FM 72-20: Jungle Warfare | T.REX ARMS Field Manual Vault

FM 72-20 Jungle Warfare

FM 72-20

Jungle Warfare

Army · FM · Oct 1944 · 146 pages

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This manual supersedes FM 31-20, 15 December 1941, including 0 1, 26 May 1942; C 2, 3 August 19D42; and 0 S3,24 Septenmber 1942. Chapter 1 GENERAL Section I. GENERAL 1. General In jungle warfare, the soldier often fights two enemies: man and nature. The elimination of nature as an enemy and the use of the jungle itself as an ally are training objectives fully as important as the elimination of the human enemy. The soldier must be trained not to fight the jungle; he must be capable of living success fully in it and making it work for him against the human enemy. The jungle is a strict taskmaster; unless an in dividual adjusts himself to the conditions imposed by jungle environment, he will be unable to exist long, even if there is no human enemy.

DesignationFM 72-20

EditionOct 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages146

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 15

TM 10-420Not in the Vault
FM 31-40Not in the Vault