Infantry School Mailing List (Vol.VII December 1933-1934 to Vol.XVIII July
1939)
Military Article Photocopies available from Military/Info
The "Lost and Found Department", of Historical Military Technology,
in business for over 20 years now.
- Vol.VII (December 1933-1934); 174 pages, 25 illus. plus
map, Price 18.00 {Item No.10000}
- Vol.VIII (June 1934); 248(-78)pages, 26 illus. Price
18.00 {Item No.10011} [Missing some pages]
- Vol.IX (December 1934); 227 pages, 41 illus. Price 23.00
{Item No.10020}
- Vol.X. (June 1935); 244 pages, 49 illus. plus 3 maps
Price 25.00 {Item No.10032}
- Vol.XI. (January 1936); 277 pages, 67 illus. Price 28.00
{Item No.10047}
- Vol.XII. (July 1936); 277 pages, 57 illus. Price 28.00
{Item No.10062}
- Vol.XIII. (January 1937); 272 pages, 64 illus. Price
27.00 {Item No.10077}
- Vol.XIV. (July 1937); 247 pages, 58 illus. Price 25.00
{Item No.10088}
- Vol.XV. (January 1938); 314 pages, 63 illus. Price 32.00
{Item No.10099}
- Vol.XVI. (April 1938); 310 pages, 26 illus. Price 31.00
{Item No.10112}
- Vol.XVII. (January 1939); 309 pages, 46 illus., 4
foldouts Price 32.00 {Item No.10126}
- Vol.XVIII. (July 1939); 307 pages, 100 illus. Price
31.00 {Item No.10138}
The Infantry School Mailing List, Vol.VII (December
1933-1934); 174 pages, 25 illus. plus map, Price 18.00 {Item No.10000}
- Chapter I. The Infantry in Battle—Night Attacks; 26 pages, 7
illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.10001} [Includes: Studies in infantry tactics as
illustrated by incidents from the great war, including six examples with
discussion and conclusion]
- Chapter II. Infantry Problems—Patrols; 24 pages, 5 illus. Price
2.50 {Item No.10002} [Includes: A daylight patrol, A night patrol, A patrol to
capture prisoners]
- Chapter III. The Trucks Get Through—Cross-Country; 15 pages, 5
illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10003} [In which we follow a motor transport train
through the trails and tribulations of a hard movement across country and see
the application of some the aids and expedients resorted to by a resourceful
leader in overcoming difficulties characteristic of such a movement]
- Chapter IV. Recent Developments in Infantry Weapons; 11 pages, 2
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10004} [Includes: The new 37-mm gun and the
stokes-brandt mortar]
- Chapter V. Historical Map Problem; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item
No.10005} [Includes: Operations of a battalion of french infantry in the Vosges
mountains on August 9, 1914][Our copy is missing one foldout map from this
article, but the article is still understandable and instructive.]
- Chapter VI. Regiment in Defense, Map Problem; 9 pages, plus map
Price 1.00 {Item No.10006}
- Chapter VII. Can We Shoot Down the Low-Flying Plane?; 19 pages Price
2.00 {Item No.10007} [Includes: History answers: “Yes”; ground troops
have been winging them since 1911. Italians first to use the airplane in war,
Planes brought down early in World War, Troops shoot first: Look afterward,
Aerial casualties increase, Airmen hated ground fire, Loses in 1916, Planes now
fighting each other, Still greater casualties in 1917, Australians find troop
fire hazardous, French also lose many planes, Americans infantry shoot down
plane, Troops fired at planes in spite of low morale, Many other slighter
casualties, History since World War, The Shanghai hostilities of February and
March 1922, Estimate of losses, Ground fire causes reduction of air activity,
Little of no antiaircraft training, Passive measures, Offense recommended
early, Conclusion]
- Chapter VIII. The Six-Hour Plan; 20 pages, 9 illus. Price 2.00 {Item
No.10008} [A yardstick for building field fortifications for defensive
positions]
- Chapter IX. Company D 8th Machine-gun Battalion in the Aisne-Marne
Defense, July 1918; 17 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.10009} [Personal
experience monograph of Major John S.Switzer, Infantry][Our copy is missing one
foldout map from this article, but the article is still understandable and
instructive.]
- Chapter X. The Supply Problem, 2d Battalion 306th Infantry on the Vesle
River; 18 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.10010}[A supply phase of
combat][Personal experience monograph of Captain Henry E.Kelly, Infantry][Our
copy is missing one foldout map from this article, but the article is still
understandable and instructive.]
The Infantry School Mailing List, Vol.VIII (June 1934);
248 (-78) pages, 26 illus. Price 18.00 {Item No.10011} [Missing Pages]
- Chapter I. Panic; 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.10012} [Includes:
Eight historical examples, with discussion and conclusion]
- Chapter II. Anti-tank defense (Front-line troops); 29 pages, 3 illus
Price 3.00 {Item No.10013} [Includes: Three historical examples and
discussions, plus Moral effect, Development of weapons: Artillery fire, Close
fighting, Bullet splash, Armor-piercing ammunition, Super-machine guns, 37mm
gun, Trench mortars, Hand grenades, Gas and smoke grenade, Incendiary grenades,
Thermite, High explosive grenades, Fuses, Rifle grenades, Antitank rifles,
Crowbars, Mines. Obstacles: Natural, Artificial. Training: Characteristics and
limitations of tanks, Marksmanship, Preparation of positions, Morale.
Conclusion]
- Chapter III. Small Problems—Infantry; 33 pages, 8 illus. Price
3.00 {Item No.10014} [Three combat problems involving small infantry units.]
