FM 5-134 ·Army ·1961 Armored Division Engineers
Section I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF MANUAL 1. Purpose a. This manual is a guide for the battalion com- mander, company commanders, platoon sergeants, platoon leaders, and squad leaders in the organ- ization and operations of the armored…
TC 5-31 ·Army ·1969 Viet Nam version
TC 5-31 tinction between antipersonnel mines and boobytraps is often academic. Users cf this circular should Jearn what materiel and devices are actvally being used by the VC for various purposes, and not attempt to place the into academic…
FM 30-101A ·Army ·1959 Aggressor the Maneuver Enemy Esperanto Language
SECTION I INTRODUCTION 1. Purpose and Scope The purpose of this manual is to provide United States forces, portraying AGGRESSOR, with a different language, the use of which will enhance intelligence play and add realism to field exercises.…
FM 17-22 ·Army ·1942 Armored Force Field Manual, Reconnaissance Battalion
FM 17-22 1-2 RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION ARMORED FORCE FIELD MANUAL SECTION I GENERAL E 1. PURPOSE.-a. The purpose of this manual is to outline general methods of training and employing the reconnaissance battalion of the armored division.…
FM 30-102 ·Army ·1977 Opposing Forces Europe
This manual provides the US soldier information concerning oppos- ing forces weapons, equipment and tactics, for use in accomplishing our objective—WINNING THE LAND BATTLE of the next war, even though outnumbered. Because entire forces can…
FM 30-15 ·Army ·1973 Intelligence Interrogation
Section I. GENERAL 1-1. Purpose This manual sets forth doctrine pertaining to basic principles of interrogation and establishes procedures and techniques applicable to Army intelligence, interrogations of non US personnel, to include…
FM 31-1 ·Army ·1971 Employment of Unattended ground Sensors (TEST)
FM 31-1 (TEST) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1 -1. (U) Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide employment techniques, command and control concepts, and a ready equipment reference for elements directly responsible for the emplacement and…
FM 6-121 ·Army ·1967 Field Artillery Target Acquisition
for the purpose of conducting atmospheric soundings and disseminating current meteoro- logical data. Each division artillery has one meteorological section; and the corps FAT AB has two. Thus, a 12-division, three-corps field army has at…
FM 101-15 ·Army ·1944 Traffic Circulation and Control
Field manual on traffic circulation and control: route planning, circulation maps, and control of military road movement (1944).
FM 31-21 ·Army ·1965 Special Forces Operations
1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual provides doctrinal guidance to commanders and staffs responsible for the training and operational employment of U.S. Army special forces in unconventional warfare (ITW) and in counterinsurgency (CI)…
ST 30-5-1 ·Army ·1955 Combat Intelligence
This text is published for the use and guidance of ail concerned with combat intelligence at division. 2. SCOPE a. For these echelons this text describes the organization which produces in telligence, the production of intelligence from…
FM 7-30 ·Army ·1965 Infantry, Airborne and Mechanized Division Brigades
Section II. MISSIONS AND ROLES OF THE INFANTRY, AIRBORNE, AND MECHANIZED DIVISION BRIGADES 3. Mission a. The Brigade. The basic combat mission of the brigade is to close with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver in order to destroy or…
DA PAM 310-3 ·Army ·1959 Military Publications Index of Training 7-30
Department of the Army index of training publications current in 1959: field manuals, training circulars, ROTC manuals, training programs, subject schedules, training tests, posters, and firing tables.
FM 310-3 ·Army ·1959 Military Publications-Index of Training Publication
Military publications index of training publications: lists of current field manuals, training circulars, and other training literature (1959).
FM 54-8 ·Army ·1967 The Administrative Support Theater Army TASTA-70 (TEST)
This manual is published to provide interim guidance to commanders, staff officers, and other personnel concerned with Combat Service Support under the TASTA-70 concept of organization and operation. Additional, more detailed guidance is…
FM 21-6 ·Army ·1954 Techniques of Military Instruction
1. Purpose This manual is designed to assist Army instructors in teaching efficiently. All officers and noncommissioned officers must know how to teach. As specialists, they may have an excellent knowledge of some phase of the military…
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 1-26 ·Army ·1944 Army Air Forces Filed Manual Defense of Airdromes
Dissemination of restricted matter.-The information contained in restricted documents and the essential characteristics of restricted material may be given to any person known to be in the service of the United States and to persons of…
FM 12-11 ·Army ·1967 Administration Company Division and Separate Brigade
Mission coordinated by the brigade chaplain, who is a. The mission of the administration com- located in the brigade headquarters and headpany is to- quarters company. The replacement detachment becomes a function of the adjutant (1) Serve…
FM 55-46 ·Army ·1965 Army Aviation Transport Services and Units in the Field Army
niques. Such changes demand the attention of assigned personnel, as would modifications au- thorized by major commanders, but would not warrant the publication of a change to this manual. The principles of organization and effective…
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 6-20 ·Army ·1973 Field Artillery Tactics and Operations
FM 6-20 CHAPTER 2 FIELD ARTILLERY CHARACTERISTICS Section I. CLASSIFICATION OF FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS 2—1. Classification by Weapon Field artillery weapons are classified as cannons, missiles, and aerial field artillery. a. Field…
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.…
ST 17-33 ·Army ·1949 Tank Battalion
Special text on the tank battalion: organization and tactical employment in the early postwar Army (1949).
FM 5-20A ·Army ·1940 War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, Camouflage of Individuals and Infantry Weapons
C--H E C K LI ST 1. INDIVIDUAL (watch form, shadow, texture, color). a. Prepare individual equipment in the following order: (1) Helmet (break form, color, shine; keep garnishing short). (2) Face and hands (darken, disrupt). (3) Weapons…
FM 21-150 ·Army ·1954 Hand to Hand Combat
Training in hand-to-hand combat is also useful for 1, Purpose and Scope This manual is written to teach you hand-to-hand combat. It describes the various blows, holds, footwork, armwork, and other maneuvers used to disable or kill an enemy…
FM 31-50 ·Army ·1964 Combat in Urban and Built-Up Areas
C 2, FM 31-50 Page paragraph 14c. In lines 10 and 11 "non- persistent chemical agents" is changed to read "nonpersistent-effect chemical agent". In lines 12 and 13 delete "or Biological." Page 12, paragraph In line 1 delete "or…
FM 55-30 ·Army ·1963 Motor Transportation Operations
tion of personnel, equipment, and supplies. The convoys in which elements are grouped tomodern military motor vehicle has inherent gether for adequate control. characteristics of good cargo capacity, relative- c. Unorganized Traffic.…
DA PAM 550-104 ·Army ·1966 Human Factors Considerations of Undergrounds in Insurgencies
The dynamics of social change are of prime concern for many social scientists. However, in the desire to understand the broad characteristics and societal impact of revolutionary movements, we often neglect the study of the human element…
FM 6-20-2 ·Army ·1970