FM 21-15 ·Army ·1945 Individual Clothing and Equipment
This manual sets forth the broad principles governing the care and maintenance of those items of clothing and individual equipment for which the soldier is responsible. It prescribes the method of pitching shelter tents and the use of…
FM 44-9 ·Army ·1967 air Defense Artillery Fire Distribution System AN-TSQ-51
Remote radar integration station section. (5) Fire distribution operator team. (6) Terminal data link repair team. (7) Special requirements section. I b. Every defense will not contain the same num- '-./ber of fire units a,nd not all…
FM 57-35 ·Army ·1967 Airmobile Operations
H 0. H—H. ®irae!l a. This manual provides doctrinal guidance for commanders and staffs in planning and executing airmobile operations. The material presented is applicable to nonnuclear warfare, and appropriate modifying guidance for nu-…
FM 17-36 ·Army ·1965 Divisional Armored and Air Cavalry Units
orients its location or movement on intelligence (b) Types of security missions. objectives. For a detailed discussion of recon- 1. Advance guard. An advance naissance and security missions, see FM 17-1. guard is a security force, prima-…
FM 5-144 ·Army ·1963 Engineer Shore Assault Units
Section II. ENGINEER ROLE 7. Army Component Force a. No standard organization is applicable to all situations that may be encountered in an amphibious operation. The force organized for conduct of an amphibious operation is a task…
FM 17-68 ·Army ·1944 Armored Crew Drill. Light Tank M5 Series
Except in an emergency, no one but the tank commandsr may operate the RADIO-INT switch on his control box. In an emergency, a member of the tank crew may communicate with the tank commander or an other crew member by throwing his control…
FM 55-506-1 ·Army ·1977 Basic Electricity
This manual provides basic electrical fundamentals for Army watercraft engineers. It provides watercraft personnel at all levels a basic overview of electrical fundamentals needed to accomplish maintenance on electrical components aboard…
FM 9-17 ·Army ·1961 Ordnance Ammunition Company
Mission segregation area to truck.) See FM 9-5 for a a. Th(eordnance ammunition company is de- more detailed explanation of "lift." signed to establish and operate an ammunition b. Increased Capability. The lift capacity depot or one or…
FM 6-20-1 ·Army ·1979 Field Artillery Cannon Battalion
v4 vr TO 7" j' ••-ift/íy Á.3. In the battles of the next war, effective use of firepower will be more critical than in any land battle the US Army has ever fought. Changes in battle tempo, mobility, and firepower will challenge field…
FM 5-13 ·Army ·1964 The Engineer Soldier s Handbook
should be provided for each comment to insure understanding and complete evaluation. Com- ments should be forwarded directly to Com- mandant, U. S. Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Va. 2. Organizing the Corps of Engineers a. In 1775 the…
FM 31-30 ·Army ·1942 Basic Field Manual. Tactics and Technics of Airborne Troops
BASIC FIELD MANUAL FlIrI 31-30 1-2 TACTICS AND TECHNIQUE OF AIR-BORNE TROOPS PART ONE AIR LANDING TROOPS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL • 1. REnuNCBS.-Por the generaJ characteristics, organization, and tactics of ground troops, see the appropriate…
FM 17-50 ·Army ·1977 Attack Helicopter Operations
THIS MANUAL describes how attack helicopter battalions and companies fight. Attack helicopter units are organized primarily to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles. They will normally be supported by field artillery and sometimes by…
FM 5-146 ·Army ·1963 Engineer Topographic Units (C1)
21. Map Depot Operations * * * * * c. Depot sites should * * * of the depot (fig. 6). Approximate covered storage requirements for the various map depots is as follows. (1) (Added) A base map depot for each group of three field armies…
FM 1-100 ·Army ·1959 Army Aviation
CHAPTER 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. Purpose This manual is a guide for commanders, staff officers, Army aviators, and other Army personnel concerned with the employment of Army aircraft, the organization and planning of Army Aviation units, and…
FM 5-5 ·Army ·1943 Engineer Field Manual Engineer Troops