- Chapter IV. The Motorized Infantry Regiment; 16 pages, 3 illus.
Price 1.50 {Item No.10015} [An early discussion on the organization of
motorized combat units in the U.S.military]
- Chapter V. The Motorized Regiment in the Attack [Not
available][Military Info copy is missing pages]
- Chapter VI. The French VI Corps in the Battle of the Frontiers [Not
available][Military Info copy is missing pages]
- Chapter VII. French Advance Guards; 26 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.50
{Item No.10016} [Includes: Historical foundation, The French division, The
method of the advance to contact, The advance by bounds, The encounter,
Establishing contact, The command of advance guards, Recent thought on French
advance guards, Comment, Bibliography][Our copy is missing one map from this
article, but the article is still understandable and instructive.]
- Chapter VIII. Some aids to map reading; 6 pages, 1 illus. Price .50
{Item No.10017} [Three methods for understanding contour lines]
- Chapter IX. Operations of a British Infantry Battalion in the retreat
from Mons; 13 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.10018} [Historical Map
Problem][Includes: Four situations with discussions and their historical
solutions]
- Chapter X. Recent developments in infantry weapons; 19 pages, 5
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10019} [The semi-automatic rifle, The light machine
gun, small arms ammunition, and the Haglar-ultra bullet]
- Chapter XI. Obscurity [Not available][Copyrighted, part of the book
“Infantry in Battle” published by the Infantry Journal]
The Infantry School Mailing List, Vol.IX (December
1934); 227 pages, 41 illus. Price 23.00 {Item No.10020}
- Chapter I. Terrain compartments; 18 pages, 8 illus. Price 2.00 {Item
No.10021} [Good basic article on the influence of terrain on tactics][Our copy
is missing two foldout maps from this article, but the article is still
understandable and instructive.]
- Chapter II. Military English; 6 pages Price .50 {Item No.10022}
[Subtitled: Too many words]
- Chapter III. Small problems—Infantry; 32 pages, 4 illus. Price
3.00 {Item No.10023} [?Missing map foldouts opposite page 42 (fig.12) and 50
(fig.13)][Our copy is missing two foldout maps from this article, but the
article is still understandable and instructive.]
- Chapter IV. Fast Tanks; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10024}
[Includes: Introduction, The approach march of the fast tank, Accompanying
tanks, Fast tanks as a mobile reserve unit, Exploiting tanks, Fast tanks in the
defense, Special operations]
- Chapter V. The Battle of Gheluveit (Historical Map Problem); 28
pages, 2 maps Price 3.00 {Item No.10025}
- Chapter VI. Planes and bullets; 38 pages, 18 illus. Price 4.00 {Item
No.10026} [An extensive discussion on infantry small unit air defense]
- Chapter VII. Foreign thought on the low-flying attack; 13 pages
Price 1.50 {Item No.10027} [Includes: Introduction, British practice, Other
British opinion, Teaching on counter measures, French thought on the subject,
German ideas on the subject, Opinion of the Belgian antiaircraft defense
commander, Soviet opinions, Italian comment, An Austrian article, All armies
interested, Oriental antiaircraft practices, Conclusion]
- Chapter VIII. Infantry vs. air attacks (Historical problems); 18
pages Price 2.00 {Item No.10028} [Six historical problems each with situation,
requirement, historical solution and discussion]
- Chapter IX. The raid on Adam house; 25 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.50
{Item No.10029} [A Infantry tactical problem based on an historical example
from WWI]
- Chapter X. Negative aerial information; 8 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.10030} [A series of examples why it is dangerous to accept a negative
aerial observation report]
- Chapter XI. Operations of Company H 9th Infantry, November 1918. by
Captain Walter P.O’Brien; 27 pages, 7 illus. Price 3.00 {Item
No.10031}
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume X. (June 1935);
244 pages, 49 illus. plus 3 maps Price 25.00 {Item No.10032}
- Chapter I. Advance guards when contact is imminent; 25 pages, 13
illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10033} [Includes: Introduction, Zones of advance,
Orders, Formations, Coordination and control, The terrain compartment,
Development of advance-guard action, Coordinated attack and tactical integrity,
Small force operating alone]
- Chapter II. An Advance Guard in 1914 (Historical Map Problem); 37
pages, 8 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10034} [Includes: Nine parts each with a
requirements, historical solution, discussion, plus epilogue, general
discussion and conclusion]
- Chapter III. Military English. Exactness of meaning; 5 pages Price
.50 {Item No.10035}
- Chapter IV. The Defense during periods of low visibility; 15 pages,
4 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.10036} [Includes: Night, Fog, Smoke, Conclusion]
- Chapter V. A British Night Defense (Historical exercise); 7 pages, 2
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10037} [Includes: Requirement, A solution,
Discussion, Conclusion]
- Chapter VI. Tank Targets; 7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10038}
- Chapter VII. The Defense of the Meuse River of Dinant August 14-15, 1914
(Historical Map Problem); 15 pages, 1 illus., plus map Price 2.00 {Item
No.10039} [Includes: Orientation, and a series of four Situations, each with a
Requirement, Discussion, A Solution, Historical Solution]
- Chapter VIII. Chemical in Riot Duty; 20 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.10040} [Includes: Chemicals agents suitable for use in mob control,
Munitions suitable for use in mob control, Gas and smoke clouds, Protective
devices likely to be used by a mob, Tactics of the use of chemicals against
mobs, Training, Conclusion]
- Chapter IX. Riot Duty Problems; 23 pages, 9 illus. Price 2.50 {Item
No.10041} [Includes: Problem No.1 A Riot in a Prison. No.2 A Mob determined
upon Lynching a prisoner. Problem No.3 A barricade in open country, with
rioters provided with commerical gas mask protection. Problem No.4 A disorderly
street gathering. each with a requirement, a solution and discussion.
