This manual sets forth the broad principles governing the care and maintenance of those items of clothing and individual equipment for which the soldier is responsible. It prescribes the method of pitching shelter tents and the use of other bivouac equipment,, the method of assembling and packing authorized field packs, and the procedure governing the display of basic equipment for formal inspection. The care of arms and technical equipment, the care of many specific items of clothing and equipment, and the pitching of other tents are prescribed in other Field Manuals, in Technical Manuals, and in other War Department publications. The articles constituting the uniform, the wearing of the uniform, and insignia and brassards are prescribed in Army Regulations.
DesignationFM 21-15
EditionFeb 1945
StatusSuperseded
Pages93
FunctionFieldcraft Survival
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)