This 1930 training manual on submarine mining includes the following sections: general principles of submarine mine defense; organization, command, and administration; description and operation of casemate and electrical equipment; submarine mine...
[Headquarters United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas]
The standing operating procedures and technical data outlined in this manual are the results of practical study and recent experience in the European and Pacific Theaters. They are published to provide up-to-date information designed to promote the...
The accompanying instructions for the care and cleaning of recoil cylinders of seacoast carriages, prepared in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, are published for the use and information of the Coast Artillery.
This handbook on Germany focuses on electric power, sources of energy, generating plants, the grid, load factor and network, production/consumption, electric traction, street lighting, local electricity supplies, the public supply system, and...
"This booklet contains information affecting the employment of engineer units and is being issued for the purpose of assisting in overall engineer planning. The information has been gathered from War Department and Southwest Pacific Area...
Sections detail information on the inspection and maintenance of mount, a general description of the 12-inch howitzer railway mount (recoil mechanism, elevating / traversing mechanism, ammunition crane, brakes, foundation, muzzle support, etc.),...
Contains the alert orders from the V Corps notifying the commanders and detailing troop assignments to follow the First Army Consolidated Build-Up Priority Tables and the Preparation for overseas movement, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army,...
This document on Japanese tank and antitank warfare details the following topics: Japanese armored fighting vehicles (tankettes, light/medium/amphibious/flame-throwing tanks, self-propelled guns, armored cars, tank radio, tank guns); armored...
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.]
"This 1944 manual prescribed the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
This thesis examines the feasibility of using biodiesel-blended fuel to operate U.S. Army tactical vehicles within the continental United States (CONUS). The mixed methodology included quantitative and qualitative data, synthesizing two primary...
This document is a summary of the overall adequacy of water supply, water quality, administration and organization, use of substitute materials in supply practices, sources of water supply, and urban water supply in Germany.
Just how long and how efficiently a motor vehicle will serve depends more upon proper lubrication than upon any other feature of its care. The proper lubrication of a vehicle is of vital importance and any neglect is so conducive to excessive heat...
Compiled by Walter F. Wright, Captain, Field artillery. "The course in electrical communications for Field Artillery falls naturall into three parts: (1) elementary electricity; (2) telephones nad switchboards, and (3) radio communication."
Bulk petroleum products are vital to every facet of U.S. Army operations. Even the smallest and "lightest" units rely on the Army's Combat Service Support system to provide them with the fuels needed for ground mobility and CSS operations. What...
FM 101-10-1 consists of two volumes. The first volume provides planning data for commanders and staff officers (planners) at all echelons. These planning data pertain to table(s) of organization and equipment (TOEs) and standard requirement codes...
This manual is designed for use by barrage balloon units as a guide in the selection and training of personnel and the operation of materiel. The instructions given may be applied with slight modifications to any type of materiel used by barrage...