FM 21-50 ·Army ·1962 Ranger Training and Ranger Operations
Ranger Operations Are—overt operations by highly trained units to any depth into enemy held areas for the purpose of reconnaissance, raids, and general disruption of enemy operations. Depth and duration of the operation are limited only by…
FM 31-15 ·Army ·1941 Operations in Snow and Extreme Cold
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, September 18, 1941. FM 31-15, Basic Field Manual, Operations in Snow and Extreme Cold, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. This manual deals primarily with the special conditions…
FMFRP 12-40 Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational E ·Army ·1965 Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, 1965-1966
TO VIETNAM 1. BACKGROUND OF THE WAR Much of Vietnam's history is the story of its relations with China, its vastly larger and more powerful neighbor to the north. The Vietnamese for many centuries have both admired China for her culture…
FM 17-80 ·Army ·1944 Armored Medical Units
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Section I. CHARACTERISTICS OF ARMORED MEDICAL UNITS 1. GENERAL. a. This manual is designed as a supplement to FM 8-10. Herein are contained only those subjects and procedures peculiar to armored medical units. b. Armored…
FM 18-5 ·Army ·1944 Tank Destroyer Field Manual, Tactical Employment Tank Destroyer Units
This manual is a guide to the tactical employment of tank destroyer units both self-propelled and towed. The methods of employment described herein do not comprise a set of inflexible rules. Commanders must adapt the principles of…
FM 60-5 ·Army ·1951 Amphibious Operations Battalion in Assault Landings
Authority for release of this document to a foreign government must be secured from the Assistant Chief of Staff, C-2. When this document is released to a foreign govern- ment, it is released subject to the following con- ditions: This…
FM 7-30 ·Army ·1944 Supply and Evacuation. Infantry Field Manual. Service Company and Medical Detachment
2 a. Administrative orders. Orders that cover supply, evacuation, and other administrative details of operations. Administrative orders are issued under circumstances where the instructions regarding these matters are too voluminous to be…
FM 31-13 ·Army ·1961 Battle Group Landing Team (Amphibious)
A battle group landing team is the basic task organization used as a nucleus of an infantry division landing team in an amphibious operation. It may however, be employed as a semiindependent or independent landing team. In either role it…
FM 71-2 ·Army ·1977 The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force
In order to see the enemy, it will be necessary to MOVE. The task force MOVES to SEE and MOVES to fight. For when fighting outnumbered, which the task force must expect to do most of the time, it will be necessary to MOVE to mass…
FM 7-17 ·Army ·1951 The Armored Infantry and Battalion
FM 7-17 C1 FIELD MANUAL THE ARMORED INFANTRY COMPANY AND BATTALION CIIANGES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY No. 1 f WASHINmGTON 25, D. C., 12 September1952 FM 7-17, 23 March 1951, is changed as follows: 285.1 FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER (Added) a. A…
FM 19-5 ·Army ·1944 Military Police
/9v jija, iCf2 C'S BASIC FIELD MANUAL MILITARY POLICE CHANGEGS WAR DEPARTMENT No. 2 WASIlNGTON 25, D. C., 7 December 1945 FM 19-5, 14 June 1944, is changed as follows: CHAPTER 5 (Superseded) TRAFFIC CONTROL Section I. GENERAL 52. PURPOSE.…
FM 17-12 ·Army ·1961 Tank Gunnery 5-3
1. Purpose This manual presents tank gunnery principles, methods, and techniques, and training exercises and proficiency tests applicable to all types and models of standard tanks. Elements of tank gunnery are treated in detail to promote…
FM 57-38 ·Army ·1968 Pathfinder Operations
1. General a. The material contained in this appendix illustrates the techniques, procedures, and equipment required for developing and main- taining proficiency in rappelling from the UH—1 series helicopters (fig 38). h. This appendix…
FM 31-85 ·Army ·1970 Rear Area Protection Operations
This manual provides doctrine and guidance to commanders and staffs for the organization, administration, and employment of resources in the conduct of rear area protection (RAP) operations and updates interim guidance provided in FM…
FM 60-10 ·Army ·1952 Amphibious Operations: Regiment in Assault Landings
This manual is a guide for the regimental combat team (RCT) in planning, training for, and executing an amphibious operation. It includes additional information on higher headquarters and other forces involved. It describes the…
FM 60-10-AMPHIBIOUS ·Army ·1952 Operations Regiment in Assault Landings
This manual is a guide for the regimental combat team (RCT) in planning, training for, and executing an amphibious operation. It includes additional information on higher headquarters and other forces involved. It describes the…
FM 17-59 ·Army ·1942 Armored Force Field Manual-Decontamination of Armored Force Vehicles
Armored Force field manual on decontamination of armored force vehicles after chemical attack (1942).
ST 17-33 ·Army ·1949 Tank Battalion
Special text on the tank battalion: organization and tactical employment in the early postwar Army (1949).
FM 7-20 ·Army ·1944 Infantry Batallion
This manual supersedes FM 7-20, Rifle Battallon, 28 September 1942, including Cl, 27 March 1943. Chapter 1 GENERAL 1. ROLE OF THE INFANTRY BATTALION. The bat- talion is the basic tactical unit of Infantry. It usually operates as an element…
FM 17-33 ·Army ·1949 Tank-Battalion
or around one or both flanks or the rear of the initial enemy dispositions and toward an objective in the rear. The maneuvering force moves at such a distance from the base of fire that it will be impossible to furnish it the desired fire…
FM 17-42 ·Army ·1944 Armored Infantry Battalion
This manual covers the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion, both as part of a larger force, and when acting independently. It is designed as a guide and does not prescribe a set of inflexible rules. Each tactical…
FM 19-60 ·Army ·1961 Confinement of Military Prisoners
C1, FM 19-60 marshals to provide assistance as may be re- the training of personnel of their organizaquired. Examples of such assistance are: Aid- tions who may be detailed for duty with the ining in the execution of emergency plans and…
FM 7-35-TANK ·Army ·1949 Company-Infantry Regiment
Re-Security Information 56. Methods of Attack (Superseded) a. General. (1) There are three fundamental methods for employing the infantry-tank team in the attack-the tanks and infantry attack on the same axis; the tanks and infantry attack…
FMFRP 12-41 Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational E ·Army ·1967 Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, 1967
1. PURPOSE FleetMarineForceReferencePublication(FMFRP)12-41,Professional Knowledge Gained from Operational Experience in Vietnam, 1967, is publishedtoensuretheretentionanddisseminationofusefulinformationwhich isnot intendedto…
FM 7-11 ·Army ·1962 Rifle Company, Infantry, Airborne Infantry and Mechanized Infantry
leaders will be commanders, but all commanders must be leaders; for in a sense, leadership is the proper exercise of command. The company commander who commands only with his authority will never realize the full potential of his company.…
FM 7-40 ·Army ·1942 Infantery Field Manual, Rifle Regiment
INFANTRY FIELD MANUAL · 178. SECUIxTY. * * * * * * * b. Antimechanized.-Regimental antitank weapons are employed to reinforce the antitank defenses of the leading battalions, to deepen the defense within the regimental zone, and to provide…
FM 31-20 ·Army ·1974 Special Forces Operational Techniques
1, FM 31-20 CHAPTER 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE Section I. GENERAL 3-1. General a. Unconventional warfare operations are dependent, in varying degrees, on a successful I'SYOl* campaign. PSYOF, properly…
FM 17-1 ·Army ·1963 Armor-Operations
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Section I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. Purpose proper evaluation. Comments should be forwarded directly to the Commanding Officer, This manual sets forth the doctrine, tactics, warded directly to the Commanding Officer, U.S.…
FM 19-45-1 ·Army ·1967 Rear Area Protection
This manual provides interim guidance to commanders, staff officers, and other personnel concerned with rear area protection under the TASTA-70 concept of organization and operation. This information can be utilized to facilitate…
FM 19-15 ·Army ·1968