Conclusion]
- Chapter X. Small Problems—Infantry (Historical); 36 pages, 11
illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10042} [Includes: Five problems, each with a
introduction, requirement, solution, conclusion]
- Chapter XI. Supply of Motorized Infantry. Tentative organization; 14
pages, 3 tables Price 1.50 {Item No.10043} [Includes: Advantages of motor
transportation: Speed and radius of operation, Maneuverability. Supply
principles, Supply methods. Partial Motorization (Field Trains only):
Distribution, Bivouac location, Rolling reserve, Class-I Supplies, Ammunition.
Full Motorization: Class-I supplies and methods of feeding, Ammunition,
Headquarters and medical sections. Conclusion]
- Chapter XII. Supply Problem—Motorized Infantry; 11 pages, 1 map
Price 1.00 {Item No.10044} [Includes: Two situations, each with requirement and
a solution]
- Chapter XIII. Operations of the 3d Platoon, Company A, 301st Tank
Battalion, September 26-29, 1918. by Captain Joseph J.Gutkowski, Infantry;
12 pages, 1 map Price 1.50 {Item No.10045} [Includes: Plan of action, Approach
march, Weather and ground conditions, The Operations, German antitank defense:
Field and antitank guns, Tank mines, Antitank rifles, Trenches and sunken
roads. Comments, Lessons, Conclusion]
- Foreign Notes; 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10046} [Includes:
Radio-telephonic communication between tanks, Individual tank for infantry,
Combat train vehicle, Tactical cooperation between tanks and airplanes,
Infantry organization, Reconnaissance groups]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XI. (January
1936); 277 pages, 67 illus. Price 28.00 {Item No.10047}
- Chapter 1. The New infantry Regiment; 39 pages Price 4.00 {Item
No.10048} [Includes: Introduction, Important changes, Other interesting
changes, the follows a series of comparisons between the old and new regiments
in: Fire power, Antiaircraft fire power, Road spaces, Organization, Main data,
Transportation, Grades, The rifle battalion, The new special weapons battalion
and the old howitzer platoon, The rifle company, Machine gun company, Antitank
company, Old howitzer company and the new Mortar Company, Regimental
headquarters company, The service company]
- Chapter 2. Tactical Aspects of the Proposed New Regiment; 11 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.10049}
- Chapter 3. Stopping a Panic; 6 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item
No.10050}
- Chapter 4. Some Possibilities of Motorized Reconnaissance; 17 pages
Price 2.00 {Item No.10051} [Includes: Introduction, Possibilities of the new
infantry regiment, General method of employment, Cooperation with air
observation, Operation of motor reconnaissance elements, The ground to be
covered by motorized reconnaissance]
- Chapter 5. The Use of Civilian-Owned Motor Vehicles in War; 8 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.10052}
- Chapter 6. Military English. The use of the word ‘Some’; 2
pages Price .50 {Item No.10053}
- Chapter 7. Initiative in Battle (Historical map problem); 29 pages,
3 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10054} [Includes: Historical example, Discussion,
First requirement, Historical solution, Comment, Second requirement, Solution
and discussion, Situation continued, Third requirement, Discussion and
solution, Comments, Continuation and the situation, Fourth requirement,
Discussion and solution, Historical results]
- Chapter 8. Leadership (The utilization of personalities); 11 pages
Price 1.00 {Item No.10055}
- Chapter 9. The Role of the Infantry Tank; 12 pages, 3 illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.10056}
- Chapter 10. Tomorrow’s Tanks Attack; 22 pages, 1 map Price 2.00
{Item No.10057} [Our copy is missing the map from this article, but the article
is still understandable and instructive.]
- Chapter 11. Lines and Formations; 9 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.00 {Item
No.10058}
- Chapter 12. Infantry Antiaircraft Tactics; 56 pages, 34 illus. Price
6.00 {Item No.10059} [Includes: Infantry antiaircraft tactics: Concealment,
Dispersion, Defensive fires. Aircraft information, Air guards, Warning methods,
Identification of enemy planes, The antiaircraft defense of troop movements
made during daylight hours, Marches along roads: Small columns, Large units,
Marches across country, Movements by motors, Movement by rail, Defense of
bivouac areas: Camouflage, Positive defense measures. Defense of assembly
areas, Defense during combat: In the defense, In the attack. Defense of trains,
Use of infantry for the protection of important areas. Defense at night]
- Chapter 13. Small Problems—Infantry (A skirmish in Nicaragua);
19 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10060} [Includes: A historical example,
Discussion, Historical Solution]
- Chapter 14. Elementary Problems in Machine-Gun Indirect Laying; 27
pages, 10 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10061} [Includes: A problem each with a
series of situations, requirements, and solutions]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XII. (July 1936);
277 pages, 57 illus. Price 28.00 {Item No.10062}
- Chapter 1. The Personality Factor in War (An Infantry School Study);
7 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10063}
- Chapter 2. The Affair at Chernastovna (An Infantry School Study); 43
pages, 8 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10064} [Includes: The Maneuver: General
situation, Special situation, Test I, Test II, Test III, Test IV, Test V, Test
VI, Test VII. The Battle: The Decision of General von Liman, Test VIII, Test
IX, Decision of General von Liman, Test X, Test XI, Test XII, Text XIII, Test
XIV, Scheme of maneuver of von Liman, Text XV, Decision of von Johan, Decision
of von Liman, Test XVI, Text XVIII, Decision of von Liman, Test XIX, Decision
of von Liman, Test XX, Test XXI.][This study is an interesting puzzle on the
subject of personalities in war]
- Chapter 3. The Tactics of the New Infantry Rifle Platoon (Tentative
Infantry School Teachings on the New Unit); 12 pages Price 1.00 {Item
No.10065}
- Chapter 4. The New Rifle Platoon in Defense (An Illustration of the
Tentative Infantry School Teaching On the New Unit); 4 pages, 3 illus.
