FM 31-30: Basic Field Manual. Tactics and Technics of Airborne Troops

FM 31-30 Basic Field Manual. Tactics and Technics of Airborne Troops

FM 31-30

Basic Field Manual. Tactics and Technics of Airborne Troops

Army · FM · Jan 1942 · 145 pages

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BASIC FIELD MANUAL FlIrI 31-30 1-2 TACTICS AND TECHNIQUE OF AIR-BORNE TROOPS PART ONE AIR LANDING TROOPS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL • 1. REnuNCBS.-Por the generaJ characteristics, organization, and tactics of ground troops, see the appropriate Field Manuals for the arms and services. Por a general discussion of troops transported by air and air task forces, see PM 100-5. Por logistical data relative to movement by air transport, see PM 101-10 . • 2. DD'INITIONS.-a. Air-borne troops.-Any troops transported by air. b. Air landing troops.-Troops carried in powered aircraft, or in gliders towed behind aircraft, who disembark after the aircraft or glider reaches the ground. c. Air task lorce.-A grouping of air, base, and service units formed to conduct the air missions required by a plan of operations. d.

DesignationFM 31-30

EditionJan 1942

StatusSuperseded

Pages145

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonTroop

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 5

TM 1-440Not in the Vault
FM 10Not in the Vault