FM 7-40: Infantry and Airborne Division Battle Groups

FM 7-40 Infantry and Airborne Division Battle Groups

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FM 7-40

Infantry and Airborne Division Battle Groups

Army · FM · Aug 1959 · 243 pages

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1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual is a guide for battle group commanders, their staffs, and subordinate unit leaders in preparing their commands for and employing them in combat. It is also a guide for commanders of supporting units and for staff officers of higher headquarters whose duties may include making recommendations for battle group employment. b. This manual is applicable without modification to nuclear and nonnuclear warfare. c. This manual is applicable to both the infantry and airborne division battle groups. The parts of the manual that pertain exclusively to one or the other type battle group are so specified. The illustrations do not reflect the 4th rifle platoon in the rifle company of the airborne division battle group. The reader must compensate for this when using the illustrations. d.

DesignationFM 7-40

EditionAug 1959

StatusSuperseded

Pages243

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonDivision

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 47

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