Price .50 {Item No.10066} [Includes: Situation, Requirements]
- Chapter 5. Foreign Progress in Mechanization (A New Compilation of Data
on Foreign Materiel) ; 20 pages, 16 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10067}
- Chapter 6. Foreign Thought on the Employment of Tanks (An Infantry
School Study of Foreign Tactics); 24 pages Price 2.50 {Item No.10068}
[Includes: France, Great Britain, U.S.S.R., The distant action tank group, The
group of direct support tanks, The group of close accompying tanks, Employment
of artillery, Poland, Germany, Japan, Italy, The future]
- Chapter 7. The Caliber 0.22 Machine Gun (New Infantry School, Teaching
on this Weapon); 28 pages, 10 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10069} [Includes:
Employment: Marksmanship, Direct laying, Indirect laying. Functioning and care
of the caliber 0.22 machine gun: Feed block, Barrel assemby, Bolt group,
Chamber group, General precautions. Miscellaneous data on caliber 0.22
machine-gun: To obtain zero quadrant elevation for indirect laying of caliber
0.22 machine gun, The sandbag base for caliber 0.30 or caliber 0.22 machine
gun][The weapon referred to is a browning, M1917A1 water cooled machine gun
modified to fire .22 cal. long rifle ammunition for indoor training][This
article has a lot of information on the use of indoor miniature ranges for
machine guns]
- Chapter 8. The New Infantry Mortar (Infantry School Teachings On the New
81-mm Weapon); 16 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10070} [Includes:
Details of the mortar: The tube, The mount, The sight, Mortar ammunition,
Company organization, Tactical employment of the mortar company (illustrative
problem): First situation, Second situation. Summary]
- Chapter 9. The Motorized Attack at Zytomierz (An Infantry School
Historical Study); 14 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10071} [Includes:
The Polish-Russian situation in the spring of 1920, Historical solution,
Historical solution][An example of motorized attack or raid from the
Russo-Polish war in 1920]
- Chapter 10. Antiaircraft Small Problems (Small Tactical Situations
Illustrating Infantry School Teachings); 23 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.50
{Item No.10072} [Includes: 26 Problems, each with a situation, requirement,
solution, discussion]
- Chapter 11. Route Information for Motor Vehicle Movements (An Infantry
School Study); 15 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10073}
- Chapter 12. Road Capacities for Military Highway Traffic; 30 pages
Price 3.00 {Item No.10074} [Includes: Running speeds, Definitions, Factors
affecting road capacity, One-way traffic: Capacity of one lane, Road time on a
one-lane road, Average speeds. Capacity of two-lane, One-way highways: Road
time on a two-lane one-way Road. Heavy vehicles and mixed units. Comparison to
actual traffic conditions on highways, The affect of reducing speed, Delays due
to stopping, Accidents, Other types of road, Types of road available, When
second-rate roads must be used, Hostile action against motor columns: Hostile
air action, Hostile ground action. Application to mechanized forces,
Conclusion]
- Chapter 13. Infantry in Jungle Combat (Infantry School Teaching); 14
pages, 1 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10075} [Includes: Decentralization, Trail
movements by large forces, Offensive action in the jungle, Defensive combat in
the jungle, Delaying actions, Harassing action, Counterattacks, Position
defense, Tanks in the jungle, Antitank measures, Human limitations, Conclusion,
Jungle combat; Historical example: The Santiago campaign, 1898]
- Brief Reviews of New Infantry Texts; 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item
No.10076} [Includes: Army extension courses special texts, Infantry school
reference texts]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XIII. (January
1937); 272 pages, 64 illus. Price 27.00 {Item No.10077}
- Chapter 1. Men in Battle; 37 pages, 4 illus. Price 4.00 {Item
No.10078} [Includes: The concentration, The march to the jump-off, The battle,
The second attack, A citation. As narrated by the commander in chief, the
historian, a regimental staff officer and a company commander (taken from the
Diaries of the real people during the battle of the Marne in 1918)]
- Chapter 2. Terrain Appreciation in Defense (Infantry School
Teaching); 26 pages, 10 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10079} [Includes: 4
example problems]
- Chapter 3. Desert Warfare; 35 pages, 5 illus. Price 4.00 {Item
No.10080} [Includes: Effect of desert conditions on military operations: Water,
Vegetation and soil, Communications. Plan of operations for a desert campaign:
Seasonal changes, Transport and supply, Signal communication. The Various arms
in desert campaign: Infantry, Camelry, Cavalry, Mechanized cCavalry, Tanks,
Field artillery, Engineers, Chemical troops, Air corps, Employment of natives.
Operations of a small force in desert country: Composition of a small force.
