FM 17-32: Armored Force Field Manual, the Tank Company, Light and Medium

FM 17-32 Armored Force Field Manual, the Tank Company, Light and Medium

FM 17-32

Armored Force Field Manual, the Tank Company, Light and Medium

Army · FM · Jan 1942 · 91 pages

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2-4 ARMORED FORCE FIELD MANUAL * 2. PURPOSE.-This manual is only a guide to the employ ment of the tank company. The formations and actions described herein are not inflexible. Each tactical situation must be solved on its own merits and not by blind applica tion of a set of inflexible rules. Initiative of all commanders must be encouraged. 3 3. PRIOR TRAINING.-Individual crew, section, and platoon training should be completed before proceeding to company training. The technique of operation of vehicles and weapons and of the employment of the various weapons should have been covered in earlier instructions. (See sec. II.) * 4. ORGANIZATION.-a. The tank company, both light and medium, consists of a company headquarters and three tank platoons of five tanks each. b. Company headquarters.-(1) Company headquarters is composed of a (a) Command section. (b) Tank section.

DesignationFM 17-32

EditionJan 1942

StatusSuperseded

Pages91

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonCompany

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 10

FM 21-45Not in the Vault
FM 17-62Not in the Vault