FM 1-112 ·Army ·1991 Attack Helicopter Battalion
This publication describes the organizational structure of the attack helicopter battalion and discusses its doctrinal and tactical employment on the modern battlefield. Techniques are briefly described to further illustrate employment of…
FM 57-230 ·Army ·1989 Advance Parachuting Technique and Training
Field manual on advanced parachuting techniques and training (1989).
FM 12-4 ·Army ·1972 Division-Separate Brigade Adjutant General
Field Manual 12-4 provides procedural guidance, a philosophy of service, command/staff relationships, and concepts of management and operations to the division and separate brigade adjutant general (AG). This manual introduces the adjutant…
FM 2-30 ·Army ·1944 Cavalry Field Manual, Cavalry Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron
(This manual supersedes F£M 2-30, 29 March 1943, and FM 17-22, Reconnaissance Battalion, 18 August 1942.) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL SECTION I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this manual is to provide a text for the tactical training…
FM 4-02-12 ·Army ·2010 Army Health System Command and Control Organizations
This field manual (FM) establishes command and control (C2) doctrine for the provision of Army Health System (AHS) support in echelons above brigade (EAB). It discusses all roles of care within the theater. The AHS is the overarching…
FM 3-09.15 ·Army ·2007 Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Meteorology
This publication provides the United States Army and United States Marine Corps (USMC) commanders, artillerymen, and meteorology (MET) crew members with tactics, techniques, and procedures for the employment of MET sections. This…
FM 7-22-7 ·Army ·2002 The Army Noncommissioned Officer Guide
Noncommissioned officers are the backbone of The Army and the reason our Army is the best trained, most professional, and most respected in the world. First-line supervisors execute day-to-day ‘operations with precision whenever and…
FM 19-4 ·Army ·1993 Military Police Battlefield Circulation Control, Area Security, and Enemy Prisoner of War Operations
FM 19-4 MP ON THE BATTLEFIELD CHAPTER 1 S OLDIERING Y our basic soldiering skills – your skilled use of individual and crew-served weapons and of vehicles and equipment, and your knowledgeable use of communications methods and equipment –…
FM 1-140 ·Army ·1986 Helicopter Gunnery
Successful mission accomplishment on today's air-land battlefield requires that attack helicopter crews place effective fire on the enemy without being destroyed themselves. The key to effective helicopter gunnery is a realistic training…
FM 1-5 ·Army ·1959 Army Aviation Organizations and Employment
FM 1-5 C6 CHAPTER 18 AVIATION SECTION, AIRBORNE, ARMORED, INFANTRY, AND MECHANIZED DIVISION BRIGADES Section I. GENERAL 18-1. Purpose This chapter provides guidance for commanders, staff officers, and other personnel in the organization…
FM 3-21.71 ·Army ·2002 Mechanized Infantry Platoon and Squad (Bradley)
FM 3-21.71(FM 7-7J) 1-1 CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF THE MECHANIZED INFANTRY RIFLE PLATOON (BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE) The mission of the mechanized infantry is to close with the enemy using fire and movement to defeat or capture him, or to repel…
FM 63-1 ·Army ·1994 Support Battalions and Squadrons, Separate Brigades and Armored Cavalry Regiment
This manual provides information on the structure and operations of the support battalion of the separate brigades and the armored cavalry regiment support squadron. It is directed toward the commanders and staffs of the support…
FM 23-10 ·Army ·1994 Sniper Training
The sniper has special abilities, training and equipment. His job is to deliver discriminatory highly accurate rifle fire against enemy targets, which cannot be engaged successfully by the rifleman because of range, size, location,…
FM 30-40 ·Army ·1975 Handbook on Soviet Ground Forces
1-1. General. a. The Soviet Union maintains a very large "army" or Ground Forces in active service. Numbering some two million officers and enlisted personnel, the Soviet Ground Forces are about twice the size of the US Army and Marine…
FM 19-25 ·Army ·1964 Military Police Traffic Control
Section I. GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope c. Military traffic is the movement of military a. This manual is a guide to military police personnel, supplies, and equipment ovel roads and highways. It is further classified by the and others…
FM 6-40 ·Army ·1957 Field Artillery Gunnery
General will make possible the proper use of one of the a. Purpose. This manual presents and explains most effective tools available to the combat field artillery gunnery and presents a solution, commander. The principal characteristics…
FM 7-35 ·Army ·1944 Antitank Company, Infantry Regiment and Antitank Platoon, Infantry Battalion
WAR DEPAIRTMENT FIELD MANUAL 14. ACTION IN CASE OF AIR ATTACK. (Superseded.) a. Regardless of the effectiveness of the security measures taken by higher command through the offensive action of combat aviation, all units must consider the…
FM 3-19.4 ·Army ·2002 Military Police Leaders Handbook
This field manual (FM) addresses military police (MP) maneuver and mobility support (MMS), area security (AS), internment and resettlement (I/R), law and order (L&O), and police intelligence operations (PIO) across the full spectrum of…
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 4-90.7 ·Army ·2007 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Logistics
Fundamentals of SBCT Logistics 10 September 2007 FM 4-90.7 1-1 Chapter 1 Fundamentals of SBCT Logistics 1-1. Incorporating logistics functions into the SBCT presents some unique challenges. It is an early entry force, designed for…
FM 6-42 ·Army ·1980 Field Artillery Battalion, Lance (C1)
This revised manual has been prepared to serve as a single source reference document for Lance battalion operations and training. It is a how-to-train and how-to-fight manual to be used by all levels of command from corps to the platoon.…
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 7-22 C1 ·Army ·2020 Holistic Health and Fitness
+Acknowledgements The copyright owners listed here have granted permission to reproduce material from their work. The Source Notes lists other sources of information. Photos developed by the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training…
FM 5-71-2 ·Army ·1996 Armored Task-Force Engineer Combat Operations
FM 5-71-2 critical decisions within their maneuver plans and operations. Engineer leaders ensure that engineer forces are at their highest combat readiness by continuously preparing and training them under the toughest conditions.…
FM 3-4 ·Army ·1992 NBC Protection
NBC weapons are among the most hazardous on the battlefield. The doctrine of many potential enemies calls for their wartime employment of NBC weapons. In order to deter an enemy from exercising this option, US forces must be continuously…
FM 55-506-1 ·Army ·1977