Tactics of desert warfare: Small detachments, Resume of tactics of a small
force. Summary, Bibliography]
- Chapter 4. The Regiment Withdraws (Infantry School Teaching); 19
pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10081}
- Chapter 5. A Study of Leadership and the Moral Factors of War (An
Infantry School Study); 21 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.10082}
- Chapter 6. The Scope of Machine-Gun Indirect Laying Technique (Infantry
School Teaching); 31 pages, 16 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10083} [Includes:
Types of indirect laying, Fire when visibility is Lost, Fire from position
defilade, Firing guns from defiladed positions using one O.P., Indirect laying
employing more than one O.P.]
- Chapter 7. Staff Personality (Infantry School Study); 7 pages Price
1.00 {Item No.10084}
- Chapter 8. Limitations of Tanks (From an antitank viewpoint)(Infantry
School Study); 20 pages, 9 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10085} [Includes:
Analysis of combat vehicles from the viewpoint of the vulnerability, Tank
limitations, Characteristics of mechanized attacks]
- Chapter 9. Defense Against Mechanized Attacks (Infantry School
Teaching); 23 pages, 10 illus. Price 2.50 {Item No.10086} [Includes: Active
means of antitank defense, Historical data on antitank defense, Conclusion as
to primary antitank defense means, Agencies participating in antitank defense,
Organizing antitank defense: On the march, During an attack, Pursuit, Antitank
Defense in a defensive situation. Defense within a regiment: The antitank
company, Obstacles, Antitank mines, Retrograde movements. Defensive action of
small units]
- Chapter 10. Antitank Defense in Foreign Armies (An Infantry School
Study); 40 pages, 10 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10087} [Includes: German
antitank defense during world war, German ideas on antitank defense, Antitank
defense in german army: Antitank weapons, German antitank defense on the march,
Antitank guns in defense, Antitank guns in attack, Delaying action, Obstacles.
French antitank defense: French antitank measures in defense. British methods
of defending against armored fighting vehicles. Soviet antitank methods]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XIV. (July 1937);
247 pages, 58 illus. Price 25.00 {Item No.10088}
- Chapter 1. Antiaircraft Marksmanship—Rifle and Automatic Rifle
(Infantry School Teaching); 45 pages, 24 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.10089}
[Includes: General, Prepartory exercises, First step-Position exercises, Second
step-Aiming and leading exercises, Third step-Trigger squeeze exercises, Range
practice-Caliber 0.22, Targets, ranges, and equipment, Towed-Target firing,
Towed-Target range and targets, Advice to instructors]
- Chapter 2. A Man Stands Alone (An Infantry School Study); 30 pages,
12 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10090} [Includes: The Polish situation, Analysis
of Pilsudski’s plan, The Russian situation, Situation, August 6th to
August 18th, Operations on the 17th, Operations, August 18th-25th, Pilsudski
versus Toukhatchevsky][This is an account of the battle before Warsaw during
the Polish-Russo War in 1920]
- Chapter 3. Machine Guns in Defense (Infantry School Teaching); 18
pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10091} [Includes: Positions in defense,
Analysis of machine-gun positions in defense, Illustrative problem: Situation,
Organization for defense, Coordination, Control. Alternate positions,
Supplementary positions, Dummy emplacements, Preparation of positions, Conduct
of the defense: Counterpreparation, Action during the attack, Reorganization]
- Chapter 4. A Machine Gun Defense at the Marne (An Infantry School
Historical Study); 15 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10092}
[Situation, The German plan, The battle, Machine-gun action: Action near Mezy,
Mont St. Pere guns, Action near Ru Chailly, The attack on the aqueduct line,
Comments]
- Chapter 5. The Functioning of the Infantry Staff (An Infantry School
Teaching); 16 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.10093} [Includes: The Staff
Officer’s commandments]
- Chapter 6. The Battle in the Bois Chanel (Historical Map Problem);
38 pages, 6 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10094} [Includes: The General situation,
Special situation, Action of 2d Battalion 155th Infantry, Then a series of six
requirements each with a discussion, solution of first requirement, and actual
operations. Attack on the 8th company, The withdrawal, The picture from the
German side, German sixth army, The German 30th Infantry, The Germany attack,
Comments, Conclusion]
- Chapter 7. Conduct of a Command Post Exercise (Infantry School
Teaching); 14 pages, 1 map Price 1.50 {Item No.10095} [Includes: The
Tactical problem, The supply situation of the brigade, Development of the
tactical situation, Situation when the command post exercise opens,
Requirement, Notes, Instructions for Umpires, Preliminary instructions, First
phase, Second phase, Instructions for umpires]
- Chapter 8. Training Films and How to Use Them; 14 pages Price 1.50
{Item No.10096} [Includes: Discussion, List of early Army Sound films (from TF
1 to TF 76)]
- Chapter 9. Mechanical Training with the 81-mm Mortar (Infantry School
Teaching); 32 pages, 13 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.10097} [Includes:
Introduction, Characteristics and description, The sight, Accessories and
ammunition, Disassembling, assembling, mounting and dismounting, Inspection,
precautions before and during firing, misfires, Care and preservation]
- Chapter 10. Infantry Around the World; 23 pages Price 2.50 {Item
No.10098} [Includes: British infantry, Antitank rifle in British army, European
ideas on tank battles, The new german army, Extending the use of training
films, Air infantry, Soviet Russia, France, British Opinions (on airborne
forces), Observation aviation]
Editor's Note: It is amazing how often Sun Tzu is quoted during the
1930’s in the Infantry School Mailing List.
