WAR DEPAIRTMENT FIELD MANUAL 14. ACTION IN CASE OF AIR ATTACK. (Superseded.) a. Regardless of the effectiveness of the security measures taken by higher command through the offensive action of combat aviation, all units must consider the probability of air attack and reconnaissance and employ appropriate security measures. Passive measures include dispersion, concealment, and camouflage. Active measures comprise firing at enemy airplanes. b. (1) Upon receiving warning of air attack, personnel of the antitank company in position, bivouac or billets seek the nearest concealment or cover and refmain motionless, except gun crews who are engaged in a fire fight with hostile taprks. Such crews continue to combat the tanks. (2) When on the march, foot troops deploy and. seek cover.
DesignationFM 7-35
EditionJan 1944
StatusSuperseded
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
EchelonPlatoon
CollectionHistoric