FM 55-509-1-INTRODUCTION ·Army ·1994 To Marine Elect
Successfully completing everyday activities depends on safe execution. Preparation and conduct during these activities reflects on performance. In no other field is this more significant than in the marine field. Safety is an encompassing…
FM 5-530 ·Army ·1987 Materials Testing
FM 5-530 Chapter 1 Materials Testing Overview FUNDAMENTALS The military engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining transportation facilities, housing and special structures, sanitary facilities, and military defenses.…
FM 4-155 ·Army ·1943 Antiaircraft Artillery. Service of the Piece Caliber, 50 AA Machine Gun
RESTRICTED F31 4-155 ANTIAIRCRAFT ' ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL SERVICE OF THE PIECE CALIBER 50 AA MACHINE GUN . Diseensination of restricted nentter. -The information contained in restricted documents and the essential characteristics of…
FM 700-80 ·Army ·1990 Logistics
TO ARMY LOGISTICS 1-6. General a. To quote from Dr. James A. Huston, The Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775–953: "Logistics is the application of time and space factors to war. It is the economics of warfare, and it comprises, in the…
FM 5-71-100 ·Army ·1990 Division Engineer Combat Operations
FM 5-71-100 CHAPTER 1 Engineer Operations and the Division Battlefield The division is the US Army's largest, fixed organization that trains and fights as a tactical team. It is organized with various combat, combat support (CS), and…
FM 100-11 ·Army ·1988 Force Integration
Introduction-the Army and Change »day's Army is undergoing massive changes in doctrine, training, force structure, t and materiel. Change is a formidable challenge. It is of such magnitude and scope I that it demands much of the individual…
FM 31-24I ·Army ·1986 Special Forces Air Operations
101, FM 31-24 Page 33. Figure 6-8 (Standard inverted "L" marking) is rescinded. Pages 33*34. STATIC LINE DZ MARKING PATTERNS is superseded as follows: STATIC LINE DZ MARKING PATTERNS Primary and alternate marking patterns are used to…
FM 8-34 ·Army ·1983 Food Sanitation for the Supervisor
Diseases and the Military Entire armies have been defeated by such disease outbreaks as dysentery, typhoid, yellow fever, plague, and malaria. Mishandling of food and food-related waste has been responsible for some of the diseases.…
FM 20-60 ·Army ·1970 Battlefield Illumination
FM 20-60 CHAPTER 2 PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF BATTLEFIELD ILLUMINATION 2-1. Purpose of Battlefield Illumination The general purpose of battlefield illumination is to provide additional light for friendly forces to conduct operations during…
FM 6-125 ·Army ·1963 Qualification Tests for Specialists Field Artillery
CHAPTER I GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope a. This field manual prescribes tests to be used in determining the relative proficiency and qualifications of individual specialists assigned to the field artillery. They are designed primarily as a…
FM 10-38 ·Army ·1945 Quartermaster Base Depot Supply and Sales Company
1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE MANUAL.--The purpose of this manual is to provide basic information necessary for the efficient functioning of the quartermaster base depot supply and sales company and for units operating in the capacity of a…
FM 34-35 ·Army ·1987 Armored Cavalry Regiment Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Operations
During the past several decades, the nature of warfare has changed—not abruptly, but nonetheless significantly. As a result, the modern battlefield presents challenges greater than any commander has ever faced. Because of increasingly…
FM 100-18 ·Army ·1995 Space Support to Army Operations
The Army's land power is hinged in space. General Gordon R. Sullivan Throughout US history, the military services have fought to guard US national interests on land, on sea, and in the air. Historically, whoever held and used the "high…
FM 30-10 ·Army ·1972 Geographic Military Intelligence
Section I. GENERAL 1—1. Purpose and Scope This manual serves as a guide in the production and use of military geographic intelligence. It de- fines military geographic intelligence and explains the process of collection, evaluation, and…
FM 5-20C ·Army ·1944 War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, Camouflage of Bivouacs, Command Posts, Supply Points, and Medical Installations
Study aerial photographs and large-scale maps of area to be occu pied. Make one or more tentative camouflage plans designed to take advantage of dark and heavily textured parts of the ground pattern. 2. Make ground reconnaissance of area.…
FM 21-25 ·Army ·1941 Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading
FM 21-25 BASIC FIELD MANUAL ELEMENTARY MAP AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH READING (This manual supersedes chapter 5, Basic Field Manual, volume I, April 2, 1938.) SECTION I GENERAL * 1. PuRPosE.-The purpose of this manual is to present in…
FM 23-55 ·Army ·1945 Browning Machine Guns, Caliber .30, M1917A1, M1919A4, and M1919A6
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 4-115 ·Army ·1940 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery, Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel, Antiaircraft Searchlight Units
Coast artillery manual for antiaircraft searchlight units: operation of materiel, organization, and service of the searchlight (1940).