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XV. (January
1938); 314 pages, 63 illus. Price 32.00 {Item No.10099}
- Chapter 1. A Tank Battalion at St. Mihiel (Infantry School Historical
Study); 54 pages, 15 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.10100} [Includes:
Introduction, History of St.Mihiel salient prior to american operations,
Character and importance of the St.Mihiel salient, Preliminary studies for the
St.Mihiel operation, Location of American forces from August 9th and assumption
of command, General plan of attack, Battle order of the First Army, Hostile
situation night of September 11-12, 11 September 1918, 12 September 1918, 12
September, 13 September 1918, 14 September 1918, 15 September 1918, 16
September 1918, 17 September 1918, 18 September 1918, 19 September 1918,
Conclusion]
- Chapter 2. Motor Reconnaissance Patrols (Infantry School Teaching);
8 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10101} [Includes: Introduction, Orders to patrols,
Order of patrol leader, Method of patrolling, Organization within the vehicles,
Motorized detachments]
- Chapter 3. Motor Patrolling (Infantry School Teaching); 8 pages, 1
map Price 1.00 {Item No.10102} [Includes: Illustrative problem: Section I: 1.
Situation, First requirement. Section II: 3. A solution of first requirement,
4. Situation-continued, 5. Second requirement, 6. A solution of second
requirement]
- Chapter 4. Preparation and Purpose of Efficiency Reports (An Infantry
School Study); 28 pages, 3 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10103} [Includes:
Introduction, Purpose of efficiency reports, Preparation (followed by detailed
explaination of each paragraph of the front side of the report form), Review by
next higher authority, Rendition of reports, Types of reports, Unfavorable
entries, Notation of disciplinary action, Forwarding reports, Classification of
officers, Summary, Appendix I (check list—efficiency reports), Appendix II
(a ready reference for writing paragraph ‘N’)
- Chapter 5. Aerial Photographs and the Combat Officer; 10 pages, 3
illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10104}
- Chapter 6. The Passage of the Tigris (Historical map problem); 37
pages, 2 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10105} [Includes: Introduction, Plan of the
commander, Plan of the III Corps commander, Technical data, First requirement,
Discussion of first requirement, Engineering features, Discussion of tactical
features, Historical solution of first requirement, Discussion of historical
solution, Second requirement, Discussion and historical solution, Attack of I
Corps, Attack of III Corps, The crossing, Third requirement, Solution of third
requirement, Fourth requirement, Historical solution of fourth requirement,
Discussion of fourth requirement, Conclusion]
- Chapter 7. Modern Mobility depends on Motor Maintenance (Infantry School
Study); 22 pages, 5 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10106} [Includes:
Introduction, Major factors involved in effiecient operation, Features of
preventive maintenance, Experienced executives, Drives, Mechanics, Correct
lubrication, Tools and equipment, Shop facilities, File of manuals, Constant
supervision, High standards, Simple records]
- Chapter 8. The Rifle Platoon in Foreign Armies (An Infantry School
Study); 14 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10107} [Includes:
Introduction, Then comparies: Swiss, French, German, Italian, Austrian,
U.S.(1929), Russian, British, U.S. Proposed. Then goes into detail about German
Platoons]
- Chapter 9. Tuning Machine Guns (Infantry School Study); 22 pages, 18
illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10108} [Includes: Introduction, Muzzle gland
adjustment, Head space adjustment, Loose elevating screws, play in elevating
screw housing, Loose traversing screws, play in traversing screw housing,
Vibration due to looseness in the cradle, The cyclic rate, Mounting of the
tripod, Riding the gun, Friction in the recoiling parts and the feeding
mechanism; worn parts, heavy oil, Conclusions]
- Chapter 10. Infantry around the World; 22 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00
{Item No.10109} [Includes: Introduction, On the War in Spain, Antiaircraft
defense during motor movement, Lone wolf or pack?, Offensive or defensive,
Tanks in Spain, Antiaircraft artillery, Heavy infantry weapons in other armies,
A survey of caliber 0.50 machine guns, A sudden death, Panic in war, Shuttling
troops, Tanks will fight tanks, Radio communication]
- Chapter 11. Technique of fire 81-mm Mortar; 63 pages, 15 illus.
Price 6.00 {Item No.10110} [Includes: General, Preparation of fire by the
squad, Conduct of fire by the squad, Preparation of fire by the platoon,
Conduct of fire by the platoon, Conduct of fire by the liaison method, Prepared
fires, Smoke, Records]
- Chapter 12. Napoleonic Discipline; 8 pages Price 1.00 {Item
No.10111} [From Lt.Colonel F.de Brack ‘military catechism’, written
in 1830 from his experience as a french officer during the Napoleonic wars]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XVI. (April 1938);
310 pages, 26 illus. Price 31.00 {Item No.10112}
- Chapter 1. The Affair at Chalgar (A Historical Tactical Test); 41
pages, 6 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10113} [Includes: Introduction, The
campaign of Chalgar, Tests I-X, after which each the situation is continued]
- Chapter 2. Systematic inspection and correction of infantry motor
vehicles (Infantry School Study); 30 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.10114}
[Includes: Introduction, Tune-up operation, Military maintenance system, Unit
major repair, Reclaimation of motor vehicle units and parts, Maintenance, Motor
vehicle forms, records, and reports. Motor vehicle inspections, Routine
inspections, Informal inspections, Formal inspections, Technical inspections,
Appendix I. A motor vehicle non-technical inspection guide for commanders and
their staffs, Appendix II. A guide for making a technical inspection]
- Chapter 3. Chemical agents in war (Infantry School Study); 23 pages
Price 2.50 {Item No.10115} [Includes: Introduction, Meaning of chemical
warfare, Early military uses of chemicals, Treaty prohibitions of the use of
gas, Chemical agents, Nonpersistant gas, Persistant gas, Irritant gas,
Screening smoke, Incendiary agents]
- Chapter 4. Coup d’oeil (Infantry School Study); 15 pages, 4
illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10116} [Includes: Introduction, Pelham,
Warren][“Coup d’oeil” is the instantaneous understanding of the
uses of terrain to suit a particular military purpose.]