FM 5-5 ENGINEER FIELD MANUAL ENGINEER TROOPS (This manual supersedes FM 56, 31 January 1941. inclading C 1. 17 January 1942.) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL · 1. PURPOSE AND ScoPr.--This manual is designed to serve as a general reference on engineer…
FM 6-20 ·Army ·1941 Field Artillery Field Manual Tactics and Techniques
FX w 6-20 FIELD ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL TACTICS AND TECHNIQUE CHANGES 1 WAR DEPARTMENT, NO. 1 J WASHINGTON, January 2, 1941. FM 6-20, July 10, 1940, is changed as follows: * 82. GENERAL. f. The number of available noninterfering radio…
FM 30-5 ·Army ·1973 Combat Intelligence
FM 30-5 CHAPTER 2 INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND OPERATIONS Section I. INTELLIGENCE 2-1. General Every profession has a language of its own, a language which is used in the particular environ- ment of that profession. The…
FM 55-40 ·Army ·1971 Army Combat Service Support Air Transport Operations
This manual is published as a training, planning, and operational guide for unit commanders, staff officers, noncommissioned officers, and other personnel concerned with Army combat service support air transport operations as part of the…
FM 4-143 ·Army ·1943 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual. Service of Height Finder SCR-547
2-5 ANTIAIRCRAFL ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL SCR-547 has the following advantages over other methods in common use: a. It provides continuous altitude data. b. It provides continuous slant range data. ce. It requires less skilled operators.…
TM 11-450 ·Army ·1942 Training of Signal Communication Personnel
A guide for those responsible for training signal communication personnel, covering training management, instruction methods, and unit training.
FM 8-55 ·Army ·1941 Medical Field Manual, Reference Data
FM 8-55 1-2 MEDICAL FIELD MANUAL REFERENCE DATA CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE.---. The purpose of this manual is to furnish to medical offlcers a compact source of information bearing upon the military aspects of their profession.…
FM 31-45 ·Army ·1967 Explosive Ordonace Disposal Service
of sabotage de- vices and clandestine weapons into the sphere of EOD operations. (5) Establishing and maintaining a re- sponsive and uniform explosive ord- nance incident reporting and control system. (6) Providing the required numbers of…
FM 61-100 ·Army ·1962 The Division
Heading a planning staff for future operations or joint matters. (3) Commanding a task force. (4) Supervising execution of specific portions of operations orders. (5) Assuming control of the division at an alternate command post when…
FM 1-40 ·Army ·1969 Attack Helicopter Gunnery
C2, FM 1-40 -fca. Attack Helicopter. An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter modified or designed to search out and engage enemy targets or to supple- ment the fires of ground-based weapons (e.g., UH-1 armed with M21 armament subsystem…
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 105-5 ·Army ·1973 Maneuver Control
cises at battalion and higher echelons are to promote— : (1) The integration of the organic staffs and units into coordinated and efficient teams capable of successful action in combat. (2) A high degree of unit and individual proficiency…
FM 31-25 ·Army ·1964 Desert Operations
dom of movement frequently afforded by the des- ert permits an increase in the depth of objectives and the width of frontages of units. Weak spots in the enemy defenses are exploited. This may be accomplished by concentrating forces in a…
FM 31-16 ·Army ·1963 Counterguerilla Operations
CHAPTER 2 THE ENEMY RESISTANCE MOVEMENT Section I. ORGANIZATION OF THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT 3. General a. A guerrilla force is the armed manifesta- tion of a resistance movement by a portion of the population of the area against the local…
FM 31-21 ·Army ·1961 Guerilla Warfare and Special Forces Operations
Special Forces manual on guerrilla warfare and unconventional warfare operations: resistance organization, infiltration, development of the area command, and combat employment (1961).
FM 17-10 ·Army ·1942