat support, combat service support and operations in active nuclear conditions.
This field service document is broken down into three categories: organization, operations (information, security, orders, marches and convoys, combat, shelter), and administration (service of the interior, service of the theater of operations,...
The purpose of this guide is to present the essential tactical, technical and recognition data on weapons and equipment employed in the armies and security forces of the Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This volume discusses armored vehicles...
Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense
Gives detailed information on the Viet Cong, from origins and resources to tactical planning doctrine and capabilities and liabilities. Also gives information on the Vietnamese culture in which the Viet Cong thrive.
The purpose of this manual is to present the organization, characteristics, and missions of the cavalry reconnaissance troop, mechanized; and to set forth doctrine for its training and tactical employment. The scope of this manual includes...
The purpose of this manual is to provide a guide for the technical training of the personnel employed in the determination and application of firing data for seacoast artillery. This manual, on the principles of fire control and position finding,...
Field fortifications are works constructed by military forces in combat operations to increase natural defensive strength of a locality. This FM addresses terrain appreciation, organization of the ground, effect of projectiles, trenches, obstacles,...
This manual covers general camouflage principles. Camouflage of individuals, infantry weapons, vehicles, bivouacs, command posts, supply points, medical installations, field artillery, aircraft on the ground, airdromes, antiaircraft artillery, rear...
Parts of this FM include helmet camouflage, skin tonedown, canvas equipment, blending with one's background, shadows, movement, foxholes, machine guns, mortars, antitank guns, etc.
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...
Sections of this FM include: organization; posts- mounting and dismounting; movements of the carriages by hand; uncoupling and coupling; prepare for action and march order; duties in firing; additional information on the service of the piece; and...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery. The document provides information on organization, posts (mounting and dismounting),...
This field manual on the service of the piece, 75-mm gun, gives information on organization, posts (mounting and dismounting), movement of the carriages by hand, uncoupling and coupling, preparation for action and march order, duties in firing, and...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery. This FM details organization, posts (mounting and dismounting), movements of the carriage by...
This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery. Sections include organization, posts (mounting and dismounting), movements if the carriages...
This infantry field manual gives information on the headquarters company (organization, company headquarters, intelligence and reconnaissance platoon, communication platoon), combat intelligence (technique, duties of intelligence personnel,...
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
From an official French document. War Department Document No. 802 cancels previous publications of the same title, War Department Documents Nos. 583 and 711. These instructions conform to the American company and are based on French experiences....
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 tactical employment of the mortar platoon and squad in support of tank and infantry units. It is a guide only and describes training, control, orders, liaison, maintenance, security, marches, reconnaissance, positions,...