- Chapter 5. Rifle company and platoon in the attack (Infantry School
Teaching); 12 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10117} [Includes: Introduction, The
rifle platoon, The rifle company, Summary]
- Chapter 6. Rifle company and platoon in the attack (map problem); 9
pages, 1 map Price 1.50 {Item No.10118} [Includes: Situation and six
requirements each followed by a solution]
- Chapter 7. Infantry and engineers (Infantry School Teaching); 26
pages, 5 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10119} [Includes: Introduction, Field
engineering (Map problem): Situation, Six requirements each followed by a
solution and discussion]
- Chapter 8. Infantry around the world (Infantry School Study); 35
pages Price 3.50 {Item No.10120} [Includes: Introduction, Various views on
fighting in spain, Diverse opinions on tanks in Spain, Infantry in the war in
Spain (views on an Italian officer): Infantry, Artillery, Aircraft,
Conclusions. Infantry organization of several armies (the company and
battalion), Employment of new weapons in British infantry: Introduction,
Employment of the Bren light machine gun, The antitank rifle, The company
mortar, Protection and mobility, Organization. The mounted platoon of the
German infantry regiment, New French tank and its tactics, French corps of
officer-mechanics, Tanks against tanks, Antitank defense, Training films
(United States), Avaition in current military operations: Air Transport, Attack
of ground troops]
- Chapter 9. Motor shuttling of troops by motor transportation
(shuttling)(Infantry School Teaching); 23 pages, 6 illus., 4 tables Price
2.50 {Item No.10121}
- Chapter 10. Motor shuttling of a reinforced regiment (map
problem)(Infantry School Teaching); 10 pages, 1 illus., 1 map Price 1.00
{Item No.10122} [Includes: Illustrative problem, First requirement, Notes,
Situation continued, Second requirement, A solution to the first requirement, A
discussion]
- Chapter 11. Cavalry with infantry (Infantry School Teaching); 8
pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10123}
- Chapter 12. Machine-gun indirect laying using an aerial photography
(Infantry School Teaching); 11 pages, 2 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10124}
[Includes: Introduction, Situation, Requirement, A solution, Discussion]
- Chapter 13. Preparing mobilization plans (Infantry School Study); 60
pages Price 6.00 {Item No.10125} [Includes: Introduction, Part One: National
guard basic plan. Part Two: National guard mobilization reminders. Part Three:
Regular army basic plan. Part Four: Regular army mobilization reminders]
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XVII. (January
1939); 309 pages, 46 illus., 4 foldouts Price 32.00 {Item No.10126}
- Chapter 1. The Battle of Rocourt (Historical Map Problem); 44 pages,
5 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.10127} [Includes: Introduction, General situation,
Special situation, Ten requirements each with a discussion and historical
solution, Conclusion]
- Chapter 2. A problem of decision; 36 pages, 1 illus. Price 4.00
{Item No.10128} [Includes: Introduction, Situation, Five requirements each with
a updated situation and note. Combat report, Sixth requirement, Situation
continued, Combat report, Seventh and eighth requirements, A solution for each
of the requirements, Purpose, Historical background, Plan for utilization of
intelligence personnel, Decision, Plan of attack]
- Chapter 3. Map reading in the field (Infantry School Teaching); 10
pages, 6 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10129} [Includes: Orienting the map,
Determing the observer’s position, Locating distant or inaccessible
points, Following a route by day or night]
- Chapter 4. Men of war; 15 pages Price 1.50 {Item No.10130}
[Includes: The sleeping general, Test 1, Situation continued. A politician
takes to war, Test II, Situation continued, Test III, Test IV, Situation
continued, Test V. The plan maker, Test VI, Situation continued]
- Chapter 5. Program planning for National Guard armory training (Infantry
School Study); 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.10131} [Includes: Introduction,
The group system of training, Preparation of a program]
- Chapter 6. Small infantry problems (Infantry School Teaching); 44
pages, 8 illus. Price 4.50 {Item No.10132} [Includes: Problem 1: Infantry rifle
squad-Tactical walk, General notes for instructors. Problem 2: Rifle
squad-Point of advance guard. Problem 3: Rifle section-Advance party. Problem
4: Rifle section-Advance party. Problem 5: Rifle platoon-Flank unit of
attacking force. Problem 6: Rifle company in attack. Problem 7: Rifle company
in defense. Each problem has a situation, requirements, a solution, and
discussion.]
- Chapter 7. Combat information (Infantry School Teaching); 35 pages,
5 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.10133} [Includes: Introduction, Situation, Ten
requirements, each with a situation, a solution and discussion. Combat reports,
Conclusion][A good combat intelligence exercise.]
