FM 31-12 ·Army ·1961 Army Forces in Amphibious Oprations
(2) Amphibious raid. Landings from the * * tional warfare activities (ch. 9). A special type of am phibious raid is the amphibious reconnaissance which is a landing conducted by small elements, involving stealth rather than force of arms…
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 31-15 ·Army ·1961 Operations Against Irregular Forces
Section I.GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope a. This manual provides guidance to the commanders and staffs of combined arms forces which have a primary mission of eliminating irregular forces. b. The text discusses the nature of irregular forces…
FM 31-16 ·Army ·1970 Counterguerilla Operations
C 2, FM 31-16 Page 9, paragraph 13b. In lines 2 and 3 "internal defense operations" is changed to read "insurgency situations." Page 9, paragraph 13c. In line 3, "internal defense" is changed to read "stability." Page 9, paragraph 13e. In…
FM 31-18 ·Army ·1968 Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol Company
1-1. Purpose This manual contains doctrine for the employ- ment of the TOE field army and corps long- range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) com- panies and those modified TOE (MTOE) and provisional LRRP units formed by divisions and separate…
FM 31-19 ·Army ·1993 Military Free-Fall Parachuting Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
This field manual (FM) presents a series of concise, proven techniques and guidelines that are essential to safe, successful military free-fall (MFF) operations. The techniques and guidelines prescribed herein are generic in nature, and…
FM 31-2 ·Army ·1970 Surveillace, Target Aquisition and Night Observation Stano Doctrine (TEST)
2-1. The STANO System The STANO system is comprised of those means and materiel organic to or in support of the Army in the field (to include other Services) associated with information gathering and pre- sentation capabilities utilized to…
FM 31-20 ·Army ·1990 Doctrine for Special Forces Operations
Field Manual (FM) 31-20 is the Special Forces (SF) principles manual. It is directly linked to and must be used in conjunction with the doctrinal principles found in FMs 100-5 and 100-20 and the projected FM 100-25. It describes SF roles,…
FM 31-21 ·Army ·1969 Special Forces Operations
Forces group is â multipurpose force which, by organization, flexible command arrangements, tailored logistical and fiscal procedures, and highly trained personnel, can address a variety of mis- sions. As the repository of expertise within…
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 31-22 ·Army ·1981 Command, Control, and Support of Special Forces Operations
Thisfield manual provides doctrinal guid¬ ance to Special Forces (SF) command¬ ers and their staffs for command, con¬ trol, and support of SF operations. It deals with the organization, missions, and operations in support of unconventional…
FM 31-23 ·Army ·1998 Special Forces Mounted Operations, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Until the mid 1980's, the United States (U.S.) Army did not have a dedicated mounted special operations 2 (SO) capability. Major General Guest (then Colonel), 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne ) (SFG[A]), 3 realized this shortcoming. He…
FM 31-27 ·Army ·1998 Pack Animals in Support of Special Operations (Draft)
Draft field manual on pack animals in support of special operations: care, loading, and employment of pack animals in austere environments (1998). The archived scan is largely illegible.
FM 31-3 ·Army ·1969 Wether Support for Field Army Tactical Operations
1-1. Purpose and Scope o. This manual provides doctrinal guidance to U.S. Air Force, Air Weather Service (AWS) and field personnel, including commanders and staff officers, who are concerned with the weather sup- port required for army…
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 31-5 ·Army ·1941 Landing Operations on Hostile Shores
FM 31-5 BASIC FIELD MANUAL LANDING OPERATIONS ON HOSTILE SHORES CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Paragraphs Section I. General 1-8 II. Advance forces 9-12 III. Main and secondary landings 13-16 IV. Selection of landing areas 17-26 V. Time of landing .-…
FM 31-55 ·Army ·1972 Border Security and Anti-Infiltration Operations
Section I. GENERAL 1-1. Purpose This manual provides doctrinal guidance for com- manders and staffs at all levels, to carry out bor- der security operations involving combat, combat support, and combat service support units. Throughout…
FM 31-60 ·Army ·1972 River Crosing Operations
provides a summation on river-crossing opera- tions for quick reference purposes. b. Full page printing has replaced the two columns per page that was used in the old manual. This is intended for ease of reading. c. A recapitulation of…
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 31-75 ·Army ·1971 Riverine Warfare
This manual sets forth basic guidance for commanders and staff officers for planning and executing riverine warfare. While this manual reflects riverine warfare as conducted in the Repub- lic of Vietnam where it was field evaluated, the…
FM 31-81 ·Army ·1970 Base Defense (TEST)
This manual sets forth basic guidance for commanders and staff officers of nontactical organiza- tions and installations for planning and conducting base defense. While the manual emphasize base de- fense in stability operations, the…
FM 31-82 ·Army ·1971 Base Development
This manual prescribes Army doctrine to assist commanders and staff officers in developing a base or bases in a theater of operations. It covers base development (BD) from early concept planning to program execution. The manual defines the…
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 4-29 ·Army ·1945 War Department Field Manual. Service of Seacoast Searchlight
This manual is a guide for the battery commanders, platoon commanders, section leaders, and light commanders of seacoast artillery searchlight units in harbor defenses or in the field in training searchlight squads in the orderly,…
FM 4-5 ·Army ·1944 Coast Artillery Tactics (C1)
Yous. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1947—751601 = RESTRICTED FM 4-5 cl FIELD MANUAL COAST ARTILLERY TACTICS CHANGES WAR DEPARTMENT NO. 1 Washington 25, D. C., 8 Aug., 1947 FM 4-5, 20 June 1944, is changed as follows: 2. COASTAK FRONTIER…
FM 42-414 ·Army ·1998 Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Quartermaseter Field Service Company, Direct Support
This manual covers the TTP of the QM FSC, DS (TOE 42414L0) and QM FSC, M (TOE 10414L0). It describes the mission, organization, and operations of both companies in terms of performing SLCRs as a section/team concept under the SLCR platoons…
FM 57-1 ·Army ·1967 Doctrine for Airborne Operations
structure and base complexes may be presumed to be limited, and use of prestocked land or floating strategic bases should be considered. e. In a cold war situation, objectives may include a show of force, a rapid change in the balance of…
FM 57-10 ·Army ·1962 Army Foces in Joint Airborne Operations
support for the execution of a tactical or strategic mission. The means employed may be any combination of airborne units, air transportable units, and transport aircraft, depending on the mission and the situation. Whenever the term…
FM 57-100 ·Army ·1959 The Airborne Division 9-9
The employment of airborne forces in World War II introduced revolutionary doctrinal changes regarding mobility, maneuver, and surprise in the conduct of war. Since World War I, the possession of nuclear weapons in quantity, potential…
FM 57-21 ·Army ·1959