FM 21-30: Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations

FM 21-30 Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations

FM 21-30

Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations

Army · FM · Jan 1941 · 70 pages

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This manual supersedes FM 21-30, August 1, 1939, and Training Circular No. 48, War Department, 1941. SECTION I GENERAL • 1. PURPOSE.—This manual is intended to supply the in formation required by the map reader. Persons engaged in the preparation of maps should be guided by AB 300-15, TM 5-230, and by Bulletin 788, Topographical Instructions of the United States Geological Survey. • 2. SCOPE.—This manual shows in convenient form the abbreviations and general symbols which have been author ized for military use. The general topographical symbols in section II, the symbols intended for air navigation maps only in section III, and the general abbreviations in section V have been approved by the Federal Board of Maps and Surveys and are prescribed for use on all United States maps.

DesignationFM 21-30

EditionJan 1941

StatusSuperseded

Pages70

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 13

TM 5-230Not in the Vault
FM 21-35Not in the Vault