- Chapter 8. Semi-engine overhaul (Infantry School Teaching); 26
pages, 19+ illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10134} [Includes: Introduction, Steps
1-16 from Inspection to determine general condition of the engine to Tightening
cylinder head]
- Chapter 9. Infantry around the world (Infantry School Study); 34
pages, 12 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.10135} [Includes: Infantry weapons and
ammunition carriers, The French Chenillette, Weapons carrier, Motorcycles and
motor tricycles, Reorganization of British territoral army (National Guard),
The 37-mm Antitank gun, German marksmanship training for the antitank gun]
- Chapter 10. Installation of infantry regimental command posts (Infantry
School Study); 20 pages, 7 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10136} [Includes:
Introduction, Designation of command posts, A proposed sequence of events to be
followed in the establishment of an infantry command post, The communition
officer (checklist), The message center chief (checklist), The radio chief
(checklist), The wire chief (checklist), Forward displacement of command post,
Important notes]
- Chapter 11. Consolidated index and tables of contents (Vol. I-XVII The
mailing list); 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.10137}
Infantry School Mailing List, Volume XVIII. (July
1939); 307 pages, 100 illus. Price 31.00 {Item No.10138}
- Chapter 1. Protection of motor tactical movements (An Infantry School
Teaching); 18 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10139} [Includes:
Introduction, Transportation required, Types of movements possible,
Vulnerability and types of expected attacks, Protection-General, Protection of
a motorized troop movement into an area that is secure from ground attack,
Protection of a motorized troop movement into an area where there is a
possibility of hostile ground interference, Motor troop movement into an area
not controlled by friendly troops in position, Selection of routes, Main body,
Summary]
- Chapter 2. Protecting a brigade motor movement (Infantry School
Teaching); 32 pages, 11 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10140} [Includes:
Illustrative problem, Situation, First requirement, A solution to the first
requirement, Discussion of first requirement, Special situation (Blue)
continued, Requirements two to six each with a solution and discussion, the
second requirement notes the air situation]
- Chapter 3. Defense in woods (An Infantry School Teaching); 20 pages,
4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10141} [Includes: Introduction, Effect of woods on
defensive combat, Defensive methods: Defense in front of woods, Defense at
forward edge of woods, Defense within woods, Defense in rear of woods, Summary]
- Chapter 4. Employment of screening smoke (Infantry School Teaching);
35 pages, 34 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10142} [Includes: Introduction, Screen
smoke materials and munitions, Weather and terrain influences on phyiscal
characteristics, Drag effect, Settling out, Reinforcing a smoke cloud, Effect
of position of a screen on rifle fire, Screening with projectiles, Screening
with a following (6 o’clock) wind, Screening with a flank wind, Screening
with a head (12 o’clock) wind, Screening with a quartering (oblique) wind,
Screening with smoke pots or candles, Screening with a following wind, Multiple
emplacement, Group ignition, Tactical employment of smoke, Missions, To
facilitate the advance of foot troops by blanketing hostile forward positions,
To enable troops to pass by an area of hostile resistance or attack it from
flank or rear, To blind hostile observation points, To protect troops halted
for the purpose of reorganization, To protect against enfilade fire, To conceal
daylight movement of tanks within our own position, To protect tanks during an
attack and withdrawal to assembly point, ‘Smoke cage’ or ‘Closed
Field’ method, Smoke on the tank objective, Special uses: Attack of an
river line, Landing on hostile shore, Use of smoke in defense, Screening a
daylight withdrawel, Screening a daylight withdrawal from action]
- Chapter 5. Sand table (Infantry School Study); 33 pages, 16 illus.
Price 3.50 {Item No. 10143} [Includes: Introduction, Technique of construction,
Training uses of the sand table, Terrain appreciation]
- Chapter 6. An 81-mm mortar platoon supports an attack (Infantry School
Teaching); 18 pages, 4 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10144} [Includes:
Introduction, Situation, Employment of the mortar platoon, Discussion]
- Chapter 7. The M1 rifle (Infantry School Study); 14 pages, 11 illus.
Price 1.50 {Item No.10145}
- Chapter 8. Individual training with the M1 rifle (Infantry School
Study); 31 pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10146} [Includes:
Introduction, Mechanical training, Preparatory marksmanship training,
Marksmanship courses, 1,000 inch range practice, Known range practice]
- Chapter 9. Caring for our wounded (An Infantry School Teaching); 37
pages, 9 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.10147} [Includes: Introduction, Situation,
The attack, Battalion aid station, Regimental aid station, Ambulance shuttle]
[Training exercise]
- Chapter 10. The 1939 infantry regiment (An Infantry School
Teaching); 33 pages, 8 illus. plus tables Price 3.50 {Item No.10148}
[Includes: Introduction, Brigade headquarters: Strength, Weapons, Organization.
Infantry Regiment, Rifle (Motorized): Grades, Organization, Important changes,
Characteristics of weapons, Main data, Notes on ammunition, Troop movement by
motor transport, Summary of organic transportion, Feeding the troops, Other
interesting developments, Headquarters and headquarters company infantry
regiment, Service company, The rifle battalion, The rifle company, The heavy
weapons company]
- Chapter 11. Small infantry problems (Infantry School Teaching); 31
pages, 4 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.10149} [Includes: Problem No.1 Rifle
platoon-combat practice: Part One: Firing problem: Four requirements each with
a situation and solution. Part Two: Problem No. 2: Machine-gun platoon
supporting an attack: Situation, Two situations each with a requirement,
solution and discussion]
Note: This website has over 500 webpages, with over 11,000 military titles available,
organized into over 200 subject headings, covering a period of over 200 years,
collected over 50 years. This website is designed to be browsed so you can discover
interesting documents which don't know even existed.
|
Note: We have a built in discount. If you order 1 item or 100 items in
an order, the total cost of shipping is the same.That can save a lot of money, in
shipping, when ordering a large number of items, like our low cost articles.
|
You can use your browser back key to return to this page.
|