operations, captured friendly and al- lied equipment and materiel which may have been used against US forces. Technical intelligence contributes pri- marily to the extension of the combat intelligence effort. c. Other terms used in this manual are— (1) Scientific and technical intelligence— includes that foreign intelligence re- lating to basic and applied research in natural and applied sciences and engi- neering; scientific and technical char- acteristics, capabilities, and limita- tions of foreign weapons, weapon systems, and other materiel; produc- tion methods employed in their manu- facture, and related technology per- taining to materiel supply, operation, and maintenance. (2) Factory marking—the numbers, let- ters, symbols placed on manufactured products (or in accompanying docu- ments) during manufacture or inspec- tion for purposes of identification and , control.
DesignationFM 30-16
EditionAug 1966
StatusSuperseded
Pages92
FunctionRecon Intel
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)