FM 5-5 1941 includes information on engineers with infantry/cavalry/armored units, nondivisional general units, camouflage units, pontoon units, railway and inland waterway units, mapping units, supply units, troop movements, shelters and camps,...
Troops in occupied positions increase their combat effectiveness by works of an engineering nature called field fortifications. This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and...
The battalion is the basic tactical unit of infantry. It usually operates as an element of the infantry regiment. Its mission is assigned by the regimental commander, and its actions are coordinated with those of other units of the regiment....
Discusses open and trench warfare, scouting, the company, machine gun use, the one-pounder gun, light mortars, recapitulation, artillery, infantry batteries, division trench mortars and accompanying guns. Digitized by the Military History Institute.
Discusses serious health hazards associated with traveling to Northern and Eastern Africa and Western Asiatic countries which are not commonly encountered in the United States. Covers general concerns, issues with water, and water economy in desert...
The mission of the Quartermaster Corps is to assure the successful operation of the Army of the United States by accomplishing efficiently and economically the general function of providing food, clothing, equipment, housing, transportation, and...
Part one of this field manual details the communications zone. This includes the organization and functions of the theater of operations, the organization and operation of quartermaster service in the communications zone, supply installations, and...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the armored reconnaissance platoon and company of the armored reconnaissance battalion and the armored regiment. Many of the fundamentals set forth are applicable to the reconnaissance and liaison...
The purpose of this manual is to outline general methods of training and employing the reconnaissance battalion of the armored division. Tactical employment of the reconnaissance company is covered in FM 17-20, and that of the tank company in FM...
This manual covers the tactical employment of the light and medium tank battalions both as part of a larger force and when acting independently. It is designed as a guide only and does not lay down a set of inflexible rules. Each tactical situation...
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 covers the tactical employment of the self-propelled tank destroyer pioneer platoon. The following contents of this field manual include: pioneer reconnaissance; movements; bivouacs; position in readiness; combat area; technical...
The purpose of this manual is to teach the soldier what he can do for himself or a fellow soldier if injury or sickness occurs when no medical officer or Medical Department soldier is nearby. Information is also given concerning the use of certain...
This field manual details mechanical training, marksmanship (known distance targets, moving ground targets, and air targets), technique of fire, and advice to instructors for the Browning automatic rifle.
The Special Service Company is an independent, self-sustaining, semi-mobile organization, trained and equipped to provide recreational and informational services to troops serving in a theater of operations. It is able to provide forward echelons...
The military police consists of personnel authorized to a commander to assist him in the enforcement of laws, regulations, and orders, and for other purposes as outlined in this manual. Subjects included in this field manual are organization,...
This manual is limited to a brief presentation of such of the principles of the law governing the employment of Federal military forces in aid of the civil authorities as the troops in camp or field, in time of war or domestic disturbance,...
The general fundamentals set forth in this manual establish certain principles governing the mission, organization, and operation of the oversea port. The term "oversea port" as used in this manual refers to those ports which are located in an...
In jungle warfare, the soldier often fights two enemies: man and nature. The elimination of nature as an enemy and the use of the jungle itself as an ally are training objectives fully as important as the elimination of the human enemy. The soldier...