Users of this field manual must first read and understand the doctrinal field manuals: FM 71-3 (brigade), FM 71-2 (battalion), and FM 71-1 (company). This manual DOES NOT replace the doctrinal manuals; rather, it supplements them with tactics and techniques for heavy, combinedarms forces at brigade, battalion, and company levels. Plans call for the tactics and techniques to be incorporated into the three doctrinal manuals as they are revised. FM 71-123 represents a departure from existing field manuals. Many current Army manuals are written in terms of execution, but FM 71-123 reflects the way we fight. Troop-leading procedures provide a thread of continuity, leading the reader chronologically through each mission.
DesignationFM 71-123
EditionJan 1992
StatusSuperseded
Pages879
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)