FM 31-25 ·Army ·1972 Desert Operations
This manual is limited in scope to discussion of doctrine and associated tactics, techniques, and procedures for employment of military forces in desert environments. The doctrine is definitive primarily in two ways: First, in military…
FM 90-8 ·Army ·1962 Counterguerilla Operations
Section I. General 1-1. Overview. This chapter discusses the type of activity that is characteristic of an insurgency. A general overview of insurgency is provided to introduce the planner of counterguerrilla operations to the insurgent.…
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 31-73 ·Army ·1967 Advisory Handbook for Stability Operations
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. Purpose Tins manual provides the U. S. Army unit and sector/subscetor (provinec/district) advisor to a host country (HC) a ready reference on doctrine and techniques which arc employed most fre- quently in stability…
FM 31-21-GUERRILLA ·Army ·1961 Warfare & Special Forces S
Guerrilla warfare and Special Forces operations: fundamentals of resistance and guerrilla warfare, the airborne Special Forces group, theater support, infiltration, and combat employment (1961).
FM 31-73 ·Army ·1965 Advisory Handbook for Counterinsurgency
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. Purpose This manual provides the U.S. Army advisor to host country forces a ready reference document on doctrine and techniques which are most frequently employed in countering latent, incipient, and active insurgency.…
FM 33-1 ·Army ·1979 Psychological Operations
Psychological factors are an integral part of all battlefields. Each unit movement and every conquest of terrain psychologically affect the battlefield participants and an audience of friendly, neutral, or hostile groups. The psychological…
FM 34-8-1 ·Army ·1944 Critical Weather Effects Data
This manual provides some of the more common critical weather (and environmental) effects data and applies that information to specific operations, systems, and personnel. Inclement weather degrades battlefield operations, affects weapons…
FM 34-81-1 ·Army ·1944 Battlefield Weather Effects
This manual provides some of the more common critical weather (and environmental) effects data and applies that information to specific operations, systems, and personnel. Inclement weather degrades battlefield operations, affects weapons…
FM 31-19 ·Army ·1974 Special Forces Free-Fall Parachuting
One of the two major goals of all Special Forces training is the successful infiltration of designated areas with the maximum chance of survival and mission accomplishment. To attain this goal. Special Forces has developed a number of…
FM 31-30 ·Army ·1960 Jungle Operations
dependent upon the characteristics of the pro- posed area of operations. In general, the more undeveloped the area, the more changes will be required. Changes to be considered are the elimi- nation of wheeled vehicles and weapons not suit-…
FM 55-55 ·Army ·1944 Transportation Corps : Railway Operating Battalion
Go ogle This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on Hbrary shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the…
FM 17-47 ·Army ·1977 Air Cavalry Combat Brigade
THE AIR CAVALRY COMBAT BRIGADE The ACCB is organized primarily as a highly mobile force to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles. In describing how the ACCB fights, this manual will discuss employment of attack helicopter battalions and…
FM 101-40 ·Army ·1976 Doctrine for Chemical Warfare and Biological Defense
FM 101-40 NWP 36(D) AFR 355-5 FMFM 11-6 commanders. Subsequent intratheater technical es- cort in support of Service mission is provided by each of the Services as outlined in AR 740-32/ OPNAVINST 8070.1B/AFR 136-4/MCO 4030.25B. The Army…
FM 10-13 ·Army ·1957 Quartermaster Reference Data
Class III Supplies. Supplies, such as fuels and lubricants for all purposes except aviation, including gasoline for all vehicles, diesel oil, fuel oil, and coal. d. Class III (A) Supplies. Aviation fuels and lubricants. e. Class IV…
FM 6-102 ·Army ·1970 Field Artillery Battalion Aerial Field Artillery
FM 6-102 1—6. Operational Concepts a. Aerial field artillery units deliver fires from the aircraft in flight, employing speed, agility, and responsiveness to achieve surprise and destroy targets. Aerial field artillery provides a means of…
FM 1-110 ·Army ·1966 Army Helicopter Employment
airmobile capability allocated to the ground com- mits him the widest possible latitude in the assignmander and the responsive fire support required. ment of missions to airmobile forces. Employment concepts envision armed helicopters 4.…
FM 100-15 ·Army ·1974 Large Unit Operations (TEST)
This manual prescribes Army test doctrine and guidance to com- manders and staffs for the establishment, organization, administra- tion, and employment of Army corps, the numbered army headquarters when employed, and the theater army. The…
FM 1-106 ·Army ·1973 Float and Ski Operations for Army Aircraft
CHAPTER 2 RULES, REGULATIONS, AND AIDS FOR NAVIGATION ON WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES Section I. RULES OF THE ROAD 6. General The Rules of the Road apply to all seaplanes operat- ing on inland or international waters. From seaward at all…
FM 16-100 ·Army ·1961 Character Guidance Manual
1. Purpose This manual provides the background, policy, procedures and objectives out of which the commander will implement the Character Guidance Program. 2. Scope This manual provides a background to support the total Character Guidance…
FM 31-70 ·Army ·1968 Basic Cold Weather Manual
1-1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual is designed to prepare the individual soldier and small unit commander to conduct military operations for extended periods of time under the most severe and varying cold weather climatic conditions.…
FM 30-101-1 ·Army ·1962 Esperanto the Agressor language
Esperanto has been adopted as the official language of Aggres- sor, the Maneuver Enemy. It may be modified by local usage or supplanted by the language of the local area. The primary benefit of using a different language is its…
FM 31-22 ·Army ·1963 U. S. Army Counterinsurgency Forces
10. Military Civic Action a. Purpose. The purpose of the military civic action program is to use indigenous military resources for the benefit of civilian communities, such as assisting in health, welfare, and public works projects,…
FM 101-31-1 ·Army ·1968 Nuclear Weapons Employment Doctrine and Procedures
C 1, FM 101-31-1/FMFM 11-4 FM 101-31-2 (Modified) is intended to be used by NATO members in actual combat, FTX, and CPX. c. FM 101-31-3 provides data concerning a family of hypothetical nuclear weapons. It pro- vides the data necessary for…
FM 23-70 ·Army ·1942 37-mm Gun, Antitank, M3
Go ogle This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on Hbrary shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the…
FM 5-136 ·Army ·1967 Engineer Battalions, Airborne and Airmoble Divisions
Section I. THE AIRBORNE DIVISION 2-1. Mission The primary mission of the airborne division is the destruction of enemy military forces and the seizure or domination of critical land areas, their populations, and resources. In ad- dition to…
TM 8-285 ·Army ·1942 Treatment of Casualties from Chemical Agents
of chemical warfare, the weapons of war depended almost entirely for their effect on the force with which they hit enemy personnel or materiel. In contrast to this, chemical warfare agents need no terminal momentum or explosive force to…
FM 105-5 ·Army ·1964 Maneuver Control
Development of a field exercise Other tactical exercises DEVELOPMENT OF TACTICAL EXERCISES FOR BATTALION AND LARGER UNITS General Field exercises Other tactical exercises used to train battalion and larger units Concurrent planning and…
FM 770-78 ·Army ·1979 System Engineering
« u * r i. A - 1-1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual describes a system engineering process and presents guidelines for system engineer- ing management which will satisfy those regulations, directives, and standards which contain policy…
FM 1-5 ·Army ·1979