FM 1-55 ·Army ·1978 Guide for the Operation of Army Airfields
FM 1-55 of the Department of the Army. AR 210-30 con- tains guidance for site selection within CONUS and US administered lands. Oversea commands establish their own regulations. Expansion plans or congestion may make it necessary to…
FM 21-16 ·Army ·Undated Unexploded Ordnance (Uxo) Procedures
1 T H E U X O H A Z A R D There were 21 US Army personnel killed and 53 injured during Operation Desert Storm as a direct result of handling UXO. Every person on the battlefield must be able to recognize and react to these hazards.…
FM 3-22.34 ·Army ·2003 TOW Weapon System
This manual discusses the many changes in the TOW missile, TOW training, and OPFOR armored vehicles and countermeasures. It includes training information on the M220A1 (basic) and M220A2 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW)…
FM 3-22-34 ·Army ·2003 TOW Weapon System
This manual discusses the many changes in the TOW missile, TOW training, and OPFOR armored vehicles and countermeasures. It includes training information on the M220A1 (basic) and M220A2 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW)…
FM 20-22 ·Army ·1962 Vehicle Recovery Operations 10-31
prove the manual. Comments should be keyed to the specific page, paragraph, and line of the text in which the change is recommended. Reasons should be provided for each comment to insure understanding and complete evaluation. Comments…
FM 6-81 ·Army ·1962 155-mm Howitzer M1 Towed
of an explosive. Cannon includes guns, howitzers, and mortars. The term also includes that portion of an artillery weapon required to fire a projectile, the tube, breech mechanism, and firing mechanism of an artillery weapon. h. Gun. In…
FM 34-2-1 ·Army ·1991 Reconaissance and Surveillance and Intelligence Support to Counterreconaissance
Throughout history, military leaders have recognized the importance of R&S. Gaining and maintaining contact with the enemy is essential to win the battle. Our own military history contains many examples where our knowledge of the enemy, or…
FM 63-21 ·Army ·1990 Main Support Battalion
FM 63-21 CHAPTER 1 MSB Organization and Functions ARMORED, MECHANIZED INFANTRY, INFANTRY, HEAVY/LIGHT DIVISIONS Main support battalions exist in four types of divisions. They are the armored, mechanized infantry, infantry, and heavy/light…
FM 55-14 ·Army ·1974 Air Transport of Supplies and Equipment UH1 Helicopter in Air Force Aircraft
Air transport procedures for movement of the UH-1 helicopter as cargo aboard Air Force aircraft: preparation, loading, and tiedown (1974).
FM 55-26 ·Army ·1953 Transportation INland Waterways Service
Section I. GENERAL 1. Purpose The purpose of this manual is to provide military personnel with basic doctrine relative to the tech- niques of operating an inland waterways service and to set forth the capabilities of inland waterway trans-…
FM 90-13-1 ·Army ·1991 Combined Arms Breaching Operations
This manual outlines the Department of the Army (DA) doctrine for combined arms breaching operations. Fighting as a combined arms team is imperative to breaching success and is the centerpiece of the manual. The manual begins with a…
FM 38-5 ·